FIFA 16 Names Three Women as Series First Female Cover Athletes

[redsox4evur]

Cabke hit the nail on the head. This was a business decision. Wambach is 35 and could end up retiring. As a casual women's soccer follower, if you paid 100 million dollars to pick Rapinoe or Lloyd out of a lineup I couldn't do it. Also not many people talked about Lloyd prior to the WWC. It was Wambach, Solo, and Morgan that were the names being talked about. Solo wouldn't happen because of legal actions. But Alex Morgan I know who she is and could pick her out of a lineup.

[bukktown]

That's awesome news!

[dubcity]

Quote: Originally Posted by Cabke

Solo has a lot of legal issues, Wambach is 35 and may not even play in the Olympics, Rapinoe is 30 and has never been the "face" of the team and isn't nearly as recognizable.

I'll disagree with Rapinoe not being nearly as recognizable, but it's a moot point because EA wasn't going to touch her with a 10 foot poll. Same with Wambach. For reasons we can't really discuss, lol. Morgan is the safe pick to represent women's soccer in America, even if those of us who actually follow the sport know that she was far from the most important player on that team.

[sarlndr]

I've never seen that woman before in my life. She's nice looking.

Hopefully EA has concentrated on the other things in the game as well as adding the women's tournament or whatever it is.

[rafaelpaolo84]

I like it!

[Hunkerdown]

Really cool

[Shinyhubcaps]

They should've made Alex Morgan the sole cover athlete. This way it just looks half-baked. If you're going to go for it, then really GO FOR IT!

[AuditMonkey]

From a Canadian perspective I will say Sinclair is an awesome choice for us to have on our cover. She's an amazing leader and is well known in Canada.