What you are reconstructing

The board is not “every team this player ever touched in online cups.” It is the ordered path of clubs tied to that player’s Major-era career in the Win a Major database. Fill every slot in a row, submit the full path, then read the colors before your next attempt.

Past days stay playable from the calendar under the board, so you can practice on older careers without waiting for tomorrow’s player.

Treat colors like Wordle for teams

After each attempt every slot is colored. Green means the right team in the right position - lock it and never move it again. Yellow means that club belongs somewhere else on this path. Gray means the team is not part of this career at all.

The fastest upgrades come from discipline: greens stay, grays leave your shortlist, yellows get reshuffled. Recycling a gray org on the next try is the most common way to burn an attempt.

Fix order before inventing new clubs

When several yellows remain and few or no grays appeared, the roster is often already correct and only the chronology is wrong. Swap yellow positions among themselves before searching for brand-new organizations.

Think in eras: academy or early regional orgs usually sit left; superteam peaks and late-career moves sit right. If you know the player’s famous “prime” org, place that yellow near the middle or end and test the flanking clubs around it.

Open with high-signal orgs

Your first path should include well-known Major clubs you can place confidently for that region - not obscure rebrands you half-remember. A wrong famous org that turns gray still teaches you something; a random guess that turns yellow without context is harder to reuse.

If nationality or era is obvious from the mystery presentation, bias toward orgs that actually attended Majors in that window. Career Path rewards Major history literacy more than fantasy roster trivia.

Five attempts, then cross-train

You only get five full-path submissions. After attempt two you should have a written or mental list: confirmed greens, yellow pool, discarded grays. Attempts three and four are for ordering; attempt five is for the last swap you still doubt.

If careers feel fuzzy, play Guess the Player and the Major Simulator too. Naming players under constraints and drafting historic lineups both sharpen the same “who played where, and when?” map that Career Path tests every day.