Thanks, BlinkOk,

will have to try again... That's what I had read in the AS Bible, but it doesn't work. My players are still draggable in the game frame and the drag function is embedded in the placePlayers function. Shouldn't it all be deleted?I'm attaching the fla, this time.

You need to drag the players onto your respective fields as well as the goalies before the ready button pops up.