"The upcoming Football Manager 26 will include the officially licensed Barclays Women's Super League and National Women's Soccer League, among other women's competitions, marking the first time that women's soccer has featured in the long-running management sim. This means you'll be able to select a women's team to manage, complete with accurate player imagery, club logos and kits. The debut of women's soccer was actually way back in 2021, and was supposed to feature in Football Manager 2025."
"When the developer first the prospect of adding the women's game to its various game modes, it said it would only do so once it was able to offer the same level of depth and authenticity as it does for men's soccer. Since making that initial statement, the popularity of women's soccer has grown enormously, and Sports Interactive in FM26 it has created a "single ecosystem" in which you're not limited to exclusively managing a men's or women's team on a single save."
Football Manager 26 will include officially licensed women's competitions including the Barclays Women's Super League and National Women's Soccer League, allowing players to manage women's clubs with accurate player imagery, club logos and kits. Debut work began in 2021 and a planned inclusion in Football Manager 2025 was cancelled, shifting the feature to the November 4 release. FM26 creates a single ecosystem allowing management of men's and women's teams within the same save. The studio consulted real-life players, managers, clubs and organizations. Launch features 14 playable leagues across 11 nations and three continents, a database of over 36,000 players, and a 40-strong research team. Off-field differences such as shorter contracts and fewer release clauses reflect real-world women's soccer.
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