It's not so much whether or not the cool kids are doing it as whether or not they suck. Honestly, if Nike just decided to stick with one general design - not a gimmick like the sash, but an actual design - I'd be okay with that as long as it was decent.
Well hopefully we stick with the horizontal stripes. We've had our most successful run wearing those in the confeds cup and the stripes are actually symbolic. I wouldn't be against a hooped home and a sashed away. I'll be very happy if the hoops are here to stay though. I think our success in this upcoming cycle will determine if we see a hoops in the wc or not.
I'm not sure why people are embarrassed about hoops. Lots of teams wear hoops. Heck, Granada CF's (La Liga) kit is red and white hoops, with blue shorts and white socks. The exact same as our new kit. It seems some of you just want a plain white shirt.
Remember, people didn't like the 08/10 home jerseys we wore..."looks like we're sponsored by Tommy Hilfiger," people said. Once we got to the Confederations Cup Final, you couldn't find them in stores. The WC jerseys were sold out from May until October of 2010. OCTOBER. Not bad for a jersey that "everyone" hated. The sash was great and the red third was exactly what people had asked for for years...still people hated. Remember all the outcry over this year's away jerseys? Well, after a timely 1-0 victory over Italy, suddenly people like them. The point being, a significant win and it changes the perception of the jerseys. The hoops jersey is great. I love it. I'm not worried about people hating on them now. We beat Scotland or Brazil in those jerseys, I bet they once again fly off the shelves. Do I like the ghost sash with the hoops? I'd rather they had left it off. But, I agree with those who say that we should have the red/white hoops as our home jersey and then maybe the sash or a solid color navy as our away. We all want a home jersey that people will know is the U.S. just like Croatia or Argentina. It smartly is based off our flag and is something that no one else has (which solves one of the biggest complaints on BS...that we "look like everyone else"). When the USMNT take the field on May 26th against Scotland, we'll see the hoops live for the first time. And I, for one, will have them on in the stands.
Idk about you guys, by I have absolutely no connection to that team. Im not even sure it was a us soccer federation or just a group of guys that were able to travel. I just know last time we had horizontal red STRIPES we upset the number 1 team in the world and we nearly shocked the world and beat brazil in a championship game. I do prefer that crest though. And USA teams have worn everything we haven't established a tradition. And I hope the stripes are permanent. Also weren't we supposed to have white shorts to go worth our aways?? I think an all white look would be nice.
I think the red and white hoops (yes horizontal stripes) with blue shorts would be the iconic USA look within about 10 years if we kept it. The look would easily become synonomous with USA soccer just like teams like Mexico/Brazil/Netherlands etc end up closely associated with their colors. I think we all know that its unlikeley we stick with anything for longer than 2 years though.
The problem with the white shirt is that it hasn't caught on as an "iconic" look for the USA, probably because there are other teams that are more associated with that look.
I don't like the new kits at all. What we need is consistency. We need to stick with one design and one color scheme that is both distinctive and consistent. We can't have a wide variety of designs ranging from denim, beauty pageant sashes, and where's waldo candy cane designs. Here's a brief history of the USA kits over the years. http://project2010.wordpress.com/20...it-a-history-of-the-modern-u-s-soccer-jersey/
Ignoring the fact that during World Cups we have consistently stuck with white shirts for our home jerseys and blue shirts for our aways for, I dunno, at least 12 years.... ....why exactly do we need to have ONE rigid design? Why do people cry about this every single time US shirts are unveiled? What does it matter to you if we have a vertical stripe like in 2006, or a sash like in 2010, or bleeding armpit™ shirts like in 2002? You know it's the USA on the field....why do people have this frantic need for us to be "instantly recognizable" like Brazil or the Netherlands? I'd rather have consistency on the field in the form of making the knock-out stages every WC. I don't care one iota what we wear (as long as we don't look like Miss America). And I certainly don't want us to randomly choose some stupid design element just to placate people clamoring for it.
it sure as hell better not be if we want a jersey to be an iconic USA look, at least make it so that the sight of it doesn't make our eyes bleed
Wondering if Klinsmann is going to give everyone their "normal" numbers back? The Nike advertising has the players back to their standards - Clint has the number 8. This jersey in particular would look odd with any blank areas.
I don't think we've seen a picture of the back of these jerseys yet. Is it really just a large white square with blueish grey numbers?