IOSoccer Update - 7 May 2026

Update 7 May 2026:

After more than week of PTB testing, the update is now live.

Thanks to everyone that played some matches on it and tested. Mainly RenT and ykwin.

Ball movement

• Ball has slightly more curl

• Air acceleration increased

• Maximum charged shot power reduced

• Volleys give 5% more spin/power over regular shots (was 10%)

• Headers can be aimed at a lower angle

Stamina

• Replenishes and drains slightly faster

• No longer resets after a swap, rejoin or reconnect

• Drain indicator is now white instead of black

Fouls & DOGSO

• Not every foul is a yellow card now. Repeat fouls will still be punished

• You can now get a red card anywhere on the pitch if you're the last defender

• Slide tackles have more reach and a slightly higher chance of fouling

• Slightly lower chance of yellow on fouls from the side and back

Match

• Goal celebration and replay are now 10 seconds (was 8)

• There are now three replays instead of one

• Assist timer is now unlimited (was 10 seconds)

• Injury time now waits for the attack to finish before ending the half

• Injury time is announced when regular time expires, not a minute prior

• Injury time has a hard cap of +20

• Half-time is now 1 minute

• Non-half-time intermissions is now 30 seconds

• Cooldown in matches is 5 minutes, in public only 1 minute

• Fixed a bug where players ran to the goalline after a golden goal

• Fixed a bug where the goalkeeper dropped the ball when diving forward near the line

• Added [c]mp_blockjoin_during_live[/c] (default 0). When set to 1, joins/swaps/position changes are blocked during live play and applied at the next dead ball

• Penalty shootout rotations improved. No player takes two penalties before all teammates have taken one. Keepers go last

UI

• Scorebar and player info bar colours now based on the team's primary kit colour

• Kick-off scoreline panel added, fades after 5 seconds

• Own goals now show the same notification panel as regular goals

• Chat UI reworked. Message bar no longer overflows on long messages

• Ball halo is now brighter. Adjustable via [c]cl_ball_halo_intensity[/c] (default 1) or through settings

Misc.

• Crests show the default IOSoccer logo if kits don't match the team name

• Added Kosovo, Morocco, Taiwan and Tunisia flags

• Version checker added. Mismatched client versions will be blocked from joining