Academy Soccer Manager

- In penalty shootouts, takers now take a run-up before shooting, and each kick comes around faster. - The shootout camera is now fixed behind the penalty spot, where you can see the taker. - Fixed an issue at the end of the season where taking a sports recommendation cleared the middle school players you had chosen to recruit. - A confirmation now appears if you try to move on to the next season with recommendation slots left over. - You can now see right away which recruits joined and which turned you down. - Fixed an issue where the word "Select" showed through the "Selected" button. - How much support moves after a competitive match now depends on the strength gap with the opponent. Beating a team you weren't expected to beat raises it a lot, and losing to a team you should have beaten lowers it a lot. - Good tournament results now raise support. The lower your school standing, the bigger the boost. - Reworked the drop for benching a good player. Players are compared with others in the same position, 1st and 2nd years and players who come on as substitutes lose less, and substitutions made with a big lead cause no drop. - Overall, support is now less likely to fall. - The team strength reputation shown when scouting an opponent is now based on their actual squad. - Third-year players at other schools now also retire after the Championship final. - Other schools now get tired from training and tournaments. Schools that go deep in a tournament stay tired for a while and may rest key players in friendlies.

- You can now choose the manager's face when creating a new game or in Settings. It appears on the home screen and on the bench during matches. - Added support for the manager. Each player's support rises and falls with selection, results, training load and personality, and affects training growth and morale. It is shown as a gauge under morale on the Players screen. Players with low support sometimes ignore match instructions. - After big matches such as national tournament games and prefectural semi-finals and finals, you now hold a press conference. How you answer the reporters changes your players' support. You can also end it without answering. - Match results can now be read as a newspaper page. - Players now have personalities (9 types, rival players too). Each has strengths and weaknesses that affect matches and training. Every personality is described in the player details. - Added chemistry between players. It grows as they play and train together, and players are more likely to pass to teammates they have chemistry with. The tactics screen links them with lines. - Middle-school classmates, seniors and juniors, childhood friends, brothers and twins now join the club. They have chemistry from the day they join. - Added a screen for choosing the captain from the squad list. A recommended captain is also shown. - You can now choose height, weight, preferred foot and personality. You can also buy special abilities with points. - Up to 3 players can now be reincarnated per year (up to 2 in the same position). - Added 7 special abilities. Reworked how the defensive abilities work and updated the descriptions to match. - Rebuilt player animations. Shots, passes, free kicks and corners are kicked differently, and there are more dribbles, turns, traps, headers, throw-ins, falls and goalkeeper dives. The ball now moves in step with the players. - The kicking foot is now chosen by the direction of the kick. - After a goal, the players now run to the corner to celebra...

- Reworked the qualifier draw. Only the top few schools are seeded, and the rest are drawn by lot every year. - While you are still in the qualifiers, the nationals weeks on the schedule now show "TBD". - League prize money is now paid down to 5th place. The higher the division, the bigger the prize. - You can now change rival schools' names, standing and kits. - Fixed individual training slots not increasing when you hired or promoted a coach partway through the season.