pointguard4519 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 The new US Soccer kits are being used right now on ESPN2 vs. Poland. I have to say, I think they look very good out on the pitch. We are one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffelh Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Why is it a kit and a pitch instead of a uniform and a field?The British use a lot of other words that we do not insist on using ourselves. For example, we don't call Coke pop, we don't the couch a chesterfield and we do not call our apartment a flat. Why use their terminology for uniforms and fields? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpawstu19 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 i really like them, i never noticed the red and white stripes on the shorts tho...and at first i wasnt sure how i felt about the stripes on the left sock, but its growing on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColeJ Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Why is it a kit and a pitch instead of a uniform and a field?The British use a lot of other words that we do not insist on using ourselves. For example, we don't call Coke pop, we don't the couch a chesterfield and we do not call our apartment a flat. Why use their terminology for uniforms and fields?WAH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcgd Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Why is it a kit and a pitch instead of a uniform and a field?The British use a lot of other words that we do not insist on using ourselves. For example, we don't call Coke pop, we don't the couch a chesterfield and we do not call our apartment a flat. Why use their terminology for uniforms and fields? Lots of people call Coke's pop. Its just the terminology. We've already renamed the sport, we should maintain at least some traditional names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetthemets Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 I guess we should all start drinking tea and stop brushing our teeth too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totc Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 At the very least, most of the players have seemed to twist the socks out to the left so that the red and blue stripes aren't smack in front like the Denver Broncos ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointguard4519 Posted March 1, 2006 Author Share Posted March 1, 2006 I used pitch and kit because they are unique to soccer and think they sound cool - no real difference between the two wasy of describing each. Anyway, I didn't notice the stripes on the shorts til today either. I think they really would have looked better on the front, but, oh well. We are one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProvidenceRI Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 i don't like soccer that much, but i do feel that it should be called football, even here in the states.in jest, american football should be called "soccer"... after all, you constantly "sock" people to gain yards... but, american football really needs a new name. it is more like american rugby.but the words "pitch" and "kit" are just dumb. DUMB. about as dumb as 0-0 ties and deciding world championships on shoot-outs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubbies06 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Why is it a kit and a pitch instead of a uniform and a field?The British use a lot of other words that we do not insist on using ourselves. For example, we don't call Coke pop, we don't the couch a chesterfield and we do not call our apartment a flat. Why use their terminology for uniforms and fields? ..same reason you choose to live in a state named after a town in England... "We root for the laundry"(Jerome Seinfeld) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentrygraphics Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Why use their terminology for uniforms and fields? ..because if we did...200+ years of democracy and good dental hygenie would go straight down the loo...I mean crapper... "This isn't just the Oregon Ducks, it's Football's Future Turf Soldier War Hero Steel Robot Tech Flex Machine Army." -CS85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theLOFTstudio Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 seriously, why do you guys have to comment negatively on the proper term. if you dont like soccer, why even enter the thread.with your logic, they might as well ruin the game and put commercials in there like in the US.i'm pretty sure that the Commercial Timeout is 1000% more stupid than a uniform being called a "kit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallWonk Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 but, american football really needs a new name. it is more like american rugby.but the words "pitch" and "kit" are just dumb. DUMB. about as dumb as 0-0 ties and deciding world championships on shoot-outs. "Gridiron." American football should be called "Gridiron." It captures in sound the image of rugged, aggressive manliness that the sport tries to project. American English has no problem with using "kit" as a verb, as in "he was kitted out in full dress uniform," so why not use the corresponding noun? The whole parallel language for soccer can be a signal to all the soccer-haters -- you know, folks who believe that a man who spends a cumulative quarter of an hour on the field over a 3-hour period, wearing full body armor, and even then spending the bulk of his time participating in committee meetings, is more "manly" than another man who spends 90 almost uninterrupted minutes in constant action on a larger field with no armor except a flimsy shinguard -- that they can just tune out. If you don't like soccer, you can just listen for the words "pitch" and "kit" and move on to something else, and leave those who appreciate the beautiful game to talk among themselves. It's a win-win proposition. And I do not like the new white jerseys. That vertical stripe makes me think "England." Not that the blue jersey is doing anything for me either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturn Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 Jesus Christ. I hope you guys know why soccer is call soccer and american football football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProvidenceRI Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I actually think American Football (now known in my head as Gridiron) is crap, too. There's no need for helmets and pads, look at rugby players.I'm not hating soccer, I'm just saying that the words "kit" and "pitch" are pompous.When I see a lot of grass, I see a field.And uniforms are uniforms."Boot" I can live with, and I find it more accurate than "cleats".I can't wait to see England and Spain choke again in 4 months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandyDelphia Mike Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 The new US Soccer kits are being used right now on ESPN2 vs. Poland. I have to say, I think they look very good out on the pitch.Did anyone bother to wear the socks right?They had to switch to a yellow ball in the final ten minutes because of reduced visibility in the snow. NCAA Baseball Champions | 2014, 2019Â facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Mexico Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I actually think American Football (now known in my head as Gridiron) is crap, too. There's no need for helmets and pads, look at rugby players.I'm not hating soccer, I'm just saying that the words "kit" and "pitch" are pompous.When I see a lot of grass, I see a field.And uniforms are uniforms."Boot" I can live with, and I find it more accurate than "cleats".I can't wait to see England and Spain choke again in 4 months! Please tell me you are being sarcastic with you comment about pads and helmets.And WTF is pompous about kit and pitch? Some people call them uniforms, some say kit. They're not mutually exclusive. You CAN say soccer uniform if you want, no one's stopping you.And to whoever said WE don't call Coke pop? Where are you from? I hear soda and pop, but to me anyone who calls all soda/pop Coke is retarded. You used to hold meTell me that I was the bestAnything in this world I wantI could possesAll that made me wantWas all that I can getIn order to surviveGotta learn to live with regrets-President Carter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HedleyLamarr Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I guess we should all start drinking tea and stop brushing our teeth too? Hellz yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJ Sands Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I guess we should all start drinking tea and stop brushing our teeth too? Hellz yeah! it would make things much easier if we did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProvidenceRI Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 And to whoever said WE don't call Coke pop? Where are you from? I hear soda and pop, but to me anyone who calls all soda/pop Coke is retarded. Dude, a majority of the south calls all soda "coke."I don't, but it's along the lines of calling all cotton swabs "q-tips" or tissue "kleenex". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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