Had a whole thing typed out, but realized no one is ever going to see this -

If anyone does,

D1 co-op player for years, D1 in most years on FUT.

Was placed in D8 in FUT 'Rivals' this year, and while I try to rank up, my team of Vardy and Abraham (which is essentially what I could buy in a week) is being matched up against teams with Ronaldo and Messi every other game.  It was annoying like crazy at first, but I played through it for a week to get the rewards, only to find that I'm playing the same 90+ teams again this week, with no one to compete with them on my squads.  They're literally running past me every time they get the ball.

Any way to try and compete or am I basically screwed for not buying the game when it came out and putting money into it?