crashcarson15 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I actually kinda dig the FCC home shirt and I'm glad they didn't just go with plain blue. Might prefer that look with white shorts, though. Away is whatever -- hope that's the one they move to replace after one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, Digby said: FCC’s home looks good considering the bureaucratic limitations but it’s a little busy for an inaugural kit. The secondary...eek. Both lazy and busy (that awful pattern!) at the same time. Doesn’t Adidas have some teamwear that at least has blue trim? There are at least a couple of white/blue teamwear options (Regista 18 and Tiro 17): Or they could’ve gone with the white/grey Campeon 19 jersey, which is based off of Germany’s home shirt: They also could’ve, and probably should’ve just used miTeam for the away kit just like the home kit. Even if they didn’t add any graphic pattern, they could’ve at least incorporated some blue and orange accents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 I know this is a losing battle and most of you soccer heads are so used to them you don't even think about it, but the Adidas stripes that appear on all of their shirts and shorts and socks are incredibly obtrusive. Is there a world where they'd ever consider not striping everything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad. Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, McCarthy said: I know this is a losing battle and most of you soccer heads are so used to them you don't even think about it, but the Adidas stripes that appear on all of their shirts and shorts and socks are incredibly obtrusive. Is there a world where they'd ever consider not striping everything? I really dislike it as well. I don't understand why they can't be content like Nike, New Balance or UA, to just have their logo on the chest. Obtrusive sums it up nicely. Red Goat Creations :: Graphic Design Solutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendocfc Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 In general adidas kits since 2016 or so appear to cater more to the streetwear crowd. As a result,they've weakened the adidas stripe presence a lot,which makes it look like they've just shoehorned them in there at the last minute. They used to make the stripes another design element,essentially,which made them much less obtrusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJack Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 40 minutes ago, McCarthy said: I know this is a losing battle and most of you soccer heads are so used to them you don't even think about it, but the Adidas stripes that appear on all of their shirts and shorts and socks are incredibly obtrusive. Is there a world where they'd ever consider not striping everything? I 100% agree. It bugs the hell out of me. If they have to stripe it (and they don't), I wish they'd do more monochrome stripes so it doesn't dominate the design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_RH_ Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 38 minutes ago, McCarthy said: I know this is a losing battle and most of you soccer heads are so used to them you don't even think about it, but the Adidas stripes that appear on all of their shirts and shorts and socks are incredibly obtrusive. Is there a world where they'd ever consider not striping everything? I would settle for white on white, as Cincy's secondary kit has: 16 hours ago, upperV03 said: Are the shapes meant to mean anything? Not a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 47 minutes ago, _RH_ said: Are the shapes meant to mean anything? Not a fan. No, the stripe design is just one of Adidas’ miTeam graphics. It has no significance to FCC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Wouldn’t surprise me if these plain white socks that Cincy has worn in their preseason matches are the ones they wear with their secondaries: And the shorts will likely look like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 You think Adidas is obtrusive, try Kappa on for size. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aawagner011 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Here are the best images yet of the Atlanta kit (replica level and missing some of the design aspects). Supposedly the shade of red looks slightly different according to those who have gotten their hands on it early but I’m wondering if it’s simply the different material causing it to appear that way. Also I’m hearing the gold has a little bit more sheen to it. Rather than flat sublimated stripes, it’s a woven stripe creating a bit of a zip zag effect. Here’s the upper back graphic with the “I” being the golden spike motif. Images courtesy of JR Francis on one of the Atlanta United fan pages on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratcher Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 FC Cincinnati is only selling replica versions of their new kits, because apparently that's all they got, and the players will be playing with those aswell. https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/02/fc-cincinnati-will-wear-replica-quality-kits.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 hours ago, McCarthy said: I know this is a losing battle and most of you soccer heads are so used to them you don't even think about it, but the Adidas stripes that appear on all of their shirts and shorts and socks are incredibly obtrusive. Is there a world where they'd ever consider not striping everything? The NCAA and the Olympics require that Adidas not place the three stripes on game jerseys. They are the only ones who have an actual rule on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_ThenNowForever Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 10 minutes ago, Scratcher said: FC Cincinnati is only selling replica versions of their new kits, because apparently that's all they got, and the players will be playing with those aswell. https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/02/fc-cincinnati-will-wear-replica-quality-kits.html Ouch. I may be turning a bit on Cincinnati. I thought their USL run was amazing, but their entry to MLS hasn't been great. I once liked their logo but now hate it -- especially when shown in proximity to the MLS shield. Their shirts are fine but boring. The aforementioned crest stinks. And they don't even have proper equipment for the players? What a clown show. EDIT: Ripped from FootyHeadlines: To me it's not even close. And I'm assuming that the Nike shirt was teamwear as well, but it at least had personality. 1 hour ago, ShutUpLutz! said: and the drunken doodoobags jumping off the tops of SUV's/vans/RV's onto tables because, oh yeah, they are drunken drug abusing doodoobags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 22 minutes ago, Scratcher said: FC Cincinnati is only selling replica versions of their new kits, because apparently that's all they got, and the players will be playing with those aswell. https://www.footyheadlines.com/2019/02/fc-cincinnati-will-wear-replica-quality-kits.html This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone here, as it’s exactly what Minnesota had with their inaugural MLS kits. If I remember correctly, MNUFC sold both authentic and replica versions of their inaugural shirts, but the only difference between them was that the authentic had the MLS badges on both sleeves while the replica only had the MLS badge on the right sleeve. The player-issued kits still featured the replica kit technology because they were both miTeam designs. The same is true now for Cincy, except their away shirt is a basic teamwear shirt instead of a miTeam design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasaltvanilla Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 It boggles me that Adidas "needs" two years to create MLS kits that are color-swapped templates from other teams. This isn't rocket science FFS you're just making shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperV03 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 5 minutes ago, seasaltvanilla said: It boggles me that Adidas "needs" two years to create MLS kits that are color-swapped templates from other teams. This isn't rocket science FFS you're just making shirts. Here’s a really insightful thread on the kit design and manufacturing process which helps explain why this is the case: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gothamite Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 This part is particularly interesting. The Green Bay Packers Uniform Database! Now in a handy blog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 7 minutes ago, Gothamite said: This part is particularly interesting. That sounds like a cop out. I know that since adidas controls how the whole league looks they're in a stronger position than say if Man United wanted something but Cincy should have been able to say more about how they look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 hour ago, DG_Now said: Ouch. I may be turning a bit on Cincinnati. I thought their USL run was amazing, but their entry to MLS hasn't been great. I once liked their logo but now hate it -- especially when shown in proximity to the MLS shield. Their shirts are fine but boring. The aforementioned crest stinks. And they don't even have proper equipment for the players? What a clown show. EDIT: Ripped from FootyHeadlines: To me it's not even close. And I'm assuming that the Nike shirt was teamwear as well, but it at least had personality. This is a club who's done everything right except logo and uniform design since day one. I wouldn't reflect too hard on how this speaks for them as an operation. I'm not a fan of the new logo, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt on the uniforms since they didn't have much time to prepare these. Surely, though, there was a better template option. Those stripes are reading as burnt orange from a distance and pink in the wrong lighting. Yikes. The good thing about templates and how frequently soccer teams change their looks is that these shouldn't be around too long. Their best set was their first set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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