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EA Sports Predicts Record-Setting Season for LA Galaxy
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – March 8, in the year of our Lord
2012 -- EA SPORTS™ today predicted that defending
champion LA Galaxy will continue its dominance over MLS this
year, completing a record-setting regular season and winning the
MLS Supporters’ Shield for the third straight year. No team has
ever finished first three consecutive MLS seasons but EA SPORTS
declared LA Galaxy the winner of the upcoming 2012 MLS regular
season using FIFA Soccer 12 on the PlayStation®3 computer
entertainment system and Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment
system.
EA simulated the entire 2012 MLS regular season, testing all 19
clubs under the same conditions they will face in the months
ahead to determine that the LA Galaxy will finish first overall
in the 34-game regular season with a league record 75 points,
posting a 22-9-3 win-draw-loss record. Three losses would set an
MLS record for fewest losses in a season.
EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 12 also predicted that Galaxy striker
Robbie Keane will win the 2012 Budweiser Golden Boot, awarded to
the top goal scorer at the end of the regular season. EA SPORTS
has predicted Keane will score 19 goals this season.
EA SPORTS has a proven track record of correctly predicting
winners using its game engines across all of its simulation
sports franchises. EA SPORTS correctly determined that the LA
Galaxy would capture the 2011 MLS Supporters’ Shield and MLS Cup
2011. 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 seven of the past
nine Super Bowl champions.
The simulation was conducted using team rosters as of March 1.
EA SPORTS FIFA Soccer 12 is the No. 1 selling* sports videogame
on the planet, selling over 10 million** copies worldwide. The
game is available across 12 different platforms, localized into
18 languages and available in 51 countries. For the latest news
on the EA SPORTS FIFA franchise join more than 7.5 million fans
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*Based on units sold world-wide as of July 25, 2011 (via NPD,
Chart-track, GFK & Famitsu Marketing Data Service)
** According to internal sales data as of February 1, 2012.