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Rules and stat-keeping for soccer and futsal, written for the person on the sideline.
Soccer
What counts as a goal, an assist, a shot, a shot on target and a save.
- How to follow your team live at a tournament weekendSeveral games, fields across town, family at home. How to follow your daughter's soccer team live all tournament weekend, with WAGS 2026 as an example.
- Soccer stat rules: what counts as a goal, assist, shot, shot on target and saveWhat the Laws of the Game say about goals, and how assists, shots on target and saves are usually counted in youth soccer.
- WAGS Tournament 2026: schedule, fields and results guideWAGS 2026 runs Oct 10–12 in Loudoun, Fairfax and Stafford counties and the City of Fredericksburg, according to WAGS. Where to find the official schedule, results and field locations, by age group.
Futsal
How futsal differs from soccer, the positions and substitutions, accumulated fouls, and the terms the game uses.
- Futsal accumulated fouls explainedHow futsal accumulated fouls work under FIFA's 2025-26 Futsal Laws: what counts, the 6th-foul kick from the 10m mark, and half-time resets.
- Futsal vs soccer: what's actually different?Futsal vs soccer side by side: ball, pitch, players, match length, subs, kick-ins and offside, quoted from the official FIFA and IFAB Laws.
- Futsal glossary: key terms for parents and team managersPlain-English futsal glossary: accumulated fouls, the 10m kick, kick-ins, the 4-second rule, flying goalkeeper, timeouts and rolling subs.
- Futsal positions explained: pivot, ala, fixo and goalkeeperWhat pivot, ala and fixo mean in futsal, how FIFA's coaching manual names the positions, and what the 2025-26 Futsal Laws say about the goalkeeper.
- Futsal rolling substitutions and the 4-second ruleHow futsal's unlimited substitutions work, plus every four-second limit in FIFA's 2025-26 Futsal Laws, from kick-ins to the goalkeeper.