Overview:
-Estimated trophy difficulty: 6/10 Platinum is now unattainable unless you have earned the online trophies prior to servers closing.
-Overall number of trophies: 45 34 - 6 - 4 - 1
-Offline: 25 - 5 - 3
-Online: 9 - 1 - 1 These are all unattainable now since servers closed January 2013
-Approximate time to Platinum: 50 - 70hrs
-Minimum number of playthroughs: 500 Games your VP is in. 100 ranked Head to Head matches. 4 simmed seasons.
-Number of missable trophies: None
-Glitched trophies: Club Glory, One Club man
-Does Difficulty Affect Trophies?: No. For Rising Talent you have to be on Semi-Pro to have access to most Accomplishments. This will only unlock it faster but its not necessary since there are about 150 bronze accomplishments.
Step 1: Starting off.
When you start the game for the first time, there are a few easy trophies that you should get out of the way. First off, score five goals in the Arena to get Back of the Net. Then switch sides to play as the goalkeeper. Start up a practice match where the opposition is just the goalkeeper. You’ll get Training Time when you start. Score a goal as the goalie to get Once in a Lifetime.
Now for some more quick trophies: Take a quick dip into the in-game store to pick up Anything in Particular. Next, you should head to the edit menus and change a team's stadium and entrance music to get Home Maker and New Choons.
Lastly, go and change the control settings to manual. Then play a match against a one-star team with a five-star team and win to get All My Own Work. Make sure you switch back the settings after you finish the match. That gets a few of the easiest trophies out of the way. Next up are the goalie trophies.
Step 2: Goalie Trophies.
You may want to create your Virtual Pro now to get a few of the keeper accomplishments. Once you are back in the Arena, switch sides to play as the keeper and make 10 saves to get Warming the Gloves.
Then if you turn off the goalie assists and play a Kick-Off match, you can go for both Safe Hands and Perfect Keeping at the same time.
Step 3: Media Trophies.
There are a few easy replay-related trophies that can be ticked off really quickly. Upload a video and screenshot to EA Sports Football World to get Eat My Goal and Picture Perfect. This can even be done in Arena Mode.
After a match, go into the highlights menu and save one to the replay theatre to get One To Remember.
Step 4: Player Career.
To get the Career Mode trophies quickly, you should start a new career with a created player. To get Folklore, Good Week and Established Keeper in around 20 minutes, make the created player a goalie.
Max out his stats and place him on one of the better teams in the MLS. The MLS has a shorter season than most, and so can be simulated quicker. Simulate through the career season by season. Because your ‘Super Goalie’ is so much better than every other player, he will build up his experience points quickly. At the end of Season 1, you will get Established Keeper. By the end of Season 3, you should also have gotten Good Week and Folklore.
Step 5: Manager Career.
At the end of Season 3, your ‘Super Goalie’ should be offered a Player/Manager Contract. Scroll left and right to see all of the contracts, as there are usually three or four. Accept the Player-Manager Contract to receive Its in the Blood. For your first match, you will actually want to play it. Sub in your best forwards at the start and score a goal with one of them to get Mastermind.
From here, simulate the rest of the season. Keep simming until you get Great Month! It usually pops up sooner rather than later. Once it does, finish off that season and exit out to the main menu. You should have put together a decent score in Career Mode that should have made it onto the Career Leaderboard. So you should get Record Holder about here.
Step 6: Pro Clubs.
Now, it’s on to your Virtual Pro and the Pro Club trophies. If you have not already done so, now's the time to create your VP. Don't worry too much about his info, as you can change it all later. Once he is saved, you will receive In the Game. From now on, you will want to use him as much as possible. Play him in different positions as well, so you can rack up those 100 accomplishments you need for Rising Talent.
You will next have to find a decent Pro Club. Using the stickied threads in the forums, you should be able to find a club to join. Once you find one, stick with it until you get One Man Club. If you switch clubs, your matches played will be lost, so stick with the one club. After your first match, you will get Virtual Debut. Get into a well-organized club, and you should be able to manage Virtual Football. The bigger the club is, the easier it will be to get ten players together.
The bulk of your matches for your Pro Club should be cup matches. Get into a decent team, and you should be able to manage to reach and win the final at least a couple of times. Persistence is the key here. You will have to play 50 matches anyway, so you may as well get Club Glory along the way. You should also be able to set up a goal with a cross somewhere along the way as well, which would net you Always Friendly. And lastly, in between cup attempts, you should be able to play a practice match to get Team Training.
Step 7: Head to Head Online.
There are a half-dozen Head to Head online trophies to look out for. The big one that will take the most time to complete is Hundred & Counting, where you have to play 100 full-length Head to Head matches online. Because that will take a while to do, you should try for the others along the way.
First up are In for the Win and Against the Odds. Most people play with five-star teams, so you should go for a four and a half star team. Take the game to extra time, and you’ll get In for the Win. If you then manage to win the match, you should also get Against the Odds.
After that is done, play four more matches using four other teams to get Experimental. If you get lucky, and manage to win all of those matches, you would also get Good Form. This is unlikely though, as someone usually quits along the way. You can boost these trophies though, once you can find someone willing to take a pasting for a few matches. If you do, make sure they let you beat them in a friend’s league as well, so you can get First Time Out.
Step 8: Leagues and Stadiums.
Now it's time for a little grinding. For Around the World, you have to play a full match with a team from every league in the game. And for Home & Away, you have to win a match in every stadium in the game. My advice is to do both at once. Print out a checklist for each one, and tick them off as you go.
To boost the amount of matches your VP has played, stick him onto each team you play as. Another handy time saver is to select teams that have players with the right specialities so that you can complete those trophies as well.
Step 9: Specialty Trophies.
There are five trophies based on the specialty traits that some of the players have. The ones to look out for are: Aerial Threat, Crosser, Distance Shooter, Playmaker and Poacher. Each of the trophy descriptions in the guide has list of players you can use. So see the guide for more info.
Step 10: Clean Up.
The last three trophies are: Woodwork & In!, Virtual Legend and FIFA for Life. You will probably get Woodwork & In! long before you reach this point. But the other two are the two that will take up most of your time. Work on Virtual Legend first. There is a quick method to racking up matches by getting sent off. For more information, take a look at the guide.
There is no way to boost Fifa for Life. It is based on the time you spend on the pitch, not game time. So it is just a matter of playing until it pops. Fifa is a game for the long haul, so just keep dipping in every so often, and you will eventually get there.
Once you do, you’ll receive a nice shiny new platinum trophy. Congratulations.
These are 2 amazing videos from my friend IrishWelshCelt from xbox360a.org and have his permission to use them. They have 28 achievements unlocked between the 2 and how to get them. (we don't have a gameface trophy and Centre team trophy so just ignore those parts.)
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