Protests by footballers for being bald and “boobs” in the new FIFA 23 update: “Deflate your boobs a bit”

He Women’s soccer It is experiencing growth all over the planet: the public is increasingly massive and interest pushes more and more girls and women to practice a sport that until recently seemed to be exclusive to men. The United States did not have to wait for this phenomenon and for decades soccer was not a gender issue, which is perhaps why the strongest criticisms of the latest game update came from there. FIFA 23where did the women’s teams appear but their players’ avatars are very far from reality.

A few days ago and at Sports launched the new version of one of the most popular video games on the planet and included the Women’s Champions Leaguewith teams such as Real Madrid, Wolfsburg and Juventus, but also added 12 teams from the National women’s soccer championship (NWSL), the American league.

There, where soccer is the most popular sport among girls and women, its players did not remain silent and openly criticized on their social networks that their avatars did not look like them, despite they had spent hours in front of cameras to have their bodies and faces scanned.

“I know they expect us women to just be grateful They’ve given us some publicity, but please stop wasting our time. some of us are bald“expressed the Canadian sydney lerouxAngel City FC striker, on his Twitter account.

His teammate and the first professional player for Native American tribes, Madison Hammondhe added: “Someone please let me know when you find me, Madison Hammond #99 of Angel City! Because this…it just isn’t!“.

Houston Dash defender caprice didasco sumo: “I’m grateful that EA Sports is finally including the NWSL, but that doesn’t represent me”. Katie Stengela Liverpool footballer, replied: “Be Thankful They Gave You Hair”.

janine beckieforward of the Canadian national team and the Portland Thorns, expressed ironically: “I found my long lost twin! Brotherly of course”.

Alex Chidiacan Australian soccer player who works for Racing Louisville, also used sarcasm to refer to her avatar: “I can’t believe I wore a hair net for this”.

In that social network the most active person was Leroux and, in addition to reposting the messages of his colleagues, he underlined the sexualization of your body: “They had the headband, the braid, the tattoo on the neck, the eyebrows too shaved and someone even gave me BIG BOOBS!!!! deflate my boobs a bit and put me on a different shirt. I’ll keep my brows at this point.”.

The errors are not only in the avatars of the players but also also in its technical characteristicswhich shows the lack of knowledge of the brand on the most important championship in the world.

“When @EASPORTSFIFA didn’t put me in the top 10 sprints, I was angry but said ‘hey, we’ll show them’. But when they gave me a score of 48 sprints, I realized that they have never and will never see an NWSL game.“complained Angel City FC defender Sarah Gorden.