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EA SPORTS Predicts LA GALAXY will Triumph in MLS CUP 2011
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – November 17, in the year of our
Lord 2011 – LA Galaxy will win its third MLS Cup with a
3-1 victory over Houston Dynamo in front of a sold-out hometown
crowd at The Home Depot Center, according to an EA SPORTS™ FIFA
Soccer 12 videogame simulation of MLS Cup 2011 using the Xbox
360® videogame and entertainment system. Galaxy led 2-0 on goals
by David Beckham (7th minute) and Robbie Keane (62nd minute),
and then survived a frantic comeback by Houston after Geoff
Cameron narrowed the score to 2-1 in the 73rd minute. Landon
Donovan clinched the victory—and the third MLS Cup for the
Galaxy—with a goal in 86th minute.
A video simulation of the Galaxy victory over Houston in MLS Cup
2011 is available here:
http://www.ea.com/soccer/news/ea-sports-predicts-mls-cup-final-2011-01.
EA SPORTS has a proven track record of correctly predicting
winners using its game engines across all of its simulation
sports franchises. This year, EA SPORTS simulated the entire
2011 MLS regular season, and correctly determined that the LA
Galaxy would capture the MLS Supporters’ Shield. The FIFA Soccer
game engine also correctly predicted that Spain would win the
2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
The Madden NFL franchise has correctly predicted six of the past
eight Super Bowl champions, while the EA SPORTS NHL series
engine accurately predicted the Chicago Blackhawks as the 2010
Stanley Cup® champion; the Vancouver Canucks® as the 2011
Presidents’ Trophy winner; and the 2011 Stanley Cup Final
matchup of the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks.
Fans around the globe will compare the EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 12
score line with the real-world MLS Cup 2011 on Sunday, November
20 (9:00 p.m. ET, ESPN, ESPN Deportes, Galavision, TSN2,
ESPN3.com). Beginning Nov. 22 at 2:00 PM ET, fans will have the
opportunity to play a special EA SPORTS Football Club challenge
within FIFA Soccer 12 featuring a compelling story line pulled
from the MLS Cup.
Visit
http://www.ea.com/soccer/ for more information about FIFA
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