Futsal San José - Players

Are you a member of a Futsal San Jose Team?

If so, this is the place to go!

Are you in High School?

Information for high school soccer players:
Futsal San Jose has confirmed with the commissioner of the Blossom Valley Athletic League (BVAL) that futsal is not recognized as soccer by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) or the BVAL. Therefore, high school soccer players may participating in futsal during the high school soccer season (in other words, there's no conflict with CIF Rule 600). However, players should check with their coaches to see if they have any restrictions on players participating in outside sports during the season.

Where do you have to go for the games:

All our games will be played on Saturdays from 5pm to 10pm and on Sundays from 8am to 8pm at Gunderson High School.

Game Schedule

The schedule for all the games is available on our Schedule Page page.

Local Rules

  • For U8 please check the Modified Laws of the Game for U8.
  • All games start on schedule. If teams are not ready time is deducted from the first half. If a team shows up more than 10 minutes late the game is cancelled.
  • Clock keeps running except for timeouts.
  • Up to two guest players are allowed provided they have a Futsal San Jose player pass, are of the right age, and you have at most 7 players on your roster for that game.
  • If a team is more than 7 goals ahead the score is no longer displayed.
  • Ball size: Size #3 for U8 and U10, Size #4 for U12 and up.
  • Goal clearance and balls thrown by the goal keeper may not cross the center line without touching either the ground or a player first (USFF Youth Futsal rule).
  • Home teams kick off the first half, visiting team the second half. Visiting team selects side for the first half.
  • Opponents must be 8 feet away for kick-offs, kick-ins and free kicks.
  • no protests will be allowed, except for players that played illegally (age, no player pass, ...). The board will take disciplinary action against Teams/coaches caught cheating in this way.
  • Scoring/Standing: 3 points for win, 1 for tie, 0 for loss, -1 per red card, tie breaker: fewest red cards, fewest goals against, most goals for (max of 10/game), otherwise tie stands.

Required Equipment

In order to play a game you have to have:
  • Tennis or Futsal shoes,
  • Shin guards,
  • Team Uniform,
  • Player pass (coaches will usually take care of the player pass),
  • and lots of energy!
If you need additional equipment you can go to either Soccer USA at 659 W Hamilton Ave, Campbell, CA 95008 or Asby Sports at 392 N Capitol Ave, San Jose, CA 95133 and mention that you play for Futsal San Jose to get up to 20% discount!

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