I played a couple matches online, and experienced some significant lagging and even the occasional disconnect. I can't blame the game for these problems entirely, however, as I'd much rather blame AT&T's terrible coverage in my city. While its great to see an active online community, I'd like to see some kind of ban or filter to prevent your opponent from picking an all-star or legends team.

The controls have been tweaked slightly as well. Now instead of a single movement joystick in the corner, you can basically plant the joystick on any part of the left hand half of the screen. In addition, you can now simply tap on a player to control him, addressing a difficulty in playing defense in Real Soccer 2009. However, this creates a new problem--sometimes, when you want to switch players, you'll end up creating a joystick in the middle of the screen or vice versa. I also found the new sprint function to be a bit harder to master than the previous "double tap" system. On the whole, I found the controls to be less smooth than the previous version but offered better precision when controlling the ball.

While is getting all the press, it simply cannot compare with Real Soccer's depth. There are many new modes for fans to enjoy, including the heavily-promoted Enter the Legend mode that will let you play as only a single player as he makes his career. You can upgrade his skills, personalize his body type, and eventually get him traded to a better team. You'll love the feeling you get from being named the "Man of the Match" and enjoy watching your player get better. But you'll scratch your head at the menu system and calendar interface where you'll have off days and weeks where you simply have to keep clicking and wait until you can play again. And while you can call for the ball from your teammates, it's frankly boring to watch your little icon in the mini map for half the game as the action takes place far away from your position on the pitch.

You can also partake in a franchise mode called Season Club Master where you can negotiate transfers, release players, earn money to upgrade your team, and also guide your club on the pitch. It'll take you a little longer than you'd like to earn enough funds to get to the best players, but the inclusion of the mode means you can finally see Raul and Thierry Henry on the same team.

There are also penalty kicks, exhibition, season, league, and cup modes to enjoy. Real Soccer 2010 takes full advantage of iPhone 3.0's push technology by incorporating rewards, updates, and ranking news that you can receive notifications for at your discretion.