Women Soccer Players, Including Alex Morgan, To Feature On FIFA 16

USA v Germany: Semi Final - FIFA Women's World Cup 2015

Sure, there is a NBA 2K15 game with a male all-star on the cover. And yes, there is a WNBA 2K15 game with a female on the cover. But there has never been a 2K game with both genders gracing the same cover. It’s even worse for the FIFA line, which doesn’t even have a woman’s league version, let alone a cover – until now.

(Credit: EA Sports)

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Spotlighted on the upcoming FIFA 16 game, is Alex Morgan (left) and Christine Sinclair (right) alongside Lionel Messi for the North American release, and Stephanie Catley for the Australian release. Another player will be released on Aug. 13. Gameplay will have 12 women’s national soccer teams including Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the U.S. featured in the game’s kick-off, tournament and online-friendly modes.

Morgan who scored 52 goals in 91 appearances for the United States Women’s National Team, started in the final five games of the Word Cup, scoring the winning goal in the Round of 16 match against Colombia.

And leave it to Twitter to get the hype out there, even professional soccer players are excited to be in a video game!

FIFA 16 is scheduled to be released on September 22 on all the major platforms: Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PC/Mac, iOS, Microsoft Windows and Android.

Pete Aragones