I tried the clock setting this is bs how to i get conn to ea servers

Read this article may be it will help you: https://help.ea.com/article/losing-connection-to-ea-servers

because there servers are ****, were paying for something that is usless

it has nothing to do with friends or anything.EA closed their servers due to insufficient players.Even though there are a huge fan base and hundreds could be playing, they still have them closed.

Problem seems to be the XBOX Hard Disk Drive (HDD). Run the game and play it once for about 30 mintues, then try again with the HDD inserted. It should now work.

The problem seems to be a conflict with the HDD or with the EA servers, as the XBOX Live account will try to connect to the now dead EA servers for this 2008 title.

If all else fails, you will need a portable memory card, not the HDD to play this game. It's okay if this is the case. Create an offline profile. The game no longer connects to the EA servers anyhow.

to play on EA servers you need to create an account with EA first. first of all. if you have an ea account then try to log off of it, then sign on again.
if you don;'t then try to create an EA account first

same happens to me

ea stops allowing older versions of games to connect online you have to buy the newest one like 10

It will sign into EA's online service automatically with your Xbox Live account. This applies to all games that sign into an EA server.

ok SET SYSTEM CLOCK back 3 years. i know it sounds stupid, but it resolved my issue. ( FYI, you must be signed out of xbox live to set system clock.)

I had the same problem where I'm logged into XBox Live and I couldn't get into the EA servers to play any EA games. This is what worked for me:

1. Hit the XBox button and Log out of XBox live.
2. Go to the Settings tab and select System Settings.
3. Choose Console Settings then Clock.
4. Choose Daylight Savings and set this to OFF and back out.
5. Log back into XBox Live and the time will be set automatically.
6. Start you EA Game and Have Fun!!!