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2024 International (National Team) Soccer Kits
upperV03 replied to MJWalker45's topic in Sports Logo News
I’m weirdly loving those France shorts, more so than the shirt actually. Very quirky, but something the French can pull off IMO. Their home kit is fantastic, too. Loving the enlarged, colorful badge on both kits. I’m a big fan of both England kits as well, though from what I’ve seen it doesn’t seem like England fans are all that fond of the away kit (not necessarily surprised about that). As for the US kits, I think the home is pretty close to ideal. I’m fully expecting the WC26 home kit to be Waldos or something more adventurous, so I’m happy to see a relatively plain design once again for this kit cycle. The cuffs are great, and the collar is a little odd but still nice. I don’t like the away kit at all, but that’s been a common theme for a number of years now. -
Seems like quite a few teams will be wearing their secondary kits at home today. We already know about Atlanta and Columbus, but NYCFC, Dallas, and Houston are all doing so as well. It won’t surprise me if SKC follows suit.
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2024 International (National Team) Soccer Kits
upperV03 replied to MJWalker45's topic in Sports Logo News
I really hate the monochrome crest on the Argentina home shirt. Completely unnecessary when the full-color version is already primarily gold and would’ve worked just as well with the gold adidas logo. Since it’s a home shirt, the flag stripes in the badge should be rendered correctly IMO. Plus, the black AFA logo would’ve helped to tie in the black numbers at least a little bit. I do quite like their new away kit, although I’d love to see it with white shorts. Also hard not to feel like the gold numbers do seem out of place. I don’t like that Mexico home kit at all. I like the pattern on their away shirt a lot, but don’t love the gray/bright green color scheme. Belgium are my clear winners of Adidas’ European range (really their entire 2024 crop). The TinTin kit is fantastic, and their home kit deserves praise too. Germany’s home kit is nice, but I don’t like it nearly as much as some other people seem to (especially paired with the white shorts). Spain’s home kit is perfectly fine, which is a lot better than I can say for some of the other efforts. Wales away kit would be my sleeper pick of the bunch. For me, I think that’s one that maybe won’t get a ton of recognition but should. -
Through looking at teams’ game notes, I’ve been able to find a few of this week’s kit matchups: NYCFC (all-light blue) vs. Portland (all-green) Toronto (gray/red/gray) vs. Charlotte (blue/white/white) Atlanta (red/black/red) vs. New England (all-white) Columbus (all-black) vs. Chicago (white/light blue/white) RSL (red/blue/red) vs. Colorado (all-light blue) Here’s my guess at the rest of them: NYRB (red/black/red) vs. Dallas (all-white) Orlando (all-lavender) vs. Minnesota (all-black) Philadelphia (all-navy) vs. Seattle (green/light blue/white) Austin (green/black/black) vs. St. Louis (all-white) LAFC (all-black) vs. SKC (all-light blue) San Jose (all-black) vs. Vancouver (all-white) Cincy (royal/navy/navy) vs. DC (all-white) Nashville (yellow/navy/yellow) vs. LAG (all-teal) Miami (all-pink) vs. Montreal (blue/black/blue)
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I’ve got notes for all three Cascadia teams last night. The Timbers debuted their new secondary kits and the shirts were indeed blank. I think the sponsorless look elevates the shirt substantially and also helps the centered crest be the focal point as intended. I still won’t be surprised if they end up adding their “Stand Together” community platform logo to the shirts at some point in the near future, but I’m kind of hoping they just leave them blank. As @Digby mentioned, the Sounders ended up breaking out light blue alternate socks last night to avoid a sock clash with Austin. Just from watching highlights this morning, the contrast between the teams was… not ideal. For the Sounders, it seems like they’re going without a green sock option this year. I find that really strange since green/blue/green has been their traditional kit combo their whole time in MLS (not to mention it’s what the original NASL Sounders wore in 1974). I really think this kit desperately needs some green below the waist. The Whitecaps debuted their new secondary kits at home and wore navy alternate socks to avoid a sock clash with Charlotte. It was a good look, although I think I prefer the white socks that were shown in the kit unveiling. Side note: I still think this Charlotte kit would look way better with blue socks. Ironically, they conceivably could’ve used the blue socks from their old home kits yesterday, which would’ve allowed Vancouver to wear the navy/navy/white combo.
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Columbus and RSL both publish the kit matchups, so we know what their two games will look like today: Columbus will be in all-yellow at Minnesota, who will be in all-black. RSL will be debuting their new red/blue/red primaries against LAFC, who will be in their smog green kits. From scouring teams’ social media, it seems like Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, and Vancouver will all be wearing their secondary kits at home. The latter three will all be debuting theirs, while Houston has already worn theirs in the CCC and Dallas’ is obviously carried over from last year. The other new kits getting debuted today should be Colorado’s primaries (at home vs. Nashville), Chicago’s primaries (at home vs. Cincinnati), and Toronto’s secondaries (at New England).
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I will be very curious to see the contrast between Seattle and Austin tomorrow night. It’ll very likely be green/blue/white vs. all-cream, but the green sleeves on Austin’s shirt aren’t that far off from the color of Seattle’s shirt. There will also be a sock clash unless either side has alternate socks for their respective kits.
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It’s possible, but I would be pretty surprised. Due to the deal with DaBella being signed late last year, I believe the club received blank shirts before the season and were applying the DaBella logo in house. If that is indeed the case, I would assume the EQ staff still has enough blank shirts to use going forward instead of having to apply a box like that over the top^. The Timbers’ CEO has already confirmed that the shirts will be blank tomorrow, so at the very least they won’t have to take the Chelsea route.
