San Fernando Valley Quakes their trip to Fresno for the playoffs was an unhappy one: they lost 2–0 to BYU Cougars in a semi-final game which saw them reduced to 10 men and in which Franklin suffered a broken arm. Once again Ryan Shaw was the Quakes leading marksman, netting 10 goals, while standout right winger Sean Franklin led the assist sheets with 7. The Quakes had a slightly turbulent offseason, with Sean Franklin, Daniel Paladini and Mike Zaher all departing for Major League Soccer, and team relocating from Granada Hills to a new stadium in nearby Calabasas. Despite impressing during a pre-season friendly
Let's Make a Soccer Team! a number of campaigns for a sequel. The game was described as 'a slow-building addictive, mesmeric tour de force of a sporting simulation, which prevails over FIFA, PES and Football Manager.' by game critic Craig Navarro. The former Italian footballer Roberto Baggio endorsed the Japanese version. Let's Make a Soccer Team! Let's Make a Soccer Team!, known in Japan as , is a PlayStation 2 football management game, released by Sega in 2006. Until the worldwide release of "SEGA Pocket Club Manager" ("Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou!ROAD TO WORLD" in Japan) on Android and iOS platform in May 2018, it