Tutorial

New to GOALS?

It may be daunting at first, and you may be unsure where to start, but don't worry! Follow this tutorial, and you will learn and try the different modes in GOALS, how to best grow your team, and obtain some tips and tricks to maximise your club's potential!

To start, head into the challenge section and look at the rookie challenges. These simple challenges are the best way to begin your journey, and you can complete multiple simultaneously! Completing these challenges will help you learn GOALS while earning some valuable rewards! The rest of this tutorial will guide you through completing these challenges and learning your way around GOALS!

First, head into the Practice Arena on the Play menu and choose your best shooter from your starting 11. You can tell what player has the best shooting by checking the stats on the card. You will see "SHO" and a value; this is your player's shooting value. The higher it is, the better!

In the Practice Arena, you can complete your first challenges by scoring some goals! Start by scoring 20 low shots. These are simple to do: First, move your player using the left stick, and once you get near to the goal, power up your shot by pressing B (Xbox), O (PlayStation) or LMB (Mouse) and then tap the same button again. This will perform a low shot. Score 20 of these and you have just unlocked your first challenge! If you are struggling, you can first practice normal shooting first, simply hold the shooting button to charge and let go to shoot. This is the same button as mentioned above.

Next, score 10 curved (finesse) shots. To shoot a curved shot, hold RB, R1 or D whilst also pressing the shoot button (B , O or LMB). Once you start scoring these curved shots, you only need to score 10 to complete your next challenge.

If you are new to football games, these shots may take a few attempts to pull off correctly, but keep practicing! This arena is the best mode for trying new things and learning how to best control your player and start shooting! It takes everyone a bit of time to get used to. You can check your challenge progress by heading back to the Challenges menu at any time.

Once you have completed these shots, head back into Challenges and claim your first two challenges! Now, return to the main menu and head into the store. Here you can open your first rewards! To open a pack, simply press on the pack you want to open and select "Open Pack".

Usually, you should keep every player you get, but this time, you should discard the lowest-rated player from one of your packs. You can tell the rating of the player by looking at the number on the top right of the card. In the pack screen showing the pack contents, the players are also arranged from highest to lowest! Discarding a single player will complete another challenge! To discard a player, simply press on that player with A, X or LMB, which will move it into the sell section. You can then confirm the pack, which will add the other players to your collection.

Now, if you head back to challenges, you will have two more challenges complete! You can claim these and open your rewards! You will also have enough points to open a Basic+ pack. Head back into the store, and purchase and open one! Keep everything you get! To buy a Basic+ pack, simply select the 5 Basic+ pack that costs 2500 points, then press the white button with the price to purchase. You can also then press the green button to open it!

Now that you have opened your some packs, return to the main menu and head into Edit Team. Here you will find your squad. Head into the collections section and see if you can make any improvements with what you have packed so far. If you are unsure about what to look for, you can reach out for help on our Discord. To move a player, simply press (A, X, LMB) on the player you want to move and then press again on the player you want to swap with. You can move players from the collection into your team, and also move players around in your team with the same method.

Once you have made any changes, go back to the main menu and take a look at the "How to Play" section. Here, you can get an overview of the controls and mechanics in GOALS. Don't worry if you can't remember everything, you will soon be jumping into an easy match so you can start trying things out and learning what does what.

To begin your first practice match, return to the main menu, select "Play" and select "Play vs Bots". Now, choose a difficulty. We recommend starting with beginner difficulty so you can try the game without much threat from the opponent. Your target in this match is to score 5 goals! We recommend trying the same shots you practiced in Arena earlier. Once the match is over, you can claim your newly unlocked challenges! You should also have enough points to buy another Basic+ pack. Purchase another 5 Basic+ pack and see if you have any improvements you can make to your team with the contents!

Your final objective is to head into a game of Ranked! You can find Ranked in the "Play" section. It doesn't matter if you win or lose this match; just enjoy yourself and have some fun trying out the mechanics. This will complete your final easy challenge of this section!

There is still one more challenge to complete! You can claim this challenge once you reach a team rating of 60! You can check your team rating on the Edit Team page.

Once you have finished this tutorial, we highly recommend checking out the Game Guide "here", which will have many tips, tricks and further information, such as how to find the companion app, how to remap controls, how to complete swaps, the different rarities, what packs to open, and more! You can also reach out to us at any time on our Discord. Everyone is super happy to help in any way they can!