Before FIFA 13: The Evolution Of Football's Biggest Gaming Franchise

2001 - FIFA Football 2002 FIFA 2001 saw power bars for passes introduced to the series, as well as arrows indicating a players run. Cut scene animations of players being red carded and celebrating goals were added to the game and, for the first time, the Swiss Super League made an appearance in the series. The most notable of features in FIFA 2002 was the bonus game which featured the nations that had automatically qualified for the 2002 World Cup (France, Japan and South Korea). The player could try to improve the FIFA ranking of their chosen team by participating in international friendlies.

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Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.