Certain players are prohibited from playing as NR players due to their potential impact on game outcomes. While female players have a material impact on games, this rule applies to male players only due to the challenges teams face finding female NR players.
- Classifications. There are three types of prohibited players:
- Top Scorers. Players on the League leaderboard for the current or two prior seasons may not play as an NR player for a team in the same or lower division.
- Division Restrictions. A roster player may not play as an NR player for a team more than one division lower than their own.
- Professional. Current or recent professional players (within 12 months) are prohibited.
- Specific Provisions.
- Forfeit Exception. Prohibited players may play solely to avoid a forfeit (if the team has fewer than 8 players).
- Impact. Goals scored by prohibited players will be recorded by the referees as they normally would. Such a goal (or a goal from a clear assist) will be disallowed after the game.
Responsibilities. Captains are expected to be aware of who is a prohibited player, specifically when asking a player who is a top scorer. If a referee or another bystander is aware that a player is prohibited, that person is under no obligation to inform either team.
Top Scorers
(Note: The League makes every effort to keep this list as updated as possible. If, however, a player is inadvertently not listed below but they are subject to the Rule because they are a Top Scorer based on the particular season’s leaderboard, that player will remain subject to this rule).
Serie A (min 2 goals)
| Player Name | Season |
| Alagie Jassey | 2025 Fall |
| Diego Guerrero | 2025 Fall |
| James Bildstein | 2025 Fall; 2026 Spring |
| Matt Hamilton | 2025 Fall, 2026 Spring |
| Niko Hillary | 2026 Spring |
| Quinn McLaughlin | 2025 Summer, Fall |
Serie B (min 2 goals)
(Note: If there are more than three divisions, multiple divisions will be combined for the purpose of this list. For instance, the lowest two divisions may be collectively construed as “C” and the middle two divisions may be collectively construed as “B”).
| Player Name | Season |
| Andrew Torres | 2025 Fall |
| Diego Guerrero | 2025 Summer, Fall; 2026 Spring |
| Ethan Smith | 2025 Fall |
| Evan Zippert | 2026 Spring |
| Farith Odar | 2025 Fall |
| Garrett Weeda | 2025 Fall, 2026 Spring |
| Jake Koslosky | 2026 Spring |
| Max Herman | 2025 Summer |
| Nick Slade | 2025 Summer |
| Quinton Brewster | 2025 Fall, 2026 Spring |
| Rowan Myers | 2026 Spring |
Serie C and below (min 3 goals)
(Note: If there are more than three divisions, multiple divisions will be combined for the purpose of this list. For instance, the lowest two divisions may be collectively construed as “C” and the middle two divisions may be collectively construed as “B”).
| Player Name | Season |
| Abi Ajileye | 2025 Summer |
| Adam Rusenko | 2025 Summer |
| Aidan Walton | 2025 Fall |
| Alex Rothenheber | 2025 Fall |
| Bailey Page | 2025 Summer, Fall |
| Declan Wilson | 2025 Fall |
| Drew Reynolds | 2025 Fall; 2026 Spring |
| Eric Galfond | 2026 Spring |
| George Guice | 2025 Fall |
| Ibrahim Hassan | 2025 Fall |
| Jake Gorretta | 2026 Spring |
| Matthew Butler | 2026 Spring |
| Tyler Chilton | 2025 Fall |
ºnon-roster player
Rationale for Prohibiting Certain “Other Players”
As more teams join each season, the League has been able to split teams into divisions, which is intended to increase parity among the teams in the division and in the League. However, as additional divisions have been needed and as skill levels grow increasingly disparate, some non-roster players have had a greater than intended impact on the outcome of some games.
It would be largely impractical to impose a blanket prohibition of players from higher divisions from filling in for teams in lower divisions where the lower division game immediately follows the higher division game. In most instances, there are few players who are “picked up” from a prior game because the team is low on players. Furthermore, the players picked up may not have a material impact on a game and there are provisions in place (see above) to prevent top scorers from coming into a lower division game and affecting it. However, in some cases, there is a significant disparity between players particularly (as has been the case in the past) when, for example, Serie A players fill in for Serie C teams. Even 1-2 players who may not be a “top scorer” can come in and materially impact the outcome of a game. This is generally not fair to the team who was affected by those players, nor is it necessarily an accurate representation by the team that utilized those players.
ºNon-roster player; however, subject to the same rules as roster players.
*The League recognizes that female players (and goalkeepers) may have an impact on games as well. However, given the considerable and consistent difficulty teams face to find female non-roster Players (as compared to male non-roster Players), a decision has be made to place the restriction on male players only.
**This rule was determined based on feedback from team Captains and was selected over a rule that would cause both the team for which the Prohibited Player played and the Prohibited Player’s team to forfeit their games. While considered by the League, a determination was made that imposing forfeits on teams in this way would be an overly harsh penalty and not in the best interests of the League, its teams, or its Players. Should a Prohibited Player play in violation of the rule that imposes a reasonable restriction, the penalty will at least operate to mitigate that Player’s direct impact on the game.
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