JEFF’S PITCH PICKS: KICKOFF

SeasonsJeff's Pitch Picks
Written By Charley Riedel

The wait is over.

European football is back.

So is your season.

Every August, the leagues restart and every football fan checks who moved where. FIFA Rivals joins the ritual on August 20th with the Kickoff Season.

Jeff Winton's been paying attention. To transfers, to preseason, to opening weekend.

Here's who made his shortlist ⚽

Kickoff Season Top Picks!

⚫️ Chase Mythical

🇧🇷 João Pedro - Forward

🗣️ "Ghosts into the six. Rarely leaves empty-handed." - Jeff

Brighton knew what they had.

Chelsea paid to find out.

Arrives late. Finishes clean.

Bought quiet. Playing loud.

Chase him. The season starts here.


🟣 Chase Legendary

🇸🇮 Benjamin Šeško - Forward

🗣️ "Wins the race. Wins the header. That's a legendary combo." - Jeff

Runs behind.

Wins in the air.

Hits the corners you thought were safe.

Manchester United's finisher.

Week 1 chase. Open the season with him.

🟣 Chase Legendary

🇹🇷 Kenan Yıldız - MidfieldeR

🗣️ "Twenty-one. Left foot. Juventus gave him the ten." - Jeff

First touch beats the fullback.

Second touch leaves him behind.

Left-footed. Right kind of trouble.

Turkey's talisman. Turin's future.

Week 2 chase. Get ahead of the curve.

⚫️ Bundle Mythical

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scott McTominay - Midfielder

🗣️ "Left Manchester quietly. Won Naples loudly." - Jeff

Twelve goals from midfield last season.

None of them accidents.

Late runs into the box.

Napoli's midfield fixture.

⚫️ Weekly Squad Reward Mythical

🇩🇪 Jonathan Tah - Defender

🗣️ "Anchored Leverkusen unbeaten. Bayern moved fast." - Jeff

Wins first headers.

Reads second phases.

Talks the back line into shape.

Germany's rock. Bayern's new anchor.

You don't pack him. You earn him with your squad.

⚽Full Kickoff Season Player List⚽

🗣️ "Fifty-two footballers. Leagues are here." - Jeff

⚫️ Mythical

Chase Mythical

  • 🇧🇷 João Pedro – FW

Bundle Mythicals

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scott McTominay – MF (Assembly Mythical)

  • 🇩🇪 Jonathan Tah – DF (Weekly Squad Reward)

🟣 Legendary

Chase Legendaries

  • 🇸🇮 Benjamin Šeško – FW (Week 1)

  • 🇹🇷 Kenan Yıldız – MF (Week 2)

  • 🇪🇸 Fabián Ruiz – MF (Week 3)

  • 🇩🇪 Angelo Stiller – MF (Week 4)

Dreamshot Legendaries

  • 🇪🇸 Mikel Oyarzabal – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lewis Ferguson – DF

Bundle Legendaries

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tino Livramento – DF (Week 1)

  • 🇫🇷 Marcus Thuram – FW (Week 2)

  • 🇩🇪 Oliver Baumann – GK (Week 3)

  • 🇩🇰 Mika Biereth – FW (Week 4)

Mythical Pass Bundle

  • 🇯🇵 Takefusa Kubo – MF

Standard Legendaries

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jarrod Bowen – FW

  • 🇵🇹 Rodrigo Mora – MF

🔴 Epic

Premium Pass Epic

  • 🇹🇷 Orkun Kökçü – MF

Standard Epics

  • 🇮🇪 Caoimhín Kelleher – GK

  • 🇧🇪 Maxim De Cuyper – DF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Billy Gilmour – MF

  • 🇺🇸 Timothy Weah – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emile Smith Rowe – MF

  • 🇩🇰 Kasper Dolberg – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kieran Tierney – DF

  • 🇪🇨 Joel Ordóñez – DF

  • 🇳🇱 Jorrel Hato – DF

🔵 Rare

Bundle Rares

  • 🇺🇦 Vladyslav Vanat – FW (Week 2)

  • 🇧🇪 Matte Smets – DF (Week 4)

Standard Rares

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leighton Clarkson – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Connor Barron – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Laurent – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Aaron Hickey – DF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿 Dan Ballard – DF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 George Hirst – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lyndon Dykes – FW

  • 🇮🇪 Jack Taylor – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Bobby Thomas – DF

  • 🇮🇪 Troy Parrott – FW

⚪️ Common

Bundle Commons

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Findlay Curtis – MF (Week 1)

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Cieran Slicker – GK (Week 3)

Standard Commons

  • 🇮🇪 Johnny Kenny – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh King – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Tommy Conway – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Kevin Nisbet – FW

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Ross Doohan – GK

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Emmanuel Fernandez – DF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Jack MacKenzie – DF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Bailey Rice – MF

  • 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ronnie Edwards – DF

  • 🇧🇪 Jorne Spileers – DF

  • 🇫🇷 Steve Ngoura – FW

  • 🇩🇰 Tochi Chukwuani – MF

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