Sixteen years old, one pair of boots, and a trial nobody expects you to pass. Every choice here follows you for twenty seasons.
Burn the touchline. Nobody recovers once you are past them.
Pace +8 · Dribbling +4 · Shooting +1
You see the pass three seconds before anyone else does.
Passing +8 · Dribbling +4 · Shooting +1
Back to goal, centre backs bouncing off you.
Physical +7 · Shooting +5 · Pace -1
Nothing gets through. Nothing gets over.
Defending +8 · Physical +5
Box to box, ninety minutes, every single week.
Physical +5 · Passing +4 · Defending +4
A goalkeeper who makes forwards doubt themselves.
Defending +9 · Physical +4 · Passing +2
Cage football until midnight. No coach ever told you what to do.
Flair: dribble attempts in matches are 8% more likely to come off.
Released at fourteen. You kept the letter on your wall.
Chip on the shoulder: all training EXP gains increased by 15%.
The town already prints your name on the back of shirts.
Hometown hero: fan loyalty decays 50% slower.