PCU Winter League | 5v5 & 7v7 Small-Sided Soccer
Updated: Sep 29
Thank you for your interest in our Winter League.
After careful consideration, we have decided not to host the league for the 2026/27 season.
We appreciate your understanding and apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Enquist at jenquist@pcusc.org.
League Overview
Keep your team together and competing all winter with PCU's Winter League, 5v5 & 7v7 Small-Sided Soccer!
5v5 Divisions: U8–U10
7v7 Divisions: U11–U14
Players may compete on multiple rosters
Scheduling requests can be made to accommodate futsal schedules
No games over Winter Break (December 26th & 27th)
All games played outdoors on turf at Buckman Field or Portland Christian High School in Portland
Keep your players connected, competitive, and on the field this winter!
Questions
Contact Communications Director at victoria@pcusc.org
Contact League Scheduler, Tim Copeland at pcucopeland@gmail.com
Rosters & Check-In
Team rosters must be emailed to pcusc@pcusc.org prior to your team’s first game. There is no game-day check-in, and teams do not need to present rosters or player cards to referees before games. Coaches are responsible for ensuring that all players participating in league games are properly registered and included on their team roster. Teams may add players throughout the season, but an updated roster must be emailed to PCU before any newly added player participates in a game. Player cards are not required.
Players can play on multiple rosters, requests can be made to accommodate futsal schedules.
Game & Tournament Format:
5v5 Brackets (U8-10):
4 players + Goalkeeper
Games played on PCU's outdoor turf futsal courts at Portland Christian HS
40-minute games (20-minute halves with 3-minute halftime). No added time/overtime
Game ball provided by home team
3-point system:
3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
Tie Breakers: 1-Goal Differential, 2-Goal Against, 3-Goals For
If either team goes up by five goals, the opposing team may add an extra player until the goal differential drops below five.
7v7 Brackets (U11-14):
6 players + Goalkeeper
Games played at Buckman Field Complex
Field size: Half (50 x 70) with academy size outdoor goal (6.5 x 18)
50-minute games (25-minute halves with 3-minute halftime). No added time/overtime
Game ball provided by home team
3-point system:
3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss
Tie Breakers: 1-Goal Differential, 2-Goal Against, 3-Goals For
If either team goes up by five goals, the opposing team may add an extra player until the goal differential drops below five.
Team Uniforms & Equipment:
All teams need to be in matching color shirts (home team will wear light and the away team will wear dark). Numbers are not required. Shinguards are always required, no exceptions.
Game Rules:
Substitutions are done ‘on the fly’ from the mid-line of the field and player must exit before the sub enters.
Kick-ins rather than throw-ins. All kicks are indirect with the exception of penalty kicks. Penalty kicks are taken from the 12-yard penalty area line. 8-yard mandatory buffer around free kicks.
No offsides.
After goal is scored, play is started with a kickoff from the midline. Kick-off can be in any direction.
Keeper may opt to use hands or feet to play ball out instead of taking proper goal kicks. Keeper has 6 seconds to release possession of the ball.
Red card results in ejection from game and one-game suspension. Fighting is an automatic one-year suspension. Teams may not replace any red-carded player on the field during the game that they received it.
NO SLIDE TACKLING (slide within 5ft of an opposing player). Goalkeeper is excluded from this rule and may slide within their penalty area.
First offense: verbal warning
Second offense: yellow card
Third offense: second yellow and player is ejected from the game
Thunder/Lightning, Snow or Other Extreme Weather:
In the case of inclement weather, impacted games will be canceled and teams will be notified via email. There will be no make-up games, refunds will be provided for any cancelled games.
Additional Terms: PCU reserves the right to disqualify and eject any player and/or team for unsportsmanlike conduct or general refusal to cooperate with the rules, regulations and spirit of the league and grant judgement of this right to the referee/s who officiate the matches within this league.
