The game includes a lot of players from top football nations like Brazil, England, Italy, Spain, Germany and France. Each team's score in points is at the top of the frame, and the score in goals at the bottom. The player is playing as Portugal, and the icon in the bottom-left indicates that they are controlling Deco. Legends of football such as Johan Cruyff, Eusébio and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge are unlockable during the game. The best players have special moves often named after their nickname. As the player improves, he can captain his own street football team and eventually become an international. In the career mode 'Rule the Streets', one creates a player and competes in tournaments around the world to obtain 'Skill Bills' to buy clothing and upgrade his rating. The game is a street football game in which the player can take control of 4-a-side versions of national football teams in matches where the object is to win by scoring a set amount of goals or points via tricks, or within a time limit. However, the hand-held versions, particularly on the DS, were received poorly for not including those innovations. The home console editions of the game received average reviews for the improvements on the first FIFA Street.

A new 'trick stick beat' system was introduced and new authentic tricks were also introduced. Free Fifa Street 2 is the 2006 sequel to the EA Sports video game FIFA Street.