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  1. Yeah, it’s not a new uni reveal at all, just showing off the combos for the spring game. Who knows, they may update templates or have a completely new set in the fall, but this “reveal” isn’t really anything at all.
  2. Still no shirt release, but Montréal wore the shorts from their new primary kit in tonight’s Canadian Championship match: Wasn’t totally clear in the latest leaks whether the new shirt has white or light gray accents; these shorts seem to show that it’ll be a light gray. Nice to see black shorts instead of blue. Would assume the socks of the new kit will be blue, but we’ll have to wait and see.
  3. Would be better than “Mar-A-Lago Bush”, I suppose.
  4. …. Just what the NBA needs, more uniforms.
  5. Agreed. Nike has been making kits out of recycled plastic bottles for over a decade; they’ve of course highlighted that in their releases but they haven’t felt a need to make special kits for it.
  6. The regular kits are already made using recycled materials. What makes the Parley kits different is that they use a yarn that contains 50% recycled ocean plastic. I’m fine with them doing the Parley jerseys because it’s a worthy cause to promote, I just hate that they’re worn in matches. Either make team-colored versions or only have them used as prematch tops.
  7. Most of the Parley (officially called “One Planet”) jerseys are up on the Dick’s site. They’ll be available on MLS Store later today. Here are all of the selections: Charlotte (turquoise) vs. Columbus (black) Cincinnati (black) vs. Portland (turquoise) Montreal (black - no pic yet) vs. NYRB (turquoise) New England (turquoise) vs. SKC (black) NYCFC (turquoise) vs. Dallas (black) Orlando (turquoise) vs. DC (black) Philadelphia (black) vs. Toronto (turquoise) Houston (black) vs. Miami (turquoise) Nashville (turquoise) vs. LAFC (black) Colorado (black) vs. St. Louis (turquoise) RSL (turquoise) vs. San Jose (black) LAG (turquoise) vs. Austin (black) Seattle (turquoise) vs. Minnesota (black) Atlanta (black) vs. Chicago (turquoise) The home team picks which color they want. 8 of the 14 home teams picked the turquoise color way, while the other 6 picked black. Vancouver has a bye this week, but I assume they’ll still have a version to buy. As with the previous Parley jerseys, they all have color-matched sponsor logos except for Minnesota who has the big white bullseye on the chest:
  8. The indigenous inscription is nowhere to be seen on the new leaked images, so it’s possible Adidas has finished producing updated versions and is starting to send them out to retailers. Wouldn’t surprise me if they end up launching it in May. Shifting back to the Parley kits for this week, St. Louis has posted a teaser with tomorrow’s date: Looks like the turquoise colorway, so that means Colorado chose the black as the home team for Saturday’s matchup between the two clubs. So far then we know the colors for these two matchups: Atlanta (black) vs. Chicago (turquoise) Colorado (black) vs. St. Louis (turquoise)
  9. The original leak showed that the authentic version will have black cuffs with white trim and black back panels, so at least that should help the color balance a little bit.
  10. Austin was another team that wore their secondary kits at home yesterday, which allowed Vancouver to wear their awesome navy/white/navy combo: Even as a Timbers fan, I think this is the single best kit (when worn with the white shorts) in the league right now. It looked great last year and looked great again last night.
  11. One more thing for tonight, I just noticed that St. Louis did indeed wear their secondaries at home against Cincinnati but debuted the navy shorts with them: Seriously, they should just wear the navy shorts full time. With both kits.
  12. Yeah, Portland/Seattle is the league’s premier rivalry and tonight’s edition looked almost completely unrecognizable: Here’s the reasoning that a Timbers’ official gave to one of our local reporters: And apparently the two remaining Timbers/Sounders matchups this season (both in Seattle) will have the same kit matchup: Not really sure why it’s necessary in Seattle, as the two clubs went pink vs. green in Seattle last year. In any case, it’s extremely dumb. The home team shouldn’t have to change for a derby match; that possibility shouldn’t even be on the table. I’ve said enough about this issue this time and in the past, so I’ll keep it at that for now.
