FC 27 Kickabouts Now Rotate Weekly
EA SPORTS FC 27 has switched the Kickabouts inside The Grounds to a weekly rotation. From 6 November 2026 at 19:00 UTC, which is 3:00 HKT on 7 November, only three of the seven Kickabout activities are live at any one time.
The first lineup is Bocce Ball, Bucket Ball and Goal Control. Balloon Ball, The Big Race, Team Keep Away and Scenarios are switched off for now and can return in later weeks.
EA has confirmed that the selection changes every week but has not published a full calendar, so players need to open the map in The Grounds or follow the official FC channels to see what is running. - Bocce Ball: three-player free-for-all where you knock the ball into scoring zones while avoiding the Dead Zones that cost points.
- Bucket Ball: team game where you score by putting the ball into the opposing basket. - Goal Control: 1v1 where you score to take control of a goal and then hold it to collect points over time.
The reason is matchmaking. The Grounds puts 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 Street Football, Rush, Clubs activity and all seven Kickabouts into one shared world, and spreading players over seven queues left pitches short of players.
EA has already said that Kickabout matchmaking and queueing needs work, so concentrating the community on three activities should give fuller queues and faster matches. The cost is choice: anyone who mainly plays Team Keep Away or The Big Race now has to wait for that mode to come back.
Joining a match is unchanged. Open the World Map in The Grounds, pick an active Kickabout, travel to the pitch, read the information board and step into the queue zone.
The queue shows how many players are needed and how many are waiting, and you can watch the running match from the sidelines while you wait. Matches still award Archetype XP and Grounds Coins, some activities count towards Grounds objectives, AMPs do not apply and emotes are off.
The Grounds supports cross-play between PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. For league and Pro Clubs players, nothing about club football rules changes.
No new club item is added, Clubs Leagues and Playoffs are untouched, and no 11v11 Stadium Access or Drop In fixture is rescheduled. What changes is the hub they share, because the Clubs experience lives inside The Grounds together with Street Football, Rush and the Kickabouts.
EA's own guide notes that Kickabouts help you progress your Archetype between Clubs matches, so a busier world with quicker queues means faster Archetype progress and more clubmates around when you want to run a session. Check the map at the start of each week, because the three active activities can change at any time.
Source
mmoexp.com (with official EA Kickabouts guide and EA The Grounds & Clubs Deep Dive)
