Soccer star Sydney Leroux of the U.S. women's national soccer team, in EA's FIFA 16.
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Soccer fans petition EA to put World Cup champion U.S. women’s team on FIFA 16’s cover

After the U.S. women’s national team won the FIFA World Cup on Sunday, fans started a petition to put the women on the cover of Electronic Arts upcoming FIFA 16 soccer video game.

EA announced in May that it would put 12 worldwide women’s teams into FIFA 16, which debuts on Sept. 22. That was the first time in the 22-year history of the franchise that it had decided to add women’s teams.

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