What Color Jersey for U.S. in WC Matches?

[StormTrooper]

I have looked for this, but have not found: do we know the color jersey we will be wearing for our three opening round matches? Are we wearing the white for all three, or blue for one or more? Has anyone seen this info released?

[MSiwek]

It depends on who is the "home" team. They get to choose. (I think)

Here is the group schedule from FIFA:

9 12-Jun-06 Hanover ITA:GHA 21:00
10 12-Jun-06 Gelsenkirchen USA:CZE 18:00
25 17-Jun-06 Kaiserslautern ITA:USA 21:00
26 17-Jun-06 Cologne CZE:GHA 18:00
41 22-Jun-06 Hamburg CZE:ITA 16:00
42 22-Jun-06 Nuremberg GHA:USA 16:00

Assuming the first team listed is the "home" team:
USA:CZE USA wears white shirt/blue shorts home standard
ITA:USA ITA wears their blue/white and US wears white/blue
GHA:USA GHA wears their yellow and US probably wears white/blue

I would guess that US may wear their blue shirts in one of the games, the best chance would be the Ghana match.

I took a look at FIFA's 2002 group games, we were home against POR(white/blue) and away for Korea (White/white due to Korea's red/blue) and away for Poland (Blue/White due to Poland's White/Red)

Mike

[StormTrooper]

It depends on who is the "home" team. They get to choose. (I think)

Assuming the first team listed is the "home" team:
USA:CZE USA wears white shirt/blue shorts home standard
ITA:USA ITA wears their blue/white and US wears white/blue
GHA:USA GHA wears their yellow and US probably wears white/blue

I would guess that US may wear their blue shirts in one of the games, the best chance would be the Ghana match.

Mike

Thanks. I've seen this, but I have the same "assumptions" as you do. Basically, I'm asking whether we've announced anything as to whether:
1) The first team is actually home
2) Does home choose
3) If Ghana wears yellow, do we wear blue or white

I am superstitious; while I like the blue, we don't typically have good results in the blue in big matches.

[TheBaRoN]

Ghana wear white i'm sure of it, anyway if they wear yellow you'll wear your away kit.

1st 2 matches you wear home kit and 3rd match the away kit.

[dfb547490]

The Ghana photo gallery on FIFA's page has pics of them wearing both white and yellow, plus black!!

My guess is regardless of which color they wear, we wear blue in that game. Nike/USSF will want the team to wear blue in one of the first-round games in order to sell merchandise.