It's also possible less people playing as forum activity is usually proportionate to game interest, though all in all, it's a pretty good online soccer game which attracts worldwide participation which forms a continuous base of participants.

If interest drops, I presume it's because there's too much other online distractions and not many people are patient enough to play a game which you can't do much every day after a few minutes of shuffling player here and there, building a carpark, and staring at your own players stats. But having said that, if one is involved in all three competitions, there will be frenetic planning and action within a matter of two three hours as the competitions are put near each other