Team registration: The USYF Illinois State Champion accepts registration from local and out-of-state teams.
Team coach or team manager is required to register a team for the USYF Illinois State Championship
Link: register HERE

Manager Log-In Information
Go to http://www.htgsports.net and log in with your User ID and Password. Your user ID is the “Manager” email address that was input when the team was registered for the event:

First Time Manager (or using a new email address): When you first log into HTGSports, your user ID and your password are the full email address of the manager. The first time you enter, you will be asked to change your password. After your new password is accepted, click on the My Sports tab.

Returning Manager: Your login and password are the same as the previous event. Your password will not be changed and will include small and upper-case letters if that is how you entered it previously. ex. wayne@rooney.net

Rostering players is a 2-step process:

Step 1. Click on “Add Players” and add player info to create your Master Player List. Only the required fields need to be completed. Numbers on player jerseys is required. Player pictures must be uploaded to the player profiles.

Step 2. After all players are entered in the Master Player List, you need to assign them to the team you registered for the event. From the “My Sports” page, click on the team for which you want to add players. You will be taken to the “Team Detail” page. Click on the “Manage” link. From your “Master Player List, click on the players you want into your roster, add them and they will appear in the “Players Assigned to the Team” list, creating a roster for the team in the event.

Hit “Save” when you are finished. Players from last year are still in the system and can be accessed if the manager has remained the same and uses the same e-mail as last year. You can always add players until the deadline of your event.

Players Registration
The tournament team fee does not include player registration fees. Each player must pay the $13.50 USYF registration fee directly to US Youth Futsal. Outdoor registrations from other associations such as the US Club, USYSA state organization, AYSO, etc., are not valid for USYF events.

Players who have a current registration (8/1/2024-7/31/2025) with USYF will not receive the email and are eligible to play in the event. The player’s name and DOB must match to be recognized as having current registration.

Coaches and team managers are required to complete the following:
Background Check Instructions for USYF
The US Youth Futsal (USYF) background check process involves two key steps:

Step 1: Background Check Registration
Complete the background check registration process.  > USYF Background Check Link
Ensure all required information is provided accurately.

Step 2: SafeSport Certificate     Use this link: SafeSports Training
Upload a valid SafeSport certificate to your background check registration.
If your SafeSport certificate is over 1 year old, you must take the refresher course and upload the new certificate. Use this link:  SafeSports Re-certification
This ensures compliance with USYF’s safety standards. If you need further assistance or have any questions, feel free to ask! Are you in the process of completing your background check?

Tournament Important mission!
Dear Parents and Coaches,

We want to remind everyone of our zero tolerance policy for referee abuse at Kicsports Futsal event. As we aim to create a positive and fun tournament, it is crucial that we maintain a supportive sideline environment. While competition is part of the game, let’s remember to be respectful and encouraging.

Referees play a vital role in ensuring fair play, and we must treat them with respect.

Please remember to:

Encourage positive behavior
Cheer and support without aggression
Communicate with respect
Focus on player development
By following these guidelines, we can create a safe and inclusive atmosphere for everyone involved. This should extend to how we treat all team supporters, coaches, staff members, players on both teams and our officials.

Thank you for making Klicsports Futsal event a great experience. Let’s celebrate the joy of the game and promote sportsmanship together!

Best regards,
Tournament Director

General Overview of Futsal Rules

This is an overview of the Futsal Rules and does not apply to all the USYF Events. League rules are different from higher level tournaments, such as State, Regional and National Tournaments. For rules specific to an event, please refer to the website of that event.

General Rules

Teams are comprised of four outfield players and one goalkeeper.
There are no throw-ins in futsal. A kick-in will be used to restart play.
There are no offsides in futsal.
Teams are entitled to a one minute timeout in each half. Timeouts are allowed when the team is in possession and ball is out of play.
There are no goal kicks in futsal. Goalkeepers restart play by distributing ball with their hands.
Substitutions may occur any time during the run of play. Substitutions must be made through the technical area in front of the team’s bench, not at half court.
Direct free-kick fouls are accumulated in each half. If one team accumulates 6 or more direct free-kick fouls in one half, the opposing team will be awarded a direct free-kick.

Substitutions

All substitutions are on the fly, this includes goalkeeping substitutions. Referees will not stop play for goalkeeping substitutions. A substitute may not enter the pitch until the player leaving the pitch leaves through the substitution zone in front of his teams’ bench. Any substitute who enters the pitch before the player being replaced has completely left the field of play may be shown a yellow card. All substitutions must take place through the substitution zone in front of his teams’ bench — not at the half-way line.

