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RULE 2 / GAME PERSONNEL
When a contest is played at a neutral site, one team must be designated as the home team. This shall be done in writing, before the day of the game. The designated team and its head coach assume all the responsibilities of the home team as outlined in the rules.
The Officials
Game Officials SECTION 6. The game shall be controlled by officials assigned by the assigning authority. It is recommended that three officials be used to control the game (a referee, an umpire and a field judge). A minimum of two officials must be used. Duties of Game Officials SECTION 7. The officials’ authority begins when they arrive on the field and ends when they leave the field of play. Officials must be on the field at least 20 minutes before the scheduled starting time. The duties of the officials shall be equal in all respects, except that, in the settlement of all disputes, the decision of the referee shall supersede that of the umpire or the field judge and shall be final. The officials shall have authority over the play of the game, with control and jurisdiction over the timekeeper, scorer, players, substitutes, coaches and anyone officially connected with either team, and spectators. By sounding of the whistle, an official may suspend the play of the game for any reason deemed necessary for the proper enforcement of the rules or conduct of the game. The officials shall keep a record of the number of goals scored by each team, the number of the player scoring each goal and the number of team timeouts. They shall check with the official scorer at the end of each period, and the officials’ score shall be the official score of the game. Before the game, the name of each official must be printed by that individual in both teams’ scorebooks. The officials shall ensure that each team has 10 players, including those in the penalty area, at the beginning of each period of the game and before each restart after a goal.