Fancy footwork:
At any time during play, hold R2 and move the Right Analog-stick to execute moves. Side to side does a stepover, back pulls the ball back, and rotating it in a circle does a maradona.
Buying players:
If you want to buy a player, bid for them about 1 or 2 million above the asking price. This ensures you of signing that player. Players that are worth buying include:
Thierry Henry
Ronaldinho
David Beckham
Ronaldo (either)
Tim Howard
Roberto Carlos
Alexandre Del Piero
David Bellion
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Hernan Crespo
In the first year, it is almost impossible (unless you bid over 5 million above the asking price) to buy Thiery Henry, David Becham, Ronaldo, and Del Piero.
Easy win
Choose a side to play on. Then, during gameplay, press [Star and choose "Select Sides". Move your controller under the opponent's side and resume gameplay. Then, score as many goals as desired (while under the opponent's side), then just switch back to your side again. This way you will have a big point lead, depending on how many goals you scored. This trick also works better when you switch back to your side near the end of the second half.
If you are drawing or losing and it is in the 90 minutes, keep the ball on the ground. Almost always, the ref will blow his whistle when the ball leaves the ground. Keep it low then score.
Easy goals
If you are defending or playing the ball around the midfield, get the ball from your opponents. Give the ball to a player whose shooting precision and power is over 60 and you may train them for better results (for example, Beckham, Figo, Ronaldo, Van Nistelrooy, etc.). Run to the half of your opponents. You may see a lot of space in front of you. Then, press [Shoo. Just before the meter gets red, release it. The goalie will stand too far from his goal and the ball may go in. You have about a 50% chance that your player will score from way out.
Hint Free Kicks
When play as Real Madrid, always select Ronaldo to take Free Kicks.
Most teams' third kits
Reach level 5 in your EA Bio.
French Ligue teams' third kits
Reach level 10 in your EA Bio. Alternately, defeat all the teams in this league.
Italian Division 1 teams' third kits
Reach level 20 in your EA Bio. Alternately, defeat all the teams in this league.
Spanish Premeira Liga teams' third kits
Reach level 30 in your EA Bio. Alternately, defeat all the teams in this league.
English Premiership and German Bundesliga teams' third kits
Reach level 40 in your EA Bio. Alternately, defeat all the teams in those leagues.
Getting good players
Go to the options menu then to "Player Swaps". Swap all the good players desired onto the team you want to play as, then save that as a squad. Call it whatever desired. Then go to "New Season" and select "Current Squads" and play your team. This is useful for a third division team. This team now has all the good players.
Recommended team:
Create a team with the following players.
Goalkeepers
Tim Howard
Iker Casillas
Defenders
Rio Ferdinand
Paulo Maldini
Alexandre Nesta
Roberto Carlos
Lilian Thuram
Sol Campbell
Midfielders
David Beckham
Zinedine Zidane
Cristiano Ronaldo
Luis Figo
Ronaldinho
Edgar Davids
David Bellion
Forwards
Thierry Henry
Ruud Van Nistelrooy
Ronaldo
Del Piero
Shevshenko
Adrian Mutu
Hernan Crespo
Create a team with the following players. Note: The players are expensive so you might have to sell some of your best players first. The subs are up to you.
Defenders
RB: Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)
LCB: Fabio Cannavaro (Inter Milan)
RCB: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
Strikers
LF: Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
RF: Theirry Henry (Arsenal)
a cool team
Defenders
RB: Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)
LCB: Fabio Cannavaro (Inter Milan)
RCB: Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan)
LB: Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)
