With the Season mode, Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features the B, A, and Premier divisions, a fourteen game season and the commencing international knockout tournament for the championship: the Astonishingly Shiny Cup of All Cups Cup.ĭepending on how well you do, you and your team may receive an invitation to the Off-the-Wall Indoor Tournament. Additionally, there are power-ups located throughout the playing fields such as an extreme Bowling Ball item that knocks all opponents flat on their butts and scorching Cannonball items. Soccer match-ups are held throughout various playing fields including the Cement Gardens, Dirt Yards, a vacant warehouse, Steele Stadium, and Tin Can Alley, with each field featuring varying surface physics due to terrain. While controlling the action, you and your players dribble past opponents, trap and pass the ball, and score amazing goals. While some are endowed with power and precise ball handling, others buckle under pressure and lack physical prowess.Īs the general manager, your mission is to assemble a team of capable players-if you don't, the opposition will exploit your weaknesses. Ranging from Dmitri Petrovich and Cobi Jones to Stephanie Morgan and Briana Scurry, individual players have strengths and weaknesses. Before delving into the action, you choose from twelve teams including DC United, Kansas City Wizards, Tampa Bay Mutiny, Dallas Burn, and Chicago Fire.Īfter choosing the desired team, you select your roster from among thirty Backyard Kids. Click that and you will see a picture of players.Designed for younger sports enthusiasts, Humongous Entertainment's Backyard Soccer MLS Edition features officially licensed Major League Soccer teams and logos, various playing fields, actual players, and loads of options. Clanky for Pick-Up game use only, until you delete the tournament-winning coach.īelow the bulletin board on the right column, you will see a card book. Win the tournament and you will unlock Mr. If you make it to the second stage of the Astonishingly Shiny Cups of All Cups, you will be playing for a right to win the championship trophy and take it back to the States. Note the team logos and flags from all over the world, and if you are qualifying for the world tournament, your logo is the team's logo and the Backyard Soccer League emblem. In the Premier Division, the first-place team earns the right to qualify for the Astonishingly Shiny Cups of All Cups Tournament. If you are one of the top two teams after the season in the B and A Divisions, you will advance to the next division. After that, you will be directed to the team page. Before you pick players, you can choose your players. Once you click the arrow on the bottom right, you may not modify the options, so choose the options you want. Click on "New Coach" and you may enter a name. If you choose delete, a box will ask you, "Are you sure you want to delete the coach _?" If you say yes, the name is removed. Once you select a coach, you can go to the team page or delete the name. There is a bulletin board saying "Season Play" and when you click on it, you will see the list of coaches. After that, you can take penalty kicks until you are ready to leave. There, you can practice penalty kicks and select a player as a kicker or goalie. Just below it is the Penalty Practice button. The trophies are the Astonishingly Shiny Cups of All Cups, Off the Wall Indoor Invitational, B Division, A Division, and Premier Division. The Hall of Fame shows pictures of the teams who won trophies and records are listed in the record book. On the top of the middle column is the Hall of Fame. Now I am off to the center of the main menu. On the Main Menu, you will see the arrow on the bottom left as a Quit button, as the one on the right is a quick match with randomly selected teams and players. As you progress, you'll get more teams in the B Division, A Division, or Premier Division. In a friendly match, your season team can play against teams you have played. Once you look at the Main Menu for the first time, you will see "Single Game" on the far left, where you can play a friendly match, pick-up game, or penalty kick practice. Below is a sample team in Season Play using the default 2-1-2 formation. women are Brianna Scurry, Tiffeny Milbrett, and Brandi Chastain. You get the Backyard Kids, Major League Soccer pros, and three members of the U.S. By steelersfan2 | Review Date: MaWhen you look at the graphics for the first time, you will see the players in like two-dimensional.