Sorry to be the one to tell you..But me and another tried extensively to get direct ip to work... and it won't. The game gets to the screen where you select a controller and everything just freezes and then goes.... then freezes again... AND THIS IS THE MENU! There is no chat interface to chat in multiplayer either... Now before people get on the " you got warez " BS.. i have the FULL GAME fully UPDATED from ea.com with the "PATCH" for online play. The ea Matchup service doesn't work either...So for now nothing via multiplayer works and it's really SAD. because it would be a cool game if it did http://www.soccergaming.com/ubb/frown.gif