Law 7 Duration of the Match (Guidelines on Allowance for Time Lost) UNITED STATES SOCCER FEDERATION

Allowance for time lost: Substitutions Assessment of injuries Removal of injured players Wasting time Any other cause But how much time should we allow??

Substitutions Examples from the professional game indicate about seconds consumed for simple substitutions Speed it up! Suggested time: 30 seconds

Assessment of Injury Simple injury: 30 seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense. You may not need to add time if the delay is 30 seconds or less

Assessment of Injury Injury with coach/trainer: 1 minute Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense. You may not need to add time if the delay is 30 seconds or less

Removal of Injured Player Removal for treatment: 2 -3 minutes Speed it up! Suggested time: 2-3 minutes

Caution with Injury Can take up to 1 minute (or more) Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense. One minute is probably reasonable.

Send-Off with Injury Can take up to 1 minute (or more) Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense. One minute is probably reasonable.

Wasting Time Usually seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Simple: Usually seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Caution: 30 seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Send-Off: 60 seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Goal Celebration: 60 seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Bench Problems: 60 seconds Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Any Other Cause Goalkeeper violations: 5-6 seconds must be enforced Speed it up! Suggested time: Use common sense and add time as appropriate.

Decision of the Referee is Final Common sense supersedes all the written Laws Speed it up! If the result of the game is a foregone conclusion, you know what to dojust be careful what you say!

Review Must make allowance for time lost Guidelines Substitutions 30 seconds Assessment of injury (simple) 30 seconds Assessment of injury (trainer) 60 seconds Removal of injured player 2-3 minutes Time wasting seconds Wasting time (goal kick, corner kick 30 seconds Any other cause (simple) seconds Caution 30 seconds Send-off 60 seconds Goal celebration 60 seconds Bench problem 60 seconds