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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Release date(s) | August 25, 2006 |
| Genre(s) | Football Management |
Let's Make a Soccer Team! (also known as LMAST! or Let's Make A Football Team/Club!) is a PlayStation 2 football management game, released by Sega and Konami in 2006.
The game has heavy role-playing video game elements with a running story and characters alongside the more regular management side of the game. Unlike other football management titles, in this game you are also the chairman and creator of the club.
The game is set around the 2006/07 footballing season (although, the play-offs at the beginning of the game concern the 05/06 football season). The game story begins with a brief introduction concerning the history of football.
After this, the player is then led to creating their own football club, where the hometown and base of the club is chosen. In total there are 11 countries the club can be based in, which are England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland, Scotland, Wales, The Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Monaco .
After this, the name of the owner of the club, the colour and design of the club kit, the team's playing style and club secretary are chosen. The story then continues.
Following this, the game slides onto a series of newspaper headlines, such as "[Name of Hometown] forms new club [Team name]" and "[Team Name] win promotion to [Country's 3rd Division]!". An example of this is:
The game officially starts as the play-offs for the 2nd Division of the country which the club is based in begin. If the player's club are knocked out of this tournament, the game consequently concludes, otherwise known as 'Game Over'.
There are three other ways in which the game ends due to a player fault. These are:
T.Langerak (Holland, ST) D.Carrick (England, ST) A.Bruno (Brazil, ST) D.Van Saan (Holland, ST) A.Schevchenko (Ukraine, ST) L.Hughes (Wales, ST) W.Rooney (England, ST) T.Henry (France, ST) D.Bent (England, ST) Ronaldinho (Brazil, AM) S.Breul (Germany, AM) L.Duhamel (France, AM) T.Tallyson (Brazil, AM) W.Sneijder (Holland, AM) Z.Zidane (France, AM) A.Pirlo (Italy, AM) M.Ballack (Germany, AM) S.Deisler (Germany, WG) A.Puncheon (England, WG) D.Rottger (Germany, WG) G.Rundall (England, WG) M.Roggero (Italy, WG) C.Diogo (Uruguay, WG) P.Viera (France, DM) A.Loew (Holland, DM) S.Parker (England, DM) R.Carlos (Brazil, LB) A.Cole (England, LB) A.Flewig (Germany, RB) Cafu (Brazil, RB) N.Mugone (Italy, RB) E.Adoboli (Sierra Leone, RB) M.Prieto (Argentina, CB) J.Terry (England, CB) R.Cooper (USA, CB) H.Hayshida (Japan, CB) M.Furtlwagner (Germany, CB) M.Aiblinger (Germany, CB) Lucio (Brazil, CB) B.Adelaer (Holland, CB) J.Egner (Germany, CB) G.Buffon (GK, Italy) D.Lampard (GK, England) I.Cassilas (GK, Spain) J.Lehman (GK, Germany) V.Valdez (GK, Spain) J.Gavlan (GK, Spain) S.Carson (GK, England)
When the game was first released, reception to the game was mixed with most reviewers seemingly either loving or hating it. However, since then, much criticism has aroused, mainly due to the fact the game takes a long period of time to begin its actual story and gameplay. Additionally,similar to the other titles, there is an increased quantity of unlicensed factors in the game.