Clubs – Black Screen with Infinite EA Loading Icon When Starting a Match

Hi everyone, I’m having a very specific and persistent issue in EA SPORTS FC 27 Pro Clubs that started recently. When my Club finds a match and the match is about to start, the screen goes completely black and the EA loading icon at the bottom keeps spinning indefinitely. The important part is that this happens to everyone in my Club at the same time, not just me. The sequence is always basically:

1. We search for a Pro Clubs match.
2. The match is found.
3. The game starts loading the match.
4. Everyone gets a completely black screen.
5. The EA loading icon at the bottom keeps spinning continuously.
6. Nothing else happens and we remain stuck on this screen.
7. However, if I press Alt+F4 and close the game, the match immediately starts for everyone else.

So it seems like the match itself is actually being created and is ready to start, but my client gets stuck during the final loading/synchronization stage. When I close the game, the other players are immediately able to enter the match.

Things I have already tried

I have already tried the following without success:

• Restarting the game.
• Restarting the PC.
• Restarting Steam.
• Changing Steam status from Invisible to Online.
• Disabling overlays.
• Running the EA AntiCheat/Javelin process as administrator.
• Checking/repairing the game files.
• Using low graphics settings.
• Changing graphics/display settings.
• Reinstalling the entire game from scratch.

My graphics settings are already set to Low, so this does not appear to be related to graphics quality. I also completely reinstalled the game, but the problem remained exactly the same.

Important detail

The fact that all Club members are stuck on the same loading screen, and that the match starts for everyone immediately after I close the game with Alt+F4, makes me think this is not simply a GPU, graphics settings, or corrupted installation issue. It seems to be related to the Pro Clubs match loading/synchronization process. This is extremely frustrating because we can find a match, but we cannot actually enter it normally. Has anyone else experienced this exact issue in FC 27 Pro Clubs? Is there a known fix or is this a known issue currently being investigated by EA? Any help would be appreciated.

Platform: PC
Game: EA SPORTS FC 27
Mode: Pro Clubs
Issue: Black screen + infinite EA loading icon when entering a match
Workaround: Closing the game with Alt+F4 causes the match to start for the other Club members