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I would agree with you there. I also like how the red badge pops off of the darker base color. That’s a secondary logo for them, they’ve worn it on their shorts for a few years but not on the shirts (as far as I remember, at least).
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Luckily for the Timbers, the new jerseys were initially manufactured without the sponsor logo so there should be some stock laying around. It’ll take a while for new runs of the jerseys to get produced, though. The most pressing thing is for the EQ staff to get jerseys ready for matches, but I believe they received blank shirts (both the primary and new secondary) before the season and were applying the DaBella logo in house anyways. Here’s my thought on what they’ll do for the rest of the season:
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I was referring solely to the yellow color, not the red. I’m thrilled that they’ve gone back to red primaries, they never should’ve gone away from them. I’m still very lukewarm on the yellow accents, though. In any case, my favorite part of the new red kit is easily the socks:
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The lime yellowish-green is just for these kits, not indicative of a brand change. There isn’t really reasoning given for the color, other than the usual marketing speak about joy, passion, energy, etc.
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The Ducks just dropped their absolutely gorgeous throwback unis: Perfection. No notes.
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The league doesn’t appear to be posting the kit assignment graphics again this year (sigh), but here’s my guess at the rest of this week’s matchups. An * indicates a confirmed choice. Columbus (new yellow/black/yellow) vs. Atlanta (red/black/red) *LAFC (new all-black) vs. *Seattle (new green/blue/white) Charlotte (new blue-ish/white/white) vs. NYCFC (new all-black) *DCU (new all-black) vs. *New England (white/red/red) Orlando (all-purple) vs. Montreal (new all-light blue) Philadelphia (new all-navy) vs. Chicago (white/light blue/white) Austin (green/black/black) vs. Minnesota (all-white) Dallas (new navy-red/navy/navy) vs. San Jose (new all-white) Houston (all-orange) vs. SKC (new all-navy) St. Louis (all-red) vs. RSL (gold/blue/gold) Portland (all-green) vs. Colorado (all-light blue) *Cincinnati (new all-cream) vs. *Toronto (gray/red/gray) Nashville (new yellow/blue/yellow) vs. *NYRB (new red/black/red) LAG (new all-white) vs. Miami (all-black)
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I said this when it was first “unveiled” by the Hawks, for my money it’s the best away kit ATL has had. That said, the more I look at it the more I think they should’ve swapped the yellow and light blue or forgotten the light blue altogether.
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I didn’t see anyone post a picture of the full Whitecaps kit yesterday, but it’s too good not to share: White shorts/navy socks would be a more fitting combo for the Caps’ kit history, but I love the Chelsea-esque combination. I can’t remember another MLS team wearing a kit combo like this, at least not as a first choice combo. I’ve long thought Orlando would be a natural candidate to wear a Chelsea-esque kit combo for their primary kit.
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They made no mention of it in the kit unveiling, but within Adidas Seattle’s new kit is apparently dubbed “The Macklemore Kit”. It helps to explain the nauseating stripes and the ridiculous hipster shoot. This is straight from the head of club football apparel at Adidas: Now why didn’t the club make mention of it during the unveiling? Probably because they’re saving it for a future tie-in or someone within the club realized how embarrassing it was.
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They will have cream and green shorts options. I suspect cream will be used more.
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Not only that, but the “Heritage Aqua” is really just a Carolina blue and doesn’t match the aqua in the crest at all. There’s a massive disconnect between the kit and the badge, both stylistically and in terms of the color palette. The badge is very vibrant and modern, yet it’s slapped on a kit that attempts to be overly retro-for-retro’s sake. It seems like a classic case where the kit design was done without consideration being given to the new crest and brand colors. On their own, I really like the shorts and socks. But they look like they’re screaming out for a white shirt similar to their Heritage white kits from 2017/18. And then the stripes? I just don’t get those at all, and I don’t think the two shades of green PLUS light blue PLUS white makes for an appealing shirt at all. As always, I’m a Timbers fan so my viewpoint on anything Sounders-related is clouded by a puff of fish-scented air.
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Perhaps, although a lot of players like to get new socks (in package) for every game. I think it’s more that the players can’t be trusted to wear the socks on the correct legs.
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The shorts do have the asymmetric trim, but the colors are flipped from how they appear on the shirt. It’s inexplicable though that the socks don’t have the asymmetric adidas stripes.
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There is plenty of room for the crest and Adidas logos to fit on either side of the chest, but I think that would just exacerbate the openness in the middle of the chest. Having the crest in the center not only fills that space but allows the crest breathing room to be more of a focus.
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The Timbers have officially revealed their new secondary kit and it is a banger. I don’t love the horizontal DaBella logo but it does prevent the logos from occupying too much vertical space. The color scheme is wonderful and the hand-drawn tree detailing strikes the right balance between realism and artistic expression. The dark green shorts and the socks having lighter green turnovers are both really nice added bonuses: The shirt is in partnership with the Nature Conservancy, whose logo appears on the back neck:
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The Timbers will be revealing their new secondary kit tomorrow morning.
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The interesting thing is that they didn’t just slap the USL crest on there, they updated and modernized it a bit. This version has “Orlando City” arched across the top, whereas the USL crest had “City” below the lions. The lions themselves also appear to have been cleaned up substantially and now extend beyond the shield shape. Here’s the original USL crest for reference: