Hi all, I am writing a tiny soccer game that requires me to implement an algorithm that governs how players from the same team move according to each other positions and the current ball position .. in other words, the task is to implement the formation strategy of the team throughout attack and defense .. hopefully exhibiting intelligent behavior that understands when defenders should attempt to stop an opponent, coverage, swapping, overlapping ..etc I know for sure that this will require me to read before i can do it .. therefore, i am asking for a starting point for my research and hopefully some broad lines to keep in mind while working on this .. best regards, A. Khalifa

If you google "Soccer AI" there are a bunch of links with videos or descriptions of Soccer AI. Also a link to a sourceforge project.

-me

Here is another thread on the same topic.

Mat Buckland did a very passable soccer game in his book "Programming Game AI by Example."