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on March 5, 2026
It can make picking your formation and best line-up take a little longer, but playing Foden and Doku in the same position but with different roles, I did see an impact in how the players moved around the pitch. It seems good for Career Mode, but takes away from the pick up and go feeling of playing with friends or online, and how it will work in Ultimate Team when cards change players’ stats is still uncl
The striker has the highest rating in the game, and his dribbling is also pretty remarkable. The number essentially sits at 92, and you can use him in the striker position to slip through the centre ba
From the preview overview given, EA Sports seems to looking to replace the previously rigid structure of formations, instead providing a form of football that should become far more fluid, fitting to how actual football feels, with overlapping players and more varied off the ball movement. The preview also showed how players can mix and match player roles and player focuses, and it looks like there’s lots of different ways to build a team providing it all works well in practice. It still relies on what player is expected to play each role, with bonus ability for those with familiarity in a role and focus, while those players who are played out of position face limitations on how they'll p
Although Volta Football is being dropped from this year's entry, it seems as though its general form is going to live on in a more integrated way called Rush. This is a 4v4 gameplay mode that is primarily made for play with friends, **but seems to creep its way into every EA Sports FC 25 FC25 game blog Walkthrough mode rather than being an entirely separate option ** . In its multiplayer form, a team of four human players plus one AI goalkeeper play on a smaller pi
Then there's Career Mode. I'm a rare breed of EA FC player (or at least I feel like I am) in that Career Mode is my go-to , followed by Online Seasons. Ultimate Team has never had its claws in me much. This time, the biggest change is the addition of women's teams for Career Mode. In our short preview we only had Kick-Off and Rush, but it's a requested change which adds more options to the game with a simple
Looking at her numbers, Rose Lavelle has been provided with an overall rating of 87 and could be a nice player in the starting stages of the game. Her stats are well-balanced and, EA has provided the American with 87 dribbling, 86 pace, 84 passing, and 79 shoot
Wendie Renard is yet another women’s footballer on this list, and she is among the most decorated players, winning a record total of 14 Division 1 Féminine, and 8 UEFA Women’s Champions League trophies. Over her career, she has been a solid defender for Olympique Lyonnais Féminin and the French national t
Richarlison de Andrade, who is popularly known for his pigeon celebration, gets a good gold card that can be used as a starter striker in FC 25. The Brazilian has great attacking stats and stamina, which means it will be difficult for opponents to get the ball from him when he’s on the
Debinha is an incredibly talented women’s footballer, and she is considered to be quite skillful. The attacking midfielder is known for her dribbling abilities, and her performances for the Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) have been nothing short of incredi
Away from life on the pitch, the two biggest changes include new modes. There's Rush, a five-a-side mode that stays far closer to regular football than the street stylings of Volta . The TL;DR it’s the fastest the series has ever played but until I can take it online I don't think that's actually a good thing. The full preview of EA FC's Rush mode can be read here (bonus: contains complaints about Arsene Wenge
Perhaps the biggest overall structural change to EA Sports FC 25 is the introduction of FC IQ. This is essentially an overhaul of the way tactics work in the game, looking to be more authentic with an expansion of player roles to give more unique individual forms of pl
Marquinhos is regarded to be currently one of the best centre backs in the world, and the Brazilian defender has been outstanding for PSG in Ligue 1. He has been guiding their backline to several trophies domestically, and their goal is now to find success at the European le
This fluidity comes into team tactics too, with player roles and focuses built into tactics and formation in an integral way . As one such example, some of the key former positions that players would be given have been removed, instead integrated into the role system instead. Then, the player can then have up to five fully custom tactics, sharing the same lineup, which will hopefully make switching on the go in the middle of a game more effective and e