  13. FC Cincinnati has posted that they’ll be in all-orange at St. Louis tonight, so it’ll either be all-pink/red vs. all-orange (which wouldn’t make much sense) or St. Louis will be in gray at home.
  14. Then you have the red/green colorblind issue, although the league has allowed that to happen quite a few times over the years. That said, green/white/white vs. red/black/black or even green/white/green vs. red/black/red definitely would’ve been better than the green vs. green from the last few years. The biggest issue is that the league classifies the Sounders’ primaries as a “light” kit, allowing them to go with dark colors for their secondaries. The league really started to clamp down on the one dark/one light kit rule back around 2017/18, and yet the Sounders were able to go from having a white away kit in 2017/18 to now three consecutive dark secondary kits.
  15. According to the “Know before you go” email that the club sends out before home games, the Timbers will be wearing the pink rose kits at home against Seattle on Saturday. The last time they wore a non-green kit at home against Seattle was in 2016. I have to assume the league stepped and said no more green vs. green matches, which is for the best from a contrast perspective. As a Timbers fan, I do find it incredibly frustrating that they’ll have to change because of the Sounders once again not having a kit that provides sufficient contrast. The same will happen to Austin later this year. Based on their most recent graphic for the match, it looks like the Sounders will be wearing their dragon kits so at least it’ll be secondary vs. secondary. Every time this issue comes up I say the same thing: the home team should not have to change to accommodate the visitor. If it means Seattle has to go buy some cheap teamwear (even just shorts and socks), then so be it. Hell, Arsenal has worn grey keeper socks with their away kit a few times this year because it was necessary for clash purposes.
  16. First look at this year’s Parley shirts, to be worn across the league next weekend: Both are paired with shorts (and presumably socks) that match the base color of the shirt. The design is certainly more interesting than the last couple of years, but I still don’t care for them. Either have teams just wear the shirts as pre-match tops or have Adidas produce team-colored versions instead of forcing everyone to look the same. Atlanta’s has already leaked, so we know that they’ll be in the black kit and Chicago, their opponents next weekend, will be in the turquoise.
  17. I can’t speak to the rest of ‘em, but for Portland this (thankfully) isn’t even remotely close.
  18. New England has already confirmed all-navy in their weekly Matchday Guide article, so Columbus will be in yellow unless the article is incorrect.
  19. Gonna go ahead and post predictions for this weekend’s matchups a little early. * = confirmed shirt and/or kit choice. *Charlotte (blue/white/blue) vs. *Colorado (burgundy/light blue/burgundy) Columbus (all-yellow or y/b/y) vs. *New England (all-navy) *Montreal (all-gray) vs. DCU (all-black) NYRB (all-yellow) vs. Houston (all-black) NYCFC (all-city blue) vs. Nashville (all-black) Toronto (gray/red/gray) vs. *Atlanta (mint/white/mint) Austin (green/black/black) vs. Vancouver (all-white) Chicago (navy/navy/red) vs. Philly (tan/light blue/tan) *Dallas (all-white) vs. *RSL (red/navy/red) Minnesota (all-black) vs. Orlando (all-white) St. Louis (all-red) vs. Cincy (royal/navy/navy) Portland (green/white/white) vs. Seattle (green/blue/green) San Jose (all-black) vs. SKC (all-sporting blue) LAG (all-white) vs. LAFC (all-black) Will be very interested to see if Portland/Seattle does end up being green vs. green again. I have to assume it will be since the Sounders once again have an away kit that’s too dark to properly contrast. The Timbers could opt for pink, but they didn’t do that at home against the Sounders last year, and I personally do not wanna see that at all unless the Sounders also wear their away kits.
  20. The Whitecaps did actually debut the navy shorts last night against Portland: Another note from yesterday, the Union debuted tan socks for their away kit:
  21. Here’s what the press release said about the typeface: “The typography on the kits was produced by Neville Brody, a fixture in the England graphic design community. Adapting the well-received fonts used for the England men’s squad in 2014, he and his team created a lighter font with adjusted angles to work with the women’s uniform size and scale.” I really enjoyed that 2014 typeface, so I’m happy to see it brought back (with some subtle tweaks, but still). I love both of the Lionesses’ new kits, especially that away.
