They get the trophy back, but the Brickster escapes again. After winning pieces for their own ship, the team goes into space, and finally faces off the Brickster and his soccer team on Mars. The team then chases the Brickster around the world in an attempt to capture him, but are thwarted when he escapes from his volcano base in one of his space ships.
After winning several games and qualifying for the galactic soccer championship, the player's team is about to get a trophy when the Brickster steals it right from their hands. You have to play about 6 games to win the championship. You begin by starting off with a total of 18 players which you choose 6 from. Although the game received mediocre reviews, it was championed for its simple yet brilliant animations that were used as a template for consequent Lego games. A mobile phone version of the game was also released.
In a World Cup year, it's a simple football game based around different LEGO themes, including Pirates, Martians, adventurers and cowboys, as well as Lego Sports characters.
Lego Soccer Mania, also packaged as Lego Football Mania, is a soccer game released on June 18, 2002.