Teams will switch benches (and ends) at halftime, ensuring that all substitutions take place in the defensive half. Covid protocols may change this general rule.

Restarts

Kick-offs: A goal may be scored directly against the opponent from the kick-off. The ball is in play when it is kicked and clearly moves.

Kick-ins: are indirect. The ball must be placed on the line and the kick must be taken within 4 seconds. A kick-in that goes directly in the opposing goal is a goal clearance for the opposing team. A kick-in that goes directly in the defensive goal is a corner kick of the opposing team. If the kick-in does not enter the pitch or if the kick is not taken within 4 seconds, the ball is turned over to the opponent.

Goal Clearances: are awarded when the ball exits the court beyond the end-line. The ball is thrown or released from any point within the penalty area by the goalkeeper of the defending team. The ball must be released within 4 seconds (either at referee signal or as goalkeeper is ready). Opponents must be outside the penalty area until the ball is in play.

Corner Kicks: are direct. The ball must be placed in the corner arc area and the kick must be taken within 4 seconds. If the kick is not taken within 4 seconds the restart becomes a goal clearance for the opposing team.

Free Kicks: may be indirect or direct. The ball must be stationary before the kick may be taken.

Penalty Kicks: are taken from the penalty spot and must be taken by a clearly identified kicker. Defenders may not be nearer to the ball than 16 feet and even or behind the ball when the kick is taken.

Fouls and Misconduct

Indirect Free Kicks: When a player plays in a dangerous manner, impedes an opponent, prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball with her hands, goalkeeper takes more than 4 seconds to release the ball when in possession in his own half, plays the ball again within his own half after releasing the ball and the ball doesn’t touch an opponent or has gone out of play, or commits any offense for which play is stopped to caution or eject a player, an indirect free kick is awarded.

Direct Free Kicks: When a player kicks an opponent, tackles an opponent, trips an opponent, jumps at an opponent, charges an opponent, strikes an opponent, pushes an opponent, holds an opponent, spits at an opponent or handles the ball deliberately, a direct free kick is awarded.

Yellow Card / Caution: The offending player is shown a yellow card. If a player is shown two yellow cards in a match, he is shown a red card.

Red Card / Send-off: The offending team plays with one less player for two full game minutes or unless scored upon before the two-minute penalty expires. The offending player serves a minimum one-match suspension.

Accumulated Fouls: All direct free kick fouls are recorded on the scoresheet and on the scoreboard. If one team accumulates 6 or more direct free kick fouls in one half, the opposing team will take a direct free kick without a wall. If the foul occurs farther from the attacking goal than the second penalty spot, the Direct Free Kick Without a Wall is taken from the second penalty spot. If the foul occurs nearer to the attacking goal than the second penalty spot (but outside the penalty area, of course), the attacking team may choose whether to take the Direct Free Kick Without a Wall from the second penalty spot or from the spot of the foul. All Direct Free Kicks Without a Wall must be kicked with the intention of scoring a goal by a clearly identified kicker. The defending team may not make a wall and may not be nearer to the ball than 16 feet and even or behind the ball when the kick is taken. The goalkeeper may be off the goal-line but may not be nearer than 16 feet from the ball. Accumulated fouls are reset to zero at the beginning of the second half and carry over into extra-time if being played.

Penalty Spot: 5 meters (~16 feet) from goal-line and the center of the goal and placed at the top of the penalty area line.

Second Penalty Spot: 10 meters (~32 feet) from goal-line and the center of the goal.

Advantage: Advantage is applied in Futsal. Direct free kick foul will count as accumulated fouls if advantage is applied even if play is not stopped by the referees. If the referee gestures with both arms, the foul was a direct free kick foul and will be counted accordingly. If the gesture is with one arm, the free kick would have been indirect and will not count as an accumulated foul.

The Goalkeeper

Must wear a different color shirt.
He/She may wear long pants and/or other padding as deemed safe by the match referee.
May receive a kick-in directly.
May kick the ball directly over the half-way line.
May score directly with his/her feet during the run of play.
May not possess the ball for more than four seconds in his/her own half.
May throw the ball directly across the half-way line.
May not score a goal by using the hands (cannot throw or hit the ball directly into the goal)
Cannot touch the ball again in any way within his own half after releasing the ball into play unless an opponent has touched it or it has gone out of play.
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