  22. Here’s a guess at this weekend’s matchups. * = confirmed shirt and/or kit choice. Cincy (royal/navy/navy) vs. Philly (tan/light blue/light blue) DC (all-black) vs. Columbus (all-yellow) LAFC (all-black) vs. Austin (all-mint) Miami (all-pink) vs. Dallas (red/blue/blue) *New England (all-navy) vs. *Montreal (all-gray) NYRB (all-red??) vs. San Jose (gray/black/gray??) NYCFC (all-city blue) vs. Atlanta (stripes/black/red) Chicago (navy/navy/red) vs. Minnesota (all-white) Houston (all-orange) vs. LAG (all-white) SKC (all-sporting blue) vs. *Colorado (burgundy/light blue/burgundy) Nashville (all-yellow) vs. Toronto (gray/red/gray) *RSL (red/blue/red) vs. *Charlotte (blue/white/blue) Seattle (green/blue/green) vs. St. Louis (all-gray) Vancouver (all-white) vs. Portland (all-green) Feel free to post corrections if/when more teams confirm their choices.
  23. Interesting note for the Whitecaps, as their MLS NEXT Pro side has so far worn navy shorts with the new primary kit: They of course have the WFC2 crest, but this suggests to me that navy shorts are an option for the first team as well. While I don’t mind the all-white look with their new kit, I hope the MLS side wears this combo at some point this year and next. I will say, I kinda wish the shorts and socks had white adidas stripes instead of light blue but that’s a relatively minor complaint.
  24. Here’s an idea of what this week’s matchups might look like. * = confirmed shirt and/or kit choice. Atlanta (stripes/black/red) vs. NYRB (all-yellow) *Cincy (royal/navy/navy) vs. Miami (all-pink) *Columbus (yellow/black/yellow) vs. *RSL (red/blue/red) *LAG (all-white) vs. Seattle (dragon/black/black) *New England (all-navy) vs. NYCFC (all-city blue) Orlando (all-purple) vs. Nashville (all-yellow) Philadelphia (all-navy) vs. SKC (all-light blue) *Toronto (gray/red/gray) vs. *Charlotte (blue/white/blue) Chicago (navy/navy/red) vs. DCU (all-white) *Dallas (red/blue/blue) vs. *Portland (pink/white/pink) St. Louis (all-red) vs. Minnesota (all-white) *Colorado (burgundy/blue/burgundy) vs. *LAFC (all-smog green) San Jose (all-black) vs. Houston (all-orange) Vancouver (blue/white/blue?) vs. *Montreal (all-gray)
  25. The NWSL kit situation is really frustrating because it seems like the clubs are in different tiers. The Thorns are regarded by Nike as being in the top tier of their sponsorship deals, and as such receives fully custom kits, training gear, and other merch that’s generally on par with the likes of Barça, PSG, Inter, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Tottenham (USNTs, too). Not just from a design perspective, but from a tech perspective. The Thorns get Nike’s latest templates for both match kits and training wear. Angel City, Orlando, and now Louisville seem to be on the tier below where they can get fully custom kit designs but are stuck using a 2 year old template and replica kit technology (sublimated polyester instead of the engineered knit). The rest of the clubs have a couple of choices. If they want custom kit designs they can do that but tech-wise they’re stuck with Nike’s Digital20 template that’s the same as what college and high schools can get on Nike’s teamwear customization service and has been around since 2018/19. The other option is getting Nike’s newest teamwear template, which is plain but at least has the engineered knit fabric that’s seen on authentic kits. The NWSL is arguably the premier women’s football league in the world, and yet the Thorns are the only club that gets the treatment befitting of that. It certainly helps that they’re in Nike’s backyard but it would be nice if the other clubs could be brought up to that level.
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