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COED MALE SCORING:

Under NTSSA rules a male player is eligible to score if he:

• Shoots from outside the offensive zone (red line). A male is ineligible to score if the ball is on or above the red line.
• While in the offensive zone, he receives the ball directly from a female teammate, who may be anywhere on the field of play.

Note: A male player may be outside the red line when the female player plays the ball as long as his first touch on the ball is in the offensive zone. He does not have to be in the offensive zone when she plays the ball to him.

• When a ball played by the female teammate is deflected by the opposing goalkeeper.
• The male player loses his eligibility to score from inside the offensive zone if the ball touches a defensive player (other than the goalkeeper), touches a male teammate, touches or crosses the red line or goes out of play.
• A male player may not score from inside the offensive zone if he takes the ball away from an opponent.
• Is taking a shootout. He remains eligible when the ball rebounds off the wall or goalkeeper. If goalkeeper takes possession of the ball and restarts play, the male is no longer eligible.
• If an eligible male shoots at goal and the ball makes contact with a defender prior to going in the goal--the goal counts one (1) point.
• If a ball played by an ineligible male scorer deflects off an opponent into the goal, the goal will not count. Restart play with a goal clearance.
• A goal scored direct by an ineligible male scorer will not count. Play shall be restarted with a goal clearance.

Note that these rules are clear, and have any dark point. Common mistakes about it are:

a) Allow a goal when the ball kicked by an inelegible player make contact with a defender an go into the net (many players and referees understand that as an autogoal)..

b) Ball is on the red line when is kicked. Ball over the line is considered inside the offensive zone.

There are locations that have a simple rule about male scoring: they can score anywhere on the field, even in the offensive zone, but they have a limit: usually not more than 3 goals per male player, and no more than 7 per male players in the team. (i.e. rules for Apex -Mansfield-, and Game On -Fort Worth).