CUSL CLUB GUEST PLAYER RULES

INTRODUCTION: A team may use in any league game up to two club guest players. The use of a club guest
player should be facilitated by the club DOC as a tool for furthering a player's development and evaluating
his/her ability, and should not be used merely to improve the place in which a team finishes in the
standings . W hether guesting on a team in his/her own age, or an older age, a club guest player's ability
should be commensurate with the competitiveness of the team for which he/she is guesting . The spirit of
permitting guest players is their use should not affect the outcome of the game in a manner different than
if the player(s) for whom he/she is guesting had played. While a club guest player may also be used when a
team is short players due to various reasons, it is not intended for use when the team still has a sufficient number of
rostered players available; nor as a means of allowing a club to intentionally roster too few players; nor as a means
to avoid rostering new players to replace those who are injured or have left the team. The use of club guest players
should be limited, and should not be used in every game, whether for purposes of evaluation, or because the team
is continuously short players; and do not forget, the coach's responsibility is to his/her rostered players before to a
club guest player.
The following are the specific rules that apply: NOTE: A COACH, PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME,
SHOULD DETERMINE THE TEAM USING THE CLUB GUEST PLAYER IS COMPLYING WITH CLUB GUEST
PLAYER RULES. BECAUSE A REFEREE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THESE RULES, BRING A COPY TO EACH MATCH

1. A team may use in any league game up to two club guest players. A club guest player must be rostered to a
team within the club of the team for which he/she is guest playing, must be age appropriate, and the team to
which the club guest player is rostered must be playing that season in the CUSL league, only, and not in any
premier league.

2. No player rostered to a first division team may guest play for a team in a division that is less competitive. A
player rostered to a First Division team may only guest play on an older team in his/her club that plays in First or
Second Division. A player not rostered to a First Division team, can not guest play for a team in the same age
group that is more than two lesser competitive divisions than the division in which the team to which the club
guest player is rostered plays.

3. A U-14 or younger player that is playing up in age cannot guest play on a team that is younger than the age of
the team to which he/she is rostered.

4. If a club has two teams playing in the same competitive bracket of an age group, a player from one team may
not guest on the other .

5. A club guest player cannot play in more than two games a day, and must have at least the time equivalent of a one game break between games in which he/she plays.

6. A club guest player must honor the commitment to the team to which he/she is rostered, and is not permitted to
miss any part of the game of their rostered team in order to guest play.

7. Including club guest players, a team cannot dress more than the maximum number of players that can be
rostered in the team's age. A coach cannot tell a rostered player to miss a game in order to use a club guest player.

8. Before the game begins, the coach who is using a club guest player must notify the Referee and opposing coach
he/she is doing so, and give the opposing coach a completed Club Guest Player Information Sheet ,
which form is available on the Rules Guide link on the CUSL web site In the absence of this form, the player
cannot guest. NOTE: Prior to the game means it can be given as late as the time the referee checks passes
prior to the beginning of the game; it does not have to be given any sooner but it should be given early enough
so the opposing coach can review the Information Sheet and each guest player's pass without delaying the start
of the game.

9. No club guest player is permitted to play in any game in which he/she does not have their player pass.

10. The uniform of a club guest player must be the same as the team for whom he/she is guesting.

11. A club guest player receiving a red card in a game in which he/she is guesting will serve the suspension in the
next match(es) of the team to which he/she is rostered, and cannot guest play for another team during the period
of suspension.

12. Violation of these rules shall be referred to the Conduct Committee.