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As someone else mentioned, stay away from online play for a while. It will drive you mad.

Besides Freestyle Practice and the Training Camp tutorials, I'd suggest that you play some quick games on Rookie as one of the elite teams until you start winning, then try winning as a lesser team. The, do the same on Pro and repeat.

Personally, when I first got the game, I decided I would get at least one win with each team in quick game mode (to familiarize myself with the controls, players, etc while I wait for updates/patch) before moving on from Pro. You pick things up pretty fast that way.