EA FC 25 introduces a number of major new Career Mode features, with changes to scouting, tactical formations, adjustments, and more. These changes are designed to expand both the Manager and Player Career Modes with a mix of fresh ideas and some fan-requested features.
The game is still months away from release, so expect a deep dive into all of these features in the coming weeks. Until then, here’s a look at all of the new Career Mode features in EA FC 25.
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All changes in EA FC 25 Career Mode
Here’s a look at all the new features you can look forward to:
- Women Career Mode
- FC-IQ
- Live starting points
- Icons in Player Career
- Renewal of the Youth Academy
- Player Origins
- Changes in social media
Women Career Mode
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In FC 25 you can manage your favorite women’s teams.
With female players now integrated into EA FC 24 Ultimate Team, it always seemed like a Women’s Career Mode would be the next logical step. EA FC 25 delivers just that, as you can start a Manager or Player Career Mode with your favorite stars or teams from the top five women’s football leagues. The leagues you can choose from include:
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- Women’s Super League
- NWSL
- D1-Archemma
- League F
- Women’s Bundesliga
The UWCL will also be present in Career Mode, so feel free to lead your team to European glory.
FC-IQ
EA FC 25 brings a much-needed tactical overhaul to the series, with Player Roles and Team Tactics being added to the game in favor of Work Rates and Player Instructions. It all falls under the banner of FC IQ, and while it’s present in all game modes, the premise is most suited to Career Mode.
The new system allows you to create custom tactical formations more effectively by assigning different roles to players. If you want to play a standard 4-3-3 with your CDM dropping into defence, you can assign them the Centre Half Player role. Similarly, you can ask your midfielders to play further forward, like Advanced 8s, using the Half-Winger role.
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Career Mode is back to win in EA FC 24
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Your players’ success in these roles depends on their familiarity with them. You can improve this statistic by hiring coaches who align with your team’s Tactical Vision.
Live starting points
One of the most intriguing features coming to Career Mode, Live Start Points, allow you to start a new save based on the status of the real-world season. These Start Points are updated weekly, taking into account league standings, results, transfers, stats, suspensions, etc. from ongoing competitions such as the Premier League, LaLiga, Ligue 1, and more.
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For example, if newly promoted Ipswich manage to top the table on GW4, you can jump in from there and lead them to glory. Or, if Everton find themselves in a relegation battle with four games to go, you can strike like a hero and keep the Toffees in the top flight.
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Live Start Points help you spot the most promising stories in the world of football. How these stories end is entirely up to you.
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Please note that this feature will not be available at launch, but will be added in a future update.
Icons in Player Career
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Let the past and present collide by starting the Icon Player Career mode.
EA FC 25’s Player Career Mode lets you play as Icons in a modern setting. You’ll inherit the various stats, PlayStyles, and Player Roles assigned to these legends and write history using these stats at a club of your choice. It remains to be seen whether the developers will introduce Icon Career-specific features to differentiate it from a standard Player Career Mode save.
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At launch, Andrea Pirlo, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Kelly Smith and Thierry Henry will be available in Career Mode, with Ultimate Edition owners having access to the Galatico trio of David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo.
Renewal of the Youth Academy
The youth system in EA FC 24 left a lot to be desired, and EA is responding to these complaints in a number of ways. For starters, you can now send scouts to 160 countries. In addition to this expansion, you can now ask scouts to scout for up to four positions and three focus roles.
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The young prospects will also look their age and their facial features will age with them. Speaking of youth players, you can now play a direct role in their development instead of loaning them out for a whole season. This is done via the new Rush mode that is integrated into Manager and Player Career.
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You can organize tournaments every two months and play 5v5 games with your youth players. Here you have the option to use them with their current ratings or their maximum potential ratings to see if it is worth investing all that time in their development.
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Player Origins
As the name suggests, Player Origins gives your custom footballer a backstory. EA FC 25 comes with a variety of origin stories, each of which will shape your player’s personality, attitude, and even influence certain stats. Here are all the Player Origins we know of so far:
- Clean slate
- Great expectations
- Climb to the top
- Back to Glory
The names give a good idea of what their associated backstories are. Player Origins allows you to manage the story around your player more effectively.
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Changes in social media
The Social Media section will have a bigger presence in EA FC 25 Career Mode. You’ll now see comments about your performances from users online, as well as general conversations about what’s going on in the sport. Renowned publications will report on in-game news, just as they do in real life. EA has also brought in transfer guru Fabrizio Romano, who will be bringing you transfer stories with his trademark ‘Here We Go.’
That’s all the new Career Mode features in EA FC 25 that we know about so far. If you want to know more about the game, check out our review predictions and all the licenses that FC 25 offers.
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