Summary

  • In-game match replays can enhance team improvement by providing insights and preventing arguments post-match.
  • Introducing co-op skill games can help players refine their chemistry and skills, adding depth to the Pro Clubs experience.
  • Fans are eager for the return of 10 divisions, a traditional football system that adds excitement and entertainment.

Another year passes, and another edition of the FIFA series is set to arrive, with EA Sports FC 26 soon cropping up to please the legions of soccer fans all across the globe. While Ultimate Team is the franchise's cash cow and holds the highest player count, Pro Clubs has seen a surge in recent releases, thanks to content creators and streamers' influence, promoting a game mode that celebrates an exhilarating and hectic co-op football experience with friends.

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While Pro Clubs has become the apple of the eye of many, the game mode still has a lot of room for improvement, with plenty of features fans are eager to see arrive in the next version of Pro Clubs in EA Sports FC 26. The wishes of active players can bring forth fun and fascinating ideas that can push the Pro Clubs game mode to new heights.

6 Match Replays And Highlights

Examining Games Can Help Teams Flourish

While every console or PC can record matches played, an in-game match replay feature that everyone in the club can see could be a game-changer in how friends improve their chemistry on the pitch. With the lack of highlights after matches, friends are often left arguing with each other, complaining about specific moments that impact the trajectory of matches.

To alleviate this common occurrence, a match VOD or set of highlights that all players can view would provide club members with insight into mistakes and key moments, furthering the chance to improve, while also reducing the chance of bickering, a frequent result of the wild Pro Clubs experience.

5 Co-Op Skill Games

Refine Team Chemistry On The Practice Field

Skill Games, a feature consistent in the last decade of games in the FIFA franchise, while helpful, has become somewhat stale, especially in Pro Clubs. Often found to be lackluster and repetitive, to spice up and rework the feature, a co-op version of Skill Games, including players' pros, would be an effective tool for improving chemistry and working on specific actions together. In the downtime of Pro Clubs, where players wait for friends to arrive for a group session, a duo could work on particular scenarios while gaining valuable XP and skill points in the process.

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Such a minor tweak of a storied feature could pay off for many potential strikeforces who try to perfect their two-man game, attempting to replicate famed connections akin to Lamine Yamal and Raphinha or Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez.

4 Return Of The 10 Divisions

A Return To The Traditional Football Structure Would Appease Fans

For years, game modes such as FUT and Pro Clubs adopted 10 divisions, consisting of harder teams to face as progression continued, with promotion and relegation being integral parts of EA FC. In Pro Clubs recently, the series chose to implement a chance-based system, which often becomes convoluted and lacks the excitement and buzz friends used to experience as they gradually went through the tiers.

The last-minute goals to secure promotion or stave off relegation, the shenanigans, and the pulsating drama that the traditional football system offers are superior in every way, with fans of the formula keen on seeing its return.

3 Football Icons Join Clubs Based On Success

Legends Like Ronaldinho And David Beckham Can Join The Eclectic Group Of Pros On The Pitch

On the road to reaching glory with friends and AI-generated club players, the incentive for promotions and success is often lacking, with the only rewards available being access to bigger stadiums and cosmetics. To encourage success, reaching certain thresholds, such as promotions and winning cups, could allow players to earn legendary soccer stars to add to their club's arsenal, lining up legends of the game like Ronaldinho, David Beckham, and Thierry Henry to bolster their squad's ranks.

Maybe these illustrious players, while a luxurious perk of success, can only be kept if winning is sustained, with a potential relegation seeing such players being lost from a club. The combination of created pros assisting some of the great icons of the game's past adds a sense of imagination and motivation, enabling players to live out their childhood dreams of playing alongside soccer royalty.

2 Friends Can Join At Halftime Or Reconnect

Disconnects And Late Arrivals Can Get In On The Action

For years, players have dealt with internet issues that have either kicked them from Pro Clubs games or disconnected them before they could even load in to start playing. To solve a problem every player has suffered when playing the EA FC franchise, the option to allow players to drop into an existing match at half-time or reconnect after being kicked from a specific game would save a lot of hassle.

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Particularly for those late arrivals to the gaming session, this implementation would be an efficient way to get into the thick of action, joining their friends in the middle of the action as they seek to claim glory for their esteemed clubs.

1 Open World

Taking Inspiration From NBA 2K Will Give Players More Freedom

In the world of sports games, NBA 2K's introduction of MyPARK, a social hub and a basketball lovers' heaven, has been an influential addition to the Create-a-Player template. The feature is already planned to be implemented in the coming EA FC games. For Pro Clubs in particular, an open-world park would be the perfect location for players to level up their pros while continuing the multiplayer madness.

From 3v3 pitches to commercial cosmetic shops, the personalization and entertainment for one's pro would be infinite. The designs of a MyPARK in EA FC would be best suited to some of the game's most influential nations and their respective cultures, with Brazilian streets and British landscapes serving as the ideal backdrop for this potentially game-changing feature.

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Top Critic Avg: 80 /100 Critics Rec: 83%
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Released
September 26, 2025
ESRB
Everyone / In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
Developer(s)
EA Vancouver, EA Romania
Publisher(s)
EA
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