Climb higher. Defend your rank. Earn more.

We’re rolling out a major overhaul to Ranked 1v1, giving the mode a brand-new reward structure built around faster progression, massive milestone payouts, and predictable weekly grinding.

While standard random pack drops are being removed from post-match loot, your overall earning potential and club progression speed are getting a massive buff.

Here is everything you need to know about the new Ranked 1v1:

We are thrilled to launch our limited-time collaboration with Adidas and the Sidemen! From today through September 10, 2026, jump into GOALS for exclusive challenges, cosmetics, and rewards.
 
The Stream & Kit Drop
The Adidas x Sidemen "Sidequest" stream is live right now!
https://www.twitch.tv/tbjzl
https://www.twitch.tv/miniminter

During the broadcast, scan the on-screen QR code to sign up or log into adiClub and link your GOALS account. You will instantly receive the Main Adidas Kit.
 
In-Game Sidequest Challenges
Head to the in-game Challenges tab to find the new Sidequest section. Complete 21 dedicated 1v1 challenges built around speed and attacking flair to earn:
- Individual item packages for completed challenges.
- The official Adidas Away Kit (unlocked after 18 challenges).
- A Rare Attacker Pack with guaranteed 85+ Speed and Dribbling stats (unlocked upon completing all 20+ challenges).
 
(Note: You must equip the Main Adidas Kit in-game to complete certain challenge milestones!)
 
Stadium Takeover
Equipping your Adidas kit automatically triggers a full Adidas Stadium Takeover in your matches, featuring custom static billboards, crowd flags, and an updated Main Menu Hero.
 
Jump in, link your adiClub account, and complete your Sidequests today!

This update includes the 5v5 game mode! However, it won't be visible in-game right away as we'll be activating it server-side.

We’ll drop an announcement as soon as it goes live.
Stay tuned!

From August 6 to 9.
Be among the first to get an early look at what we've been building.

Movement

- Improved player lock-on behavior during lofted through passes, reducing slowdowns in certain situations.
- Fixed an issue where ball roll chaining and player unlocks could occur after idle skill moves.

Physicality

- Fixed an issue where Physical Tackle animations could fail to play even when the tackle conditions were met.

Shooting

- Reduced the frequency of shots hitting the post.

Tournaments & UI

- Fixed an issue that could cause Tournament brackets to break after facing the same opponent multiple times.
- Fixed rare cases where incorrect platform icons could be displayed.

Connectivity

- Fixed an issue that could, in some cases, leave players stuck on an empty pitch while connecting to a match.

Stability

- Fixed a rare issue that could cause celebrations to become stuck.
- General performance and stability improvements.

Let us know your thoughts!

More details are coming soon. Until then, we'll see you on the pitch. Time to practice.

Passing is faster and first touches are much tighter. We've also removed post-pass stun for more responsive movement, nerfed goalkeeper rush-outs, and made manual defending more rewarding by reducing AI assistance.

This update delivers improvements across gameplay, audio, and UI. This is another step in our ongoing gameplay iteration, and your feedback continues to shape every update.

Play a few matches, then come back and tell us what you think. We'll be reading every comment.

We’ve spent the last 12 days working through your recent feedback. We're fully committed to steadily improving the gameplay, and we hope you find this new patch to be a solid step in the right direction.

Full Patchnotes:

Gameplay

- Passing & Shooting: Major improvements to through-ball accuracy, including better turn prediction, smarter offside-line awareness, more reliable blocked-lane detection, and improved lofted through-pass consistency. Fixed an issue that could occasionally cause passes and shots to feel delayed.

- Physicality & Defending: Stronger shoulder challenges, more impactful contact, increased jockey speed and responsiveness, and reduced reliance on Strength/Balance ratings at the low end.

- Second Player Press: Pressers will now mirror dribblers more actively when closing down. The duration of this behavior scales with the Aggression attribute (0.5–2.0 seconds), after which their ability to mirror is significantly reduced, rewarding manual player switching and defending.

- Skill Moves & Agility: Rebalanced skill move exit speeds to reduce unrealistic acceleration. Agility now has a stronger speed-versus-turning tradeoff, with improved turn responsiveness.

- Goalkeeping: Added new save variations, improved save animations and positioning, and increased goalkeeper willingness to dive. Fixed issues with late duel unlocks and goalie strafe detection.

- Defensive AI: Improved defensive line structures, with full-backs and wing-backs maintaining the offside line more effectively. Refined run-tracking and man-marking hand-off logic, and increased the flexibility of the marking system to reduce situations where defenders fail to react to dangerous attacking threats.

UI

- Collection: Added sorting options for Overall Rating and Potential. Favorite players can no longer be accidentally sold or discarded.

Matchmaking

- Tournaments: Tournaments now use a fully round-based format instead of SBMM matchmaking. This change will take effect when the current tournaments expire on Thursday. Tournament resets will also move to Mondays.

- Ping priority: Continued tuning to improve the balance between queue times and server quality. Server ping is now prioritized more heavily when finding matches.

Let us know what you think of this update!

At the moment, GOALS requires Proton 10 to run correctly on Steam Deck. Proton 11 Beta is currently not supported.

If you're having trouble launching the game, you can manually select Proton 10 by following these steps:

1. Right-click GOALS in your Steam Library and select Properties.
2. Navigate to the Compatibility tab.
3. Check "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool".
4. Select Proton 10 from the drop-down menu.

Once selected, Steam will update the compatibility settings and GOALS should launch normally.

This workaround also applies to all Linux devices, including laptops and desktops running Steam through Proton.

We'll continue improving Steam Deck and Linux support in future updates.

See you on the pitch.

First of all: thank you.
Launch has been exciting, challenging, and full of valuable feedback. We've spent the last week reading your comments, watching your clips, and discussing what works and what needs to improve.

The recent patch was just one step. It won't be the last. We're committed to continuing to iterate on gameplay, systems, and the overall experience. Our ambition remains the same as it was on day one: build the football game we've always wanted to play, together with the community helping shape it.

Thank you for being part of the journey. We'll keep listening. We'll keep improving. And we'll keep building.
See you on the pitch.