Legends Chrome Classic

2023 Schedule will be posted the week of the tournament!

*FOR TRAVEL PURPOSES GAMES WILL START EACH DAY BY 8 AM.  GAMES WILL END ON SUNDAY BY 5PM SO PLEASE PLAN TRAVEL ACCORDINGLY!

Any schedule requests must be submitted in writing to events@legendslax.com at least 30 days prior to the start of the tournament.  Schedule requests are not guaranteed but Legends will do our best to accomodate if received within the timeframe. 

Facility Rules

• No Dogs (service dogs allowed)
• Tents allowed OUTSIDE of fenced fields.  No tents INSIDE the fenced fields

2023 Recruiters Below!
*recruiters will be added as they confirm!

2022 Recruiters Below

2021 Recruiters Below for reference only!!
Recruiters will be added as they confirm!

2020 Recruiters below for reference only!

Due to demand in the area, we have removed our STAY TO PLAY policy for this event for this year.  We have recommended room blocks available online HERE.   If you have any questions regarding hotels, please contact Andrew Carl at acarl@trustinteams.com

https://nextpro.com/lacrosse/events/legends-chrome-classic-2023/3833/purchase

LEGENDS LACROSSE TOURNAMENT RULES – FALL 2022
*Coaches will certify their players are properly equipped

Scoring and Time

• Refs keep game time
• Table keeps score and penalty time
• 2 – 21 minute halves
• 3 minute halftime
• No timeouts in pool play or HS games
• No Overtime in pool play games (MS/Youth Divisions, (Sat)

HS Specific Rules (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

• 2022 NFHS Rules
• Set Schedule
• 3 game guarantee each day (*a team may play a 4^th if divisions are uneven)
• No Timeouts
• HS Divisions Only** If a game ends in a tie, teams can choose to end game in Braveheart (both teams must agree) to decide a winner rather than end in a tie
  • Braveheart will be 3 v 3 plus a goalie for each team
  • 1 player for each team (can be goalie) must stay on the defensive end of the field, 3 can go forward
  • Bravehearts must begin right away to keep the games on schedule
  • If both teams do not agree on Braveheart, game ends in a tie

MS/Youth Specific Rules (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)

• 2022 NFHS Rules with Modifications (see below)

POOL PLAY RULES

• 2 – 21 minute halves
• 3 minute halftime
• No timeouts
• No Overtime

Playoff Rules (MS/Youth Divisions)

•  2 – 21 minutes halves
• 3- minute halftime
• 2 game guarantee (if teams do not make the playoffs they will be matched up with TWO Challenge Match games)
•  Playoff Games (below)

• • Teams are awarded (1) 30 second time-out per team in Regulation Time
  • The clock will stop. Timeout does NOT roll over to OT.  No timeouts in OT.  Timeouts cannot be used in the last four minutes of the game.
  • Timeout can be called when the team calling the timeout is in possession of the ball, anywhere on the field
  • Overtimes will begin immediately and be decided by sudden victory.  OT will have a Running Clock on all whistles.  First goal scored wins the game.

• Injuries
  • Any injury within 2 minute and under that requires the game to be stopped, the clock stops with the injury.
  • Any injury with more than 2 minutes remaining when the game is stopped, a maximum of 1 minute will come off the clock to assess the injury before the clock is stopped.

• Challenge Matches…
  • If game ends in a tie, teams can choose to end game in a Braveheart (both teams must agree) to decide a winner rather than end in a tie
    • Braveheart will be 3v3 plus a goalie for each team
    • 1 player for each team (can be goalie) must stay on the defensive end of the field, 3 can go forward
    • Bravehearts must begin right away
  • If both teams do not agree on Braveheart, games end in a tie

BOYS SPECIFIC RULES

•  No stick checks unless refs think a stick is outrageously illegal
•  4 pole maximum on the field
•  Mercy Rule
  • (applies to 2029 and below)
    • Applied when there is a 7 goal deficit in pool play (2029 divisions)
      • Teams down by 7 or more goals will start with ball at midfield.
    • Applied when there is a 4 goal deficit in pool play (2030 & 3021 divisions)
      • Teams down by 4 or more goals will start with ball at midfield.
    • Coaches can agree to waive this rule. 
• Counts 
  • 2023 – 2031 Grad Years:  Clearing Counts.
    • All Games: 20 seconds to clear half field. 10 seconds to enter the box
      • The leading team must keep it in the box with under 2 minutes left in the game if the lead is 1 or 2 goals.
      • If a team leads by 1 or 2 goals with less than 2 minutes remaining in a PLAYOFF GAME ONLY, the last 2 minutes will be stop clock
      • If the score changes to a 1 or 2 goal lead at any point during the final 2-minutes of the game, the clock goes back to stop clock
• No Counts – 2030 Grad Year and below.  Exception is a 5-second goalie count
• Checking
  • Limited body checking in 2027 & 2028 Grad Year only.  Big hits & physical play (even within three yards of a loose ball) constitute unnecessary roughness (90 sec penalty)
  • One handed stick checks are not allowed in any youth divisions (2029 and below)
• Penalties
  • Penalties are running time starting on the whistle (45 or 90 seconds)  Penalty time stops during injuries, end of quarters and while another penalty is being assessed.
  • 2031/32 Division – the offending player leaves the field and is substituted.  Fast Break situation occurs

EJECTIONS

• Game ejections are handled by the referees
• Tournament ejections are handled by the tournament director (2 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties warrant ejection or 1-game suspension)

RANKINGS:

• Win = 3 points , Loss = 0 points, Tie = 1 point
• In the event that a team needs to play a 4th pool game in order to give a second team their 3rd game:
  •  The 4th game will be identified and acknowledged with a ‘*’ on Tourney Machine
  • The 4th game will not count for any potential points or Goals Against for the team playing their 4th game
  • For the team playing their 3rd game, the results will count for points and goals against
  • In the event that there is a tie breaker scenario, which includes a teams head to head being their fourth game, that has been identified with ‘*’ the head to head will NOT be applied.

TIE BREAKERS

• If 2 teams are tied with POINTS:
  1. Head to Head
  2. Goals Against TOTAL
  3. Goals Against Common Opponent.  If multiple common opponents, take the sum.

• If more than 2 teams tied with POINTS:
  1. Goals Against Total
  2. Goals Against Common Opponent (only used if all teams played common opponent.  If multiple common opponents, take the sum)
  3. Coin Toss/Randomly Generated

KEEPING / REPORTING SCORES

• Each game will be tracked by the game scorecard which the field staff will have at each game.
• Coaches must sign game cards so the field staff can report the score of your game.
• The scorekeeper will update scores and provide game scores to the official score tent.
• Everything will be updated on Tourney Machine.
• Each table will have a walkie talkie so if you have an issue, please let the score table know right away!