Is it April 27 yet? For the love of Tony Meola’s ponytail this day needs to come soon. According to the folks at Amazon that is the release date for the 2010 FIFA World Cup video game.

The international game has always been my favorite part of soccer. Since the USMNT dawned those infamous denim shirts back in ‘94 I’ve loved the passion of the World Cup. The FIFA World Cup series has been my favorite game consistently. It may not have the creation zone bells and whistles that the yearly FIFA series offers but I’m hoping that will change this year. Though the game play hasn’t always been as good as the yearly series (it usually feels like the game is rushed), I love having the option to try and qualify out of UEFA with the Faroe Islands. Thanks to the major upgrades across the board in online play since 2006 I’m also really excited to take the US side onto the virtual pitch against the world (for the record – I’m about as successful in online play as the United States has been in World Cup games played in Europe).

Let’s hope they don’t screw this game up. FIFA 10 was amazing and I’m hoping they use some momentum from the success of that game and bring it to World Cup series. I’d like to see them try and capture the atmosphere and presentation of international matches. I’m hopeful for this since that was a major part of Electronic Arts revamping of Madden 10 this past year. The feel of international soccer is like nothing else on Earth, when I’m immersed in a blue television screen glow at 3:45 in the morning I’d like my vuvuzelas blasting, my strikers scoring, and fingers sore from playing an entire CONCACAF qualifying schedule.

Another wish list item would be bringing back the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra music, like EA had for the 2002 FIFA World Cup game. They’ll never do it again – but the music definitely captured the intensity of the world stage.

Spring can’t come fast enough now.

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Below is the latest Fifa 10 TV commercial from EA Sports, featuring top players from all over Europe.

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EA Sports have launched a new Interactive Training website in partnership with US Soccer to help further educate youth coaches and players.


The site breaks training down into 3 levels of dificulty, focusing on heading, passing, shooting, defending, receiving and dribbling. Each lesson contains a mixture of animations of players from Fifa 2010 and US Soccer coaches explaining best practices. Visit the site here.

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The guys over at joystiq.com got their hands on the new trailer for the upcoming FIFA 2010 release by EA Sports.  For every soccer nerd the new FIFA game is always much anticipated.  Think there may be a day where the 30 year old guy that works at GameStop will one day have to where a soccer jersey like they did with Madden’s release last week?  Doubtful, but one can dream.

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EA Sports have released the official cover for the upcoming Fifa Soccer 10, the latest edition in the popular franchise. The cover features Mexican and Chicago Fire forward/midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco, England/Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and US/Chivas USA midfielder Sacha Kljestan. Fifa Soccer 10 is due out October 20th, 2009.

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