So, it seems like that MCS was on the right track with selecting our colors. There are not a lot of teams in the current USL-1 that will have our current color scheme. In fact, not a lot of teams will have blue or orange in their color scheme. Here are the teams as they currently break down (type of primary kit in parentheses): Austin – red/white (red/white striped kit, white shorts, red socks) Portland – forest green/yellow/white (all forest green kit) Cleveland – green/white/black (black kit, green shorts, black socks) Baltimore – white/red/blue (white kit w/ red/blue sash, white shorts, white socks) FCNY – yellow/powder blue (kits TBD) Tampa – green/gold (white w/ yellow/green striped sleeves kit, white shorts, white socks) Charleston – yellow/black/red (yellow/black striped kit, black shorts, black socks) Puerto Rico – orange/white (all orange kit) Rochester – black/white/gold (black/white striped kit, black shorts, black socks) One thing that also shocks me, in taking a look at the teams, is the number of teams with striped primary kits (3, 4 if you include Tampa Bay). It would be interesting to see if Duggan a) sticks with the Bucks colors of white/black/orange, b) goes with the colors adopted by MCS of blue/orange, or c) goes with another color scheme depending on any rebranding of the new team.
Detroit International! Sky blue, the color of the UN flag, and also many famous clubs around the world. Although, I suspect that the as-yet-unnamed foreign club with whom Dan Duggan is probably partnering will have something to do with the branding of the new team.
I believe so too...the question I'm dying to know the answer to is: who's the club?! The anticipation is killing me!
Is there any timeline for when an announcement to be made? I'm really excited about Detroit coming up to USL1.
If it's the Michigan Bucks moving up, I imagine it will be their team colors. If not, or if they change their name/colors for the move, my vote is: Name: Detroit Wheels (use the old WFL logo), or, Cougars (homage to USA team of 1967) Colors: either navy/orange/white, or royal blue/silver/white (and maybe yellow thrown in for good measure). Please, no more red/black!!!!!!!
I'm not sure Glentoran is in a position to sponsor anyone else. It's not like the Northern Ireland league is awash with cash. No, my guess is either a sort of mid-table Premiership club, or a big club from a second-tier European league (Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, that sort of thing).
Ha Purple and Black...a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away when the Motor City Supporters first started we had a poll about what we should call ourselves and what our colors should be. Purple was in second place with the name "Purple Gang" for the supporters group. For those of you who aren't too familiar with Detroit history, Purple Gang recalls one of the more famous gangs from Detroit in the 20's when gangsters ran rampant. So I wouldn't be too sad to see Purple and talk about unique...
I could live with purple, but it wouldn't be my first choice. I hope that our new colors (if we do not rebrand them with a partner European club) would tie in either to one of the other Detroit teams or to our state flag or Detroit's flag (depending on if we are called the Michigan ____ or the Detroit _____).
How do you guys feel about the city flag (or state flag depending on the name of the team) being on the uniform somewhere? I always like how many teams in Spain put either the Spanish flag or the flag of their region on their jerseys. It would be cool to have a Detroit/Michigan flag on the back collar or on the right chest opposite the crest.
I'm not sure how this would work properly...If we aren't playing in Detroit proper, should we use the city flag? Say the stadium is in Pontiac, well do you think they might take offense to the use of the Detroit flag? If anything I'd say go with the Michigan flag somewhere in the design...and if you think about it even if you just have the Crest with the Deer and Elk part of the flag, obviously the rest of the flag is just a blue background and you put that on a sleeve or something I could be good with that.
Yea, I didn't think about that...perhaps the Michigan flag would be the way to go. I was thinking about a couple teams in the NHL that use flags, like Vancouver, Calgary and Columbus...they use their state/province flag, which would be cool.
That would be my first choice and I think it would be awesome because not a lot of teams wear purple. I just dont want a see a color that a lot of other teams use.
Some kits I designed (poorly, lol) based on Detroit flag: purple kits: Obviously, I didn't go into too much detail, but do you guys like where I'm going with these?
Like where you're going with the blue/white/red kits, although they look more American than Detroit. But, could be a good concept for the USMNT kits!
Yeah, I thought that about halfway through, too. I'd have to take the Michigan flag off the shorts though.
I agree, they would be more suited to New England. Love the purple, though, but lose the yellow stripe.