Backyard Soccer MLS Edition

Backyard Soccer MLS Edition
Original cover art featuring kid versions of Brandi Chastain and Cobi Jones (both foreground), and Backyard Sports character Reese Worthington (background).
Developer(s)Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s)Infogrames
SeriesBackyard Sports
EngineSCUMM
Platform(s)Macintosh, Windows
ReleaseOctober 3, 2000[1]
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player

Backyard Soccer MLS Edition is a children's soccer video game developed by Humongous Entertainment and released in 2000 as part of the Backyard Sports series.[2] It is the second game in the Backyard Soccer subseries and the fifth Backyard Sports title overall. Unlike the first Backyard Soccer, this game features Major League Soccer (MLS) teams and players,[3] as well as three women from the United States women's national soccer team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup,[2] the first time that female professional athletes were represented in the Backyard Sports series. Aimed at children ages 5 to 10,[2] the game includes international soccer players such as the Dallas Burn's Jason Kreis and female player Brandi Chastain, but with the added twist that all the MLS and USWNT players are drawn as child caricatures in the game.[2][3][4] The game was released for the Macintosh and Windows platforms.[3] A planned release for the Game Boy Color was cancelled.[5] In 2003, a third Backyard Soccer title called Backyard Soccer 2004 was released.[6]

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  2. ^ a b c d "Female Athletes in New "Backyard" Sports CD-ROM". The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance. October 17, 2000. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved Nov 30, 2012. (subscription required)
  3. ^ a b c Johnson, Linda Stallard; Johnson, Rebecca (November 21, 2000). "Electronic adventures: video and computer game reviews". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved Nov 30, 2012. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Cool Stuff: Video Game That's Just for Kicks". Los Angeles Daily News. November 7, 2000. Retrieved Nov 30, 2012.
  5. ^ "Backyard Soccer 2001". IGN. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Backyard Soccer 2004™ (PC CD-ROM)". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2024-08-02.