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Team Builder Tips and FAQs

Here is a collection of Q&A received from members of the TeamCrafters Discord:


Where is the Team Builder site?

Easy, click the button below to go to the official site and sign in with your EA account. IMPORTANT: Make sure you are not signed in to CFB25 or it is known to cause errors!

Team Builder site

The Team Builder website is slow

This is something out of my control, but I can try and make sure you have the best experience possible. Make sure you are following these tips:

  • Use a desktop or laptop - you will get an error if using a tablet or phone.
  • Use Google Chrome or MS Edge - not an official recommendation but most sites are built for Chromium-based browsers.
  • Make sure you use a modern PC that is up-to-date. The Team Builder website is very

I need transparent logos

Search your Team

For most FCS teams I have a decent import ready with commonly used logos, all transparent and ready to go!

Search Teams

MS Paint (Windows 11)

Paint for Windows 11 has a background removal tool, which I have personally been waiting for! To use it, just open your image and click the icon of the person in front of the striped lines. (2nd icon column, at very bottom). MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR IMAGE AS PNG.

Lunapic

Lunapic is an OG online image editor, to remove a background first load your image and go to Edit, Transparent Background (all the way at bottom). Select any piece of the background then adjust the slider to what works best. MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOUR IMAGE AS PNG.

Lunapic

AI Tools

There are some Gen-AI tools that can help you with BG removal as well. The reason I recommend it as these are often the fastest and produce the best results. I recommend fal.ai (they also helped power the AI player-portraits). Of all Gen-AI as a service providers, they are the fastest and cheapest. Here are 2 background removal models they offer:


I am getting 400 error when doing X

If you are uploading an image, MAKE SURE THE IMAGE IS ACTUALLY A PNG. If it is not a native PNG it will fail, see the section above about adding transparent logos if you need help. If you can save your team, save it now so you can go back to it!


I am getting ajax error when saving X

Reload the page and try again, usually this means an error on the server side. The Team Builder site is very busy at launch!

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