--- title: Soccer Video Game 'FIFA 16' to Include Women Players for First Time description: EA Sports will feature women players in its hugely popular 'FIFA' game series, but the move has only highlighted inequalities in the sport canonical: https://time.com/3901113/fifa-16-ea-sports-women-soccer-football-grass-artificial-turf/ author: Helen Regan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-29T06:10:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:05:32.194Z article:section: Sports og:title: Equal on Screen but Not in the Eyes of FIFA og:description: Female soccer teams are now in FIFA 16 but in life are treated worse than men's. og:url: https://time.com/3901113/fifa-16-ea-sports-women-soccer-football-grass-artificial-turf/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcfc26d5ad0b0958/6988522bcd1bba5b006fb8dc/screen-shot-2015-05-29-at-10-34-46-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-05-29 at 10.34.46 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Equal on Screen but Not in the Eyes of FIFA twitter:description: Female soccer teams are now in FIFA 16 but in life are treated worse than men's. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcfc26d5ad0b0958/6988522bcd1bba5b006fb8dc/screen-shot-2015-05-29-at-10-34-46-am.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Women's Teams Now Feature in Soccer Game _FIFA 16_ but in Real Life Have Second-Class Status > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 29, 2015 6:10 AM UTC  Screen shot - EA Sports by [Helen Regan](https://time.com/author/helen-regan/) ## Helen Regan May 29, 2015 6:10 AM UTC For the first time, EA Sports will [feature](http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2015/m=5/news=twelve-women-s-national-teams-to-feature-in-ea-sports-fifa-16-2609581.html) women soccer players in its hugely popular _FIFA_ video-game series. _FIFA 16_, which launches in September, includes 12 of the top women’s international teams — USA, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Sweden. The video game has only featured men’s teams since it was first released in 1993. However, as welcome as EA Sports’ announcement is, [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2015/05/28/fifa-scandal-womens-soccer/) points out that while the women’s teams are “in the game” on screen, in real life they fall far behind the men’s teams in the way they are treated by soccer’s governing body. In the [upcoming](http://time.com/3107612/playing-turf-gender-issue-abby-wambach-alex-morgan/) Women’s World Cup, beginning June 6 in Canada, the women’s teams will have to play on artificial turf fields, instead of actual grass. No men’s World Cup has ever been played on synthetic surfaces and many of the women’s teams feel it is gender discrimination. Playing on the fake turf puts them at a higher risk of injury. A group of the sport’s top female players filed legal action against FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association last year but had to end their [challenge](http://www.nbcsports.com/soccer/players-end-legal-battle-against-turf-womens-world-cup) in January because FIFA stalled for so long that it was too late to potentially change the pitches in time for the championship. “This being the pinnacle of our sport, we feel like we should be treated just like the men,” U.S. forward Abby Wambach [told](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/13/sports/soccer/players-threaten-suing-fifa-ahead-of-womens-world-cup.html?%5Fr=1) the New York _Times_ last year. 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