Late on Valentine’s Day, U.S. Soccer released a new red National Team jersey.
The new jersey is all-red design, in a similar style to 2016’s National Team jerseys. An altered, all-red crest features on both the jersey and shorts, which also have a single black stripe down the length of the uniform with the sleeves a darker shade of red.
The new jerseys will debut at the 2017 SheBelieves Cup that is set for March 1st to March 7th, while the U.S. Men’s National Team will make their first appearance in the new jersey on March 24th in World Cup Qualifying against Honduras.
The jersey has been the source of some controversy, with some praising the bold coloring that is a departure from the sometimes bland 2016 editions, but many feel that the jersey is too similar to Nike’s other efforts with England, Portugal, and others.
Do you like the bold new color? Is it too similar to 2016’s jerseys? How do you feel about the similarity to other