Alex Morgan of the World Cup-winning US Women's National Team and Christine Sinclair of the Canadian Women's National Team will appear alongside Lionel Messi on the cover of Federation Internationale de Football Association 16 in their respective countries, Electronic Arts announced today.
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And she'll have company. The covers will also feature Barcelona and Argentina star Lionel Messi.
Alex Morgan was one of the football stars who helped EA add the women's national teams into FIFA 16. "I know people all over the world play this game and I'm really excited that 'FIFA 16″ is putting such an important spotlight on women's soccer.
This means Morgan and Sinclair are set to become the first female players to make the cover of the game since it was created over two decades ago.
In Canada, the regional cover will feature Christine Sinclair, the all-time leading scorer for the Canadian women's national team.
For the first time in franchise history, women will be included in this year's installment of the popular video game. "To be featured in the game and to promote women's soccer with Alex is really special and another exciting step for women in sports".
Due to her outstanding performance in the World Cup Final against Japan, former Rutgers University standout Carli Lloyd will also score some lucrative new deals, say sports business experts.
This is pretty big for women's soccer on the worldwide level.
This is a huge win for women's sports as they fight for equal money, endorsements or respect. She called for more representation for women in both Federation Internationale de Football Association as whole as well as well as its executive committee – the latter of which has only one elected woman on its 25-member group.
Federation Internationale de Football Association 16 goes on sale in North America on September 22. Available squads from the Women's World Cup: United States, Germany, France, Sweden, England, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Spain, China, Italy, Mexico.
Morgan now 26 years-old has been part of the United States team since 2010, has made 91 appearances and scored 52 goals.
