It’s been announced, New York Red Bulls forward Jozy Altidore will share the cover of FIFA Soccer 2008 with Ronaldinho and Guillermo Ochoa. In an interview with Fox Sports Altidore gives a peak into the latest version of the game and tells us “the new ‘Be-A-Pro’ mode really takes the game to a different level”.

In addition to the “Be-A-Pro” mode that allows the player to take control of an individual player for the entire match, Wikipedia lists some other new features:

• A new engine that enables players on the team to react to situations around them and make decisions just like in real life.
• After the ball is hit infinite factors now affect the ball; including ball spin, pressure from defenders, player attributes, and even air resistance and air pressure.

Another article reveals the 30 different leagues that will appear in FIFA 08:

* Austrian Bundesliga
* Australian A-league – NEW
* Belgian Jupiler League
* Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro
* Czech Grambinus League – NEW
* Danish Superligaen
* Dutch Eredivisie
* Premier League
* Football League Championship
* Football League One
* Football League Two
* French Ligue 1
* French Ligue 2
* German Bundesliga 1 * German Bundesliga 2
* FAI Premier Division - NEW * Italian Serie A
* Italian Serie B * Korean K-League
* Major League Soccer (USA and Canada) * División de México
* Norwegian Tippeligaen * Polish Orange Ekstraklasa
* Portuguese BWINLIGA * Scottish Premier League
* Spanish Primera División * Spanish Segunda División
* Swedish Allsvenskan * Swiss Axpo Super League
* Turkcell Super League

The Fox Soccer interview with Altidore gave the release date of the game as September 28^th, the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 versions of FIFA 08 are both available for pre-order through Amazon.com.