Like all past Grand tournaments, this year's Grand will have a group stage on the first day followed by an elimination phase on the second day.
The 12 teams will be divided into 4 groups of 3 teams with the top 2 teams from each group, i.e. a total of 8 teams, advancing to the knock-out stage on the second day.
FIFA pointing system will be used-- with 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a defeat.
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined in the order of the following FIFA compliant rules.
greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;
goal difference in all group matches;
greatest number of goals scored in all group matches. If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings will be determined as follows:
greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams concerned;
drawing of lots by the Organizing Committee for Grand 2007.
All games will be 90 minute in duration and 15 minute break between halves.
Penalty kick shootout will be immediately followed, if a playoff game ends in a tie after regular time.
In case of any controversy or unclarity due to the rules stated on this section we should fall to FIFA world cup rules as the default.
Elimination Phase Bracket
Quarter Finals
A1 vs B2 (E)
C1 vs D2 (F)
B1 vs A2 (G)
D1 vs C2 (H)
Semi Finals
E(win) vs F(win) (I)
G(win) vs H(win) (J)
Third Place
I(lose) vs J(lose)
Final
I(win) vs J(win)
Spiritual Cup
The last 4 teams from the group stage will play for the Spiritual Cup on the second day.
Spiritual Semi Final: 12th vs 9th (A) and 11th vs 10th (B)
Spiritual Final: A1 vs B1
Tournament Rules
Substitution. There are no restrictions on the number of substitutions. And it's OK for a player previously substituted out to be substituted back in.
Red and yellow cards.
A red card, whether issued directly or accumulated through two yellow cards during the same game, will result in a combination of ejection of the player involved from the ongoing game, at least one game suspension (expulsion from the tournament if fighting is involved), and $25 fine deducted from the team deposit.
A yellow card does NOT carry over to the next game.
Power of the referees.
Three licensed referees are hired for each game. All teams must follow the referees' decision on the field, any violation may result in forfeiting the game and subsequent ejection from the rest of the tournament.
Center referee, i.e. the referee in charge, has the FINAL say on any play during a game and can NOT be overridden even by the ruling committee.
Player equipment.
All players must wear shin-guards.
Grouping Scheme
Seed team selections and their group assignment.
New York Wild Wolves (NYWW) , defending champions
LA Reds FC, runner up from last year and host
Chicago WanXiang, shared 3rd place from last year and host of last year
Silicon Valley Tigers, shared 3rd place from last year
* The seed teams will be randomly assigned to positions, A1, B1, C1 and D1.
Non-seed team group assignment. The rest of the 8 teams will be randomly assigned to 4 groups.
Group game order. The order of the group games will be randomly selected from the following 3 possibilities.
1* - 2* ; 2 - 3* ; 3 - 1
2 - 3 ; 3 - 1 ; 1 - 2
3 - 1; 1 - 2 ; 2 - 3
1*: A1, B1, C1 or D1; 2*: A2, B2, C2, or D2; 3*: A3, B3, C3, or D3.
* The details of the randomization schemes will be published in the near future but before any random numbers become available.
Grand 2007 Public 
