Keen for success on your MAN v FAT Soccer journey? You’ll need to know how the scoring system works, so let’s get to it.

On the field, the rules for MAN v FAT Soccer are pretty similar to the rules for any small-sided soccer league.

Off the field, and unique to MAN v FAT Soccer, are a number of weight loss and healthy habit related bonus goals, that can be scored by individuals and teams to bolster the scores – and often decide the winner of the tie. 

Players can score bonus goals in four ways:

  1. Team Bonus – each week we add up the number of players on your team that have either lost weight versus the previous week, or maintained a healthy BMI* and award a bonus goal for each pair, up to a maximum of 5 goals per squad – so that’s 1 bonus goal per every 2 players losing weight, with half goals rounded up. *Once players reach a healthy BMI, it’s no longer responsible to encourage them to keep losing weight, so the rules switch up for them and they get bonuses for maintaining a healthy BMI, whether they lose or gain weight. Players who record a weight that is both heavier than the previous week and heavier than they were at the start of the current season will score an own goal.
  1. Hat Tricks – any time an individual player records three losses within their club’s league season, they score 1 full bonus goal. These losses don’t need to be consecutive, but don’t overlap seasons, so one player can get a maximum of 4 hat tricks for his team each season.
  2. 5% loss bonuses – any time a player reaches an incremental milestone loss of 5% of his body weight, he gets 3 full bonus goals for his team, a maximum of twice per season. This is always based off your weight when you first join us, so you’ll get a bonus for losing 5%, 10%, 15% of that starting weight, and so on, until you reach a healthy BMI for your height.If you manage to lose 15% of your starting weight in just one season, first of all, hats off to you, and second of all, don’t worry about losing out on those sweet, sweet bonuses – they’ll carry over to the first week of the following season so you can hit the ground running.
  3. Food Diary Tracking – Teams will score 1 additional bonus goal for every 1-3 players to complete their weekly food diaries. What’s great about this is it encourages both mindfulness about your eating habits and a supportive team, since you’ll all need to work together and be accountable to one another if you want to get the maximum number of points.

  You know how to score goals on the pitch, field? Just kick the ball in the net!