Improvements for Women's Career Mode
Hello, I'm a women's football enthusiast in FC 26 and I'd like to share some ideas for improvements.
National Cups
National cups could be made available for each national league present in the game. It doesn't need to be the real cup, just a playoff system to have one more tournament in the season. For example, in parallel with the WSL (which will have 14 teams), we could have a cup in the first half of the season (simulating the league cup) and one in the second (simulating the FA Cup). Just having 14 teams would already be fun and would affect concerns such as squad management, fatigue, and travel. It would be interesting. Something similar could be done in Spain with something resembling the Copa de la Reina.
UEFA Women's Europa Cup
We know there aren't many women's teams available in the game, but I believe it's possible to have this competition in a playoff style as it is in real life. Some leagues could qualify their fourth-placed teams, and other teams from the Rest of the World could be there to compete.
Stadiums
We know that women's teams don't always play in the club's main stadiums, which are usually used by the men's team. Therefore, women's teams could be configured to play in smaller stadiums, with a simpler environment and not necessarily full stadiums. This would bring more realism to the game.
National Teams
Even though there aren't many women's national teams, it would be interesting to have their players called up for their respective countries, like Brazil, Japan… We wouldn't be able to watch these games, so if the call-up happened it would already be interesting.
Coaching National Teams
Since there are no continental tournaments or World Cup in the game, in my opinion it makes no sense to be able to coach national teams in parallel to play friendlies. It's extremely boring and without a clear objective. We should have qualifiers and major tournaments for these national teams. Since there aren't, there's no reason to be able to coach them. This doesn't happen with coaches in real life.
National Teams
Is it only possible to have licensed national teams? Isn't it possible to have a Croatia team, with the Croatian flag and a generic uniform?
I should point out that playing women's career mode reminds me of the old days when there weren't many clubs available in football games. It's extremely fun, even just for the challenges of managing less money, but EA could focus more on improving the player experience!