Ever wonder why the U.S. men's national team has gone so long without a red jersey to go with the various white and blue uniforms to come out throughout the years?
Wonder no more.
The U.S. national team will unveil a red third jersey that will be availabe in April. No details yet on the design of the jersey, but USA fans have been clamoring for a red jersey for some time. It's a natural addition considering red is the color of choice for many U.S. national team fans.
What do you think of the idea of a red national team jersey? Will you be getting one? Still want to see how it looks first?
Share your thoughts below.
I think that’s why he said, “add it in 2014″…
I recall some study claimed that in professional sports, the team wearing red were more likely to win than teams in any other color.
Can’t hurt!
So it takes 20 years for the color red to lose it association with being a commie?
meh. I always loved how the team wears blue/white while our supporters wear red. I don’t know why, but for me a red jersey would just seem… strange. Like someone else said, it seems like a cash grab.
Why would they add a star we have not won a world cup. Stars on a jersey represent how many championships you won.
All white first choice, blue change strip.
one of the best jerseys ever. it was the Copa America 2007 jersey. i got mine with Dempsey on it…of course, he wasn’t there. i guess that’s on me for buying it before the roster was announced. but i LOVE that jersey.
I agree. I think the current US Soccer logo looks very amateur. We could use something a bit more classic looking. Something to show how much the team has grown since the early ’90s.
YES
Buying
Playing white jerseys are much cooler in the summer. Its all strategy.
Now if they would bring back the blue windcraft flag, I would be all set.
Don’t mess with the crest. It has been around for 15+ years now without a change. The only think i would add is a star over the top in 2014
Does Sams Army even still exist?
Why would we ever want to be Canadian? That’s the worst suggestion ever.
I’m so stoked for this to come out. I’ll be ordering one on the first day for sure. Since I already have Deuce’s in blue, I figure I should get Stu’s. Either that or Jermaine’s.
Has to be with a White sash.
Then when another Italian player crumples to the ground the USMNT player can stand over him with his “DIVE FLAG” jersey to point it out to the blind refs. (Search scuba dive flag if you don’t get it).
Would be cool to have a new design (don’t love the sash jerseys that much).
Whatever happened to this blue/pinstriped one? I thought it was cool.
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I hope it is blue shorts. All red would be too much. White shorts wouldnt look right to me. Too much like England’s away kit.
You have a long nose.
Blue socks, blue shorts, Red shirt with a white stripe. That is what I wanna see fielded.
There’s plenty of countries in CONCACAF and int’l that have white and blue kits too…
F*CKING SWEET!!!
it’ll go nicely with my new red DCU Chuck Deezy jersey.
Any word on color of shorts? Blue?
We’ve known it was coming for some time…expected to go on sale 4/1 and rumors abound that the Yanks may wear them in one of the March friendlies. Can’t wait!
Will this make them not give up early goals anymore?
It’s about time. I actually emailed US Soccer headquarters about this. Clearly, I made the difference:-)
Finally. Now change the crest to something a little less logo-ey.
Should add in some cases it is reveresed “home” whites.
About f%#$%# time!
Alot of those teams wear white because in American sports it is traditional for the away team to wear white. I agree we should have a third but for the diversity, not because white is snobbish.
It doesn’t make sense to have a red kit to me, given the fact that T & T, Canada, Costa Rica, and Panama all wear red…
YES!! I still rock my DTOM jersey. I have the red training jersey too from a couple of years back that is not too shabby but it will be cool to have a “real” jersey.
If it looks like this http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123037/2156589/2167378/2168475/08_ThrowbackJersey.jpg I’ll buy it. Let’s be honest, I’ll buy it either way.
That wasn’t a leak, it was just a mock-up.
Good move. I hope they make sizes that would fit dudes like Ives and myself.
you wannabe Canadians!
this!!!
Teams that wear white definitely come off as snobbish to me (Real – though that’s my favorite team, Galaxy, Red Bulls, England, Dallas Cowboys, lol). When everybody wears white for road jerseys, it seems arrogant to take white as a home jersey to rarely have to swap it out. It also seems like an absence of having a team color. It’s boring.
This is way overdue. Sam’s Army wears red, so should the Nats. Can’t wait to see it.
http://project2010.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/the-new-u-s-2010-nike-jerseys/
Third jerseys for national teams are a total cash-grab. We hardly wear the current away! Even if we designate this as the official away jersey for the Gold Cup or something, it’ll probably only see the field once.
But, having said that…I’ve always wanted a red US jersey so I don’t mind this one as much. Hope they pair it with navy shorts on the field.
What’s arrogant about wearing white?
I wonder if it will be the red shirt with the blue slash that was circulating when they released the kit for the 2010 World Cup? I somehow doubt that, though. I think they will do another overhaul.
Yeah, thought we already had that jersey, lol . . . about time though . . . I just want us to get away from the arrogance of wearing white jerseys all the time.
Red with a white stripe makes the most sense to me…
Assuming it’s the same one (which I think likely), the red one leaked last year well before the World Cup. Same design as the other two, with a blue sash.
Not bad, but it’d be better with a white sash.
They better make a lot, people have been waiting for this for a long time.
i wouldnt care. A red US jersey?? I’ll buy 2 😛
unless Nike totally botches the design (which i highly doubt will happen), i’ll be ordering it day 1.