FIFA '12 Preview: Union And MLS Are Better, More Realistic In Newest Edition

by Scott Kessler on Sep 26, 2011 8:33 PM EDT in Video Games

The Philadelphia Union are improved and updated in the 2012 edition of EA Sports' soccer franchise "FIFA." (Photo by Scott Kessler, courtesy of GetDougdOn of Youtube)

EA Sports appears to finally be taking MLS seriously, and teams like the Philadelphia Union have benefited from the additional attention to detail that is seen in FIFA '12.

A Youtube user by the name of GetDougdOn has posted a video of nearly every league and the teams within those leagues. MLS appears to have had a facelift after EA came under criticism from fans of the league over the seemingly poor execution on player and team ratings in FIFA '11. Nearly every MLS team is a three star club in this version of the game, an 'honor' bestowed upon only a few last season.

The Union are a three star team themselves, sporting two 70-plus overall rating players and almost the entire team over 60. Here's the reported list of Union players and their overalls, while the default starting line up can be seen in the picture above.

Union Player Ratings (via McRob of BigSoccer):
72 - Faryd Mondragon
71 - Sebastien Le Toux
69 - Freddy Adu
69 - Veljko Paunovic
69 - Carlos Valdes
66 - Danny Mwanga
66 - Roger Torres
65 - Danny Califf
65 - Sheanon Williams
64 - Brian Carroll
64 - Justin Mapp
63 - Keon Daniel
63 - Stefani Miglioranzi
63 - Juan Diego Gonzalez
62 - Kyle Nakazawa
61 - Jack McInerney
61 - Zac MacMath
61 - Gabriel Farfan
61 - Michael Farfan
60 - Levi Houapeu
59 - Amobi Okugo
58 - Thorne Holder
55 - Ryan Richter

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I think the Farfans and the Predator should be rated a bit higher.

by EdWelshSays on Sep 26, 2011 9:03 PM EDT reply actions

Personally, I think Mondragon should be a 73, Le Toux should be a 72, Veljko Paunovic should be a 68, Zack McInerney should be around 63-64, and Sheanon Williams deserves to be much higher – perhaps a 68? Also, I have no idea how they rated Juan Diego Gonzalez considering he hasn’t played a single minute this entire season. But whatever, those are just my thoughts. :)

Either way, the overall team’s average is going to skyrocket once I start playing Virtual Pro mode. Bahahaha.

by Gary Klatt on Sep 26, 2011 9:05 PM EDT reply actions

Okugo-59?

Okugo deserves a 64 by the sole face Migs is a 63

Farfans should be much higher as well

by cswalk08 on Sep 26, 2011 10:04 PM EDT reply actions

same thing i thought when i saw he was a 59, he should be higher, atleast where Migs is at, or migs should be lower.

by Rhayes on Sep 26, 2011 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Hate to burst the bubble

But these are just about the same exact ratings from last year post-February update, with the new players of course (Adu, Paunovic).

A few players look like they’ve improved, like Torres. But Mapp, Carroll look like they’ve gone down.

All in all, the 3-star ratings across the board probably have more to do with expanded rosters than anything else. 30 players around 60 overall is much better than 22-24 players around 60.

Philadelphia Union beat writer at Soccer By Ives. Madridista de corazón. Be sure to follow me on Twitter @joeysamuel

by Joey Samuel on Sep 27, 2011 12:46 AM EDT reply actions

Any word on if they bothered to record the names of the mls teams at least? I’m holding out until 13, 11 will hold me over until next year, but I’m curious to see how much attention the MLS gets over the next few versions.

by Hodja on Sep 27, 2011 10:07 AM EDT reply actions