Have you ever wondered if there was any significance to soccer jersey numbers? Thanks to this in depth history over at 3rd Degree, now you’ll know!
Entries Tagged ‘uniforms’
No Professional Team Names For Kids
Major League Baseball is telling little league teams they can’t even use names like Tigers or Rays on their uniforms without paying for official licensed MLB uniforms. Apparently the $3.3 Billion of revenue on MLB licensed merchandise isn’t enough.
Team Building or Tyranny?
Some travel team coaches require players to wear matching practice attire and a few are so strict that they’ll send players home if they aren’t wearing it. Is this creative coaching or overzealous coaching? Will matching attire have that much of an impact on a team’s dynamic?
Black? Black??
When did the USMNT get an all black kit? Hey – anything is better than the Old Navy Pajamas – but all black? Well, if we can go to Poland and wear all black, we certainly can go somewhere else and wear RED like so many people want! I can understand not wearing red in [...]
USMNT Past Kit Poll
While reading one of the many posts around the Soccersphere ridiculing the new USMNT kit, commentor bq at Throughball posted a link to a Slate article/slideshow from last June that does a great job looking back at the, er, non-evolution of the USMNT kit. It’s a must read if you haven’t seen it!
In light of the almost [...]
Laughingstock
Can someone please explain to me why US Soccer wants our team to look like we’re wearing pajamas on the pitch? This new kit is just horrible and makes you long for the 3rd kit to come out more often. But those are pajamas too. Insert obligatory Bananas in Pajamas quote here.
As if we weren’t [...]
Out Of The Mouths of Babes – Pt II
So we’re out at a tournament this weekend – #2’s first real matches with her Challenge team. The girls are wearing their new uniforms and having a ball. #3 (he’s 4 yrs old) is being spoiled rotten by one of the soccer mom’s on the sideline when he asks “Did everyone on the team go [...]
Uniform Choice
I’ve had a couple people ask which kit our travel teams finally went with for the 2007-08 season. We initially were looking at a striped kit to really stand out. However, a couple people were worried that if we went with, say, Black/Royal and White/Royal (the Yellow/Black didn’t appeal to most as an away [...]
What’s Up With Boring Kits?
Something I’ve noticed in our local travel league is that the kits tend to be very boring. Not cheap by any means (most are solid color adidas kits), but plain, often just a solid color and the league logo. I know professional teams tend to use plain kits as well, but these are kids. Why [...]
What Color Should US Soccer Use?
Building on Ives’ point about US Soccer picking a color for the away kit and sticking to it so the fans will all match, what color should the US Soccer away kit be? Why?
Pinstripes?
Via Soccer Fiesta, we find that Nike has released the new third jersey for the US Soccer teams. I’m sorry, but pinstripes are for suits and pajamas. Not an improvement IMHO.
UPDATE: Ives has a good point:
I think the US needs to settle on one trademark uniform ala Argentina’s light blue stripes, Italy’s solid blue and [...]
