@rwtto1949 - you have to use the email or phone number registered to your EA account so it knows to match your game up with your log in - head to your EA account and . .
Check your email is verified
Check the other info is correct
Change your password. Doesn’t matter if you change it to the one you already use as long as you go through the steps.
Don’t forget to hit Update to save changes.
https://myaccount.ea.com/cp-ui/aboutme/index
Optional but recommended – add a second email so you can recover the account if you lose access to your main email and perhaps add a phone number. You can tap Phone at log-in and enter that number to get log-in codes via SMS