SoccerLat: 3D Football Online

Mission briefing

Soccer Online is a fast 3D football game you play in your browser against other people in real time. Pick your position, take the pitch and play a proper match: fouls and free kicks, penalties, corners, throw-ins, and a referee running the diagonal. Still level at full time? It goes to a penalty shootout. Play anything from 1v1 to 11v11. Short of players? Switch on the bot goalkeepers and fill the goals. The ball is properly simulated. Bend your shots by moving as you strike, loft them by aiming with the camera, dribble past defenders and slide in to win it back, but time it, because a late tackle is a foul and the referee will give it. Make the player yours: skin tone, kit designs and colours, shorts, boots, hats, your name and number on the back, and your team's name and three-letter tag. Two pitches to play on: a full indoor stadium and a caged street court. Switch to first person whenever you like. Play with mouse and keyboard, a gamepad, or touch controls on your phone.

Field manual

Controls Move - WASD Sprint - Shift Jump - Space Look around - Mouse Dribble - hold Left click Shoot / Pass - hold Right click to charge, release to strike Bicycle kick - Left click while in the air Slide tackle - C Goalkeeper, place the ball - F Raise your hand to ask for the ball - E Emote wheel - hold B First person view - 1 Pause - Esc Bend the ball by moving sideways as you shoot, and aim higher with thecamera to loft it. Every key can be remapped in Settings. Gamepad is supported. On mobile you get an on-screen joystick and buttons, and you look by dragging.

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a landscape (wide) screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Field notes for multiplayer operations

• The first match against strangers is tuition. You are not there to win it; you are there to learn the map, the pacing and what the regulars do that the tutorial never mentioned.
• Ping and position beat raw aim. A stable connection and a sensible place to stand will win you more rounds than any sensitivity setting ever published.
• Rematch the player who beat you cleanly. Queues are random, but lessons are not — the opponent who outplayed you is a free coach for exactly the skill you are missing.

SoccerLat: 3D Football Online — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play SoccerLat: 3D Football Online?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is SoccerLat: 3D Football Online?

SoccerLat: 3D Football Online is filed in our Multiplayer theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run SoccerLat: 3D Football Online on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It is built wide, for a landscape screen — rotate a phone sideways, or give it a tablet or monitor to stretch out on.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. SoccerLat: 3D Football Online is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Multiplayer theatre is one click away — Other people are the content. One hundred and thirty-six operations where the opposition has a pulse, a username and no intention of letting you win politely.