Field lacrosse offensive purpose while controlling the ball, the possessing team must keep the ball within the offensive restraining box to avoid a loss-of-possession penalty. Field markings dictate player positioning during a face-off. A face-off is how play is started at the beginning of each quarter and after each goal. During a face-off, there are six players (without considering goalkeepers) in each of the areas defined by the restraining lines. Three midfielders from each team occupy the midfield area, while three attackmen and three of the opposing team's defensemen occupy each offensive area. These players must stay in these areas until possession
Too many men with too many players on the court. Under no circumstance can any player or coach be ejected on a technical foul caused by too many players. In gridiron football, if a team has more than the allowed number of players on the field during a play (eleven in America, twelve in Canada), the offending team is penalized five (American) or ten (Canadian) yards for "too many men on the field" (also called "twelve/thirteen men on the field"). This is usually the result of an improper substitution. The 2009 Grey Cup game in the CFL was decided on a too-many-men call.