As part of the ongoing FIFA 10 community event at EA’s magnificent Vancouver studio, the assembled community members got the chance to put the development team themselves to the sword on a real football pitch.

It was an energetic break in the bright sunshine from all the hands-on FIFA 10 time everyone had been enjoying on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Our international attendees are certainly hardcore footy fans, and fancied their chances against a load of atrophied games developers. Or at least, that was the plan.

Turns out there’s nothing atrophied about any of these guys. The FIFA team features staff from 18 different countries, and all of them are skilled footballers. Hell, one of them was once a runner up in the Red Bull international football freestyle championship (although he’s an animator on FIFA 10 these days).

Jason and Rob Thompson - hosts of the daily EA SPORTS Live radio show broadcast from Florida - dropped down to the pitchside to take in the scene, and managed to hoik FIFA 10 producer David Rutter off the pitch for a chat mid-game. Check it out below.