What are the rules and the positions in girls high school soccer?

: What are the positions in girls high school soccer and the rules?
So, I played for 6 years up until the 5th grade because I quit. I am now in 10th grade and I am about to start soccer soon. This was a recent decision to play soccer so I haven’t been brushing up on things and I have forgotten all of the positions and the rules of soccer and what I do know I’m afraid won’t be correct because I have heard things are different in high school soccer.

Can you please please please help me? A lot of detail would be great.

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Answer by Anna444 Rocketmai
Positions in girls high school soccer include:

1 goalie
2 corner backs (outside defence)
2 central defenders (inside defensive pair)
2 central midfielders (inside midfield pair)
2 wingers (outside midfield pair)
2 strikers (attack)

The above is a typical 4-4-2 position although your high school coach could change it any which way and have more defence, more midfield, more attackers, etc depending on what she feels would be most effective for your team.

Answer by taxreff
As far as the rules go, the National Federation (NFHS) makes high school rules. Most of them, however, are the same as the FIFA Laws of the Game. That book can be downloaded for free at www.fifa.com.

There are a few differences in the NFHS rules. A few (not a complete list) differences are:

1. NFHS games have no stoppage time. The referee stops the clock for certain events, but when the clock hits zero the half must end.
2. In NFHS, a player who is sent off due to a second yellow card can be replaced.
3. An NFHS throw in which does not enter the field is not retaken. The other team gets the throw.

As far as postions go, this is a cut-and-paste of an answer I gave a few days ago:

The only position required under the rules is a goalkeeper. The other positions developed over the decades. Other than the goalkeeper, common positions include (but are not limited to):

Forwards: The main job of the forwards is to score goals. In the old days most teams used 3 forwards. 2 were wingers, and played near the side of the field. The other was the center forward, who played basically between the wingers. Forwards are often called strikers nowadays.

Midfielders: Midfielders (formerly called halfbacks) play between the forwards and the defenders They have both attacking and defensive responsibilities. Midfielders often do the most running on the team.

Defenders (formerly called fullbacks): They primarily have defensive responsibilities. They try to prevent the opponents from taking a shot on goal.

Team formations go from back to front. For example, if your coach wants your team to play a 4-3-3 it means your team will have 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, and 3 forwards.

Answer by Mika
most teams play 4 defence 4 mids (they help on defence and offence) and 2 strikers they have a goalie too

Answer by Eetu Zatcoff
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Answer by Bizzytrick
The formations vary but generally you have

Fullbacks (or defenders); Primarily defensive, focus on stopping the opposing offense from scoring by tackling and getting the ball out of their defending third. (In some formations, outside fullbacks will move up to aid in offensive play, but it is not a focus)

Midfielders: There can be outside midfielders, who aid in attack by getting the ball up the flanks, completing crosses etc. Defensive midfielders, who aid in attack but stay behind attacking midfielders and play a more defensive role and attacking midfielders who go forward and try to score like the strikers, but like all midfielders have to drop back and aid in defending when the ball is lost. Midfielders play as a middle-man role. Attacking and distributing the ball to the strikers and aiding in defensive play.

Strikers (forwards); Depending on whether your team plays with central forwards who are solely goal scorers and offensive players, or with strikers AND wingers, who as well as attacking look to make crosses it can be different. But these positions have an attacking focus

Goalkeeper: Only player allowed to use the hands within the 18, defends the goal. Pretty self explanatory.

The laws of the game are the same in high school soccer as everywhere else. here are the laws according to fifa.