I stumbled across a US Soccer Powerpoint regarding the small sided initiatives dated August 2016. In this presentation the field sizes recommended for the small sided games are significantly larger that what was initially stated. For example, US Soccer originally said 47 yards long and 30 yards wide for 7v7 games. In this presentation it said 7v7 fields should be 55-65 yards long and 35-45 wide. That's 37%-107% larger than originally recommended. That's great news after the debacle of the tiny fields at Surf Cup. Hopefully these new standards will be communicated to CalSouth.
Another interesting wrinkle is that the new offsides line will be the buildout line. So no offsides between the halfway line and the buildout line.
I can't seem to link the PDF of the Powerpoint but if you google "us soccer small sided standards" you should get the result below which will allow you to download the PDF.
[PDF]2016 US Soccer - US Youth Soccer
https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/FileDownload.aspx?D...3O...
Another interesting wrinkle is that the new offsides line will be the buildout line. So no offsides between the halfway line and the buildout line.
I can't seem to link the PDF of the Powerpoint but if you google "us soccer small sided standards" you should get the result below which will allow you to download the PDF.
[PDF]2016 US Soccer - US Youth Soccer
https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/FileDownload.aspx?D...3O...