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That does not look promising at all. Looks like it might have some sort of splotchy pattern on the front and sleeves (Adidas loves those), and the red printing doesn’t look good either. Club América has shown that a pale yellow/blue/red scheme can work really well (and Arsenal’s away last year), but I’m not holding my breath on this one.

A few looks at the star on FLEX Tools FC’s primary shirts:

Wanna find out what Providence is really all about? Here ya go: https://www.truthaboutprovidence.org As a Timbers & Thorns fan, the day can’t come soon enough that Providence’s name is off of our stadium and the Thorns’ kits. Many Sounders fans are bound to feel the same about their kits after this announcement.

I know there are white/purple and pink/yellow colorways of this keeper kit template, but I haven’t heard whether or not those were made available to MLS clubs. Have you heard differently?

A look at the Quakes’ version of the new red keeper shirt: And I believe I posted this last week, but here’s Andre Blake in the blue keeper shirt: They’re pretty much identical to what was worn in the World Cup, although the socks for the blue kit are slightly different. The other available colorways will be black, yellow, and green (there may be one more, but not sure).

The Red Bulls’ new travel gear and anthem jacket gives a glimpse at the likely color scheme of their new kit: Wouldn’t surprise me if the kit ends up being similar to Arsenal’s away last year, but with the lighter blue:

Mockup of the full Toronto kit based on that leaked jersey pic^ and the shorts and socks that were seen at MLS Media Day. Really struggling to find anything positive to say about it.

The Sounders sure do like their dead people!

Here’s an idea of what San Jose’s new primary kit might look like. Not as confident in this one as the Orlando one I posted a couple days ago, but I do think it’s on the right track: Based on this leak from MLS Media Day: If accurate, the jersey pattern would be recycled from Real Madrid’s current away shirt:

The layered, ribbed Adidas stripes are by far my favorite part of this Adidas template. Having the flag colors on the underneath layer is a smart move for Italy. Both kits are fine, I wouldn’t say either are exceptional and they both pale in comparison to the Puma 2020/21 Renaissance kits IMO. The marble on the blue kit still reads as more of a water ripple to me, and I think they either needed to add more gold accents to the shirt or scrap them altogether. The flag side/back hem stripe is great, though. The away is definitely the better of the two, but I can’t say I love the navy being used in the marble pattern when it’s already the primary accent color of the shirt. I do like the subtle gold veining, but shades of gray would’ve been a better complement to the gold in the pattern and would’ve been more true to what you most often think of with Carrara marble.

I love it when people on these boards tell on themselves

Feel pretty confident that Orlando’s new primary will look close to this:

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It’s Austin’s jacket. Black with green Adidas stripes on the outside, the mint color of their away kit on the inside. The shorts and socks of their new home kit are almost identical to those of their inaugural primary, with white Adidas stripes instead of the green like the jacket:

Yeah, all the players had pink lanyards for their credential cards: If you look at the collar of the Charlotte player’s jacket, it looks like the inside is the rumored purple color of their new secondary. You can also see how the inside of the Galaxy jacket matches the color of their already leaked secondary. LAFC’s jacket also has olive green on the inside.

Here’s a look at this year’s training gear. Expect to see more teams wearing versions of this as their supply starts to come in.

That could (should?) look really good for the Loons… but it does seem to be a pretty obvious copycat of Minneapolis City SC:

They did do a blanket design contest in 2015 in collaboration with Pendleton…

Not really any specific plaid heritage, but there’s the lumberjack angle and I suppose the hipster flannel angle as well. Plus there’s the stripes on the PDX flag that can pretty easily form a plaid pattern. In a broader sense, Oregon has a pretty extensive history with woolen mills as well. I’ll be curious to see the marketing speak for the kit, as I could realistically see any of the above reasons being mentioned. I really hope the Timbers never go the PDX carpet route. Now that the Blazers have done it, I think I’ve had my fix on that theme and I think most fans here would agree. The Timbers have had some PDX carpet hats and other merch, but I don’t really care to see more.

Mockup of what the Whitecaps’ new primary kit could look like based on what was seen at MLS Media Day (below):

I kind of touched on this earlier, but while green & gold may be what non-Timbers fans associate with the Timbers nowadays (after the 2017 color change, at least), green and white and a green/white/gold scheme are just as synonymous with the Timbers around here. Since they’ve had three straight home kits that were more gold-heavy (or just green & gold, in the case of the 2017/18 home kit), I think it’s fitting to go more white-heavy this time around. Sort of a nod to the early MLS days, but also the pre-MLS eras and iterations of the Timbers when the scheme was often more green & white or green/white/yellow:

Here’s confirmation of the Timbers’ new primary kit: Really can’t wait to see the close-up shots and to see what the jocktag and other little details look like. Also can’t wait to see the kit with white shorts.

I think the shirt very well could look better with the adidas stripes being gold, but having seen the full kit I actually like the white quite a bit and can appreciate them taking a different direction after three straight home kits with gold Adidas stripes. It’s interesting, throughout the different iterations of the Timbers (even just in their original 8 year NASL run) there have been times where they were basically just green and white, other times where they were basically just green and gold, and times where the gold and white coexisted on the kits. All three approaches feel uniquely “Timbers” and I think there’s a case to be made for all three schemes as to which is the best or most appropriate. I’m not sure they’ll ever really be able to beat their 2017/18 green & gold primaries, but I thought the balance between gold and white in their 2019/20 hooped kits was pretty carefully considered. I feel the same with this new kit; I think having the adidas stripes match the logo and name/number colors is pretty key in achieving a successful balance. Lets one color be a little more dominant than the other. To this day one of my favorite kit combos the Timbers have worn in MLS is the white/green/white combo with their 2018/19 secondaries. Mostly white and green with nice gold touches as well. I feel like this new kit is a pretty successful flip of the script, mostly green and white but with tasteful gold accenting as well.

I guess I get your point, but the side/back hem stripe on the shirt is gold, while the shorts have the gold trim on the back hem to match. Similar to the Japan home kit with the red side and back hem stripes: I’d say it’s pretty cohesive overall, with the three stripes and adidas logos being white on all three kit elements and the gold side and back hem stripes matching on the shirt and shorts. I wish there was a tiny bit of gold on the socks, but that’s a minor quibble. For me the kit has a similar approach to the 2019/20 hooped home kit, but with the gold and white smartly swapped in terms of which is the primary accent color this time around.

More leaks below. - NYCFC back to navy accents on their home kit. Looks like a good amount of orange too! Grid plan design on the shirt??? - Looks like the Quakes’ new shirt at least starts out blue. - Orlando finally with metallic gold accents again. - Cincy sticking with the navy and adding more white (why?!)