Patent ID: 8277342

Claim:
A method of playing a game of soccer between two opposing teams each having a plurality of players, the method comprising: providing a field having a field surface; delineating lines on the field surface corresponding to opposing sidelines, opposing endlines oriented perpendicularly to the sidelines, goals situated at the center of each of the endlines, penalty boxes encompassing an area along each of the endlines, goal boxes encompassing an area in front of each of the goals and enclosed within the penalty boxes, two Forward Lines, and two Forward Areas, wherein the Forward Lines extend across a width direction of the field surface, wherein a first Forward Line is located on a first side of a midline, wherein a second Forward Line is located on a second side of the midline, wherein the first Forward Line is located between the midline and a first endline, wherein the second Forward Line is located between the midline and a second endline, wherein a first Forward Area is located on the first side of the midline, wherein a second Forward Area is located on the second side of the midline, wherein the Forward Areas are defined by length direction sides and width direction sides, wherein the length direction sides of the Forward Areas are defined by two opposing sidelines on the field surface, wherein the width direction sides of the first Forward Area are defined by the first endline and the first Forward Line, and wherein the width direction sides of the second Forward Area are defined by the second endline and the second Forward Line; actively playing the game of soccer on the field surface; and employing, while game play is not stopped, at least one Forward Area Soccer Rule in response to game play inside of one or more of the Forward Areas on the field surface, wherein the step of actively playing the game of soccer is modified by the employed Forward Area Soccer Rule by restricting a number of players allowed in at least one of the Forward Areas.