Maybe I play too many of these because I don't think the initial cups are particularly well-tuned to help you get better at certain things at all. Generally, you get less time on the ball and have to give less time on the ball with each one. You have to break up opposing pass chains more often as well. Otherwise, there's not much between them, IMO.
Looking forward to the next set of cups, but this game seems more like they just turn up the amounts of tackle dodges, chained passes, and closing speed on the COM for each successive cup and called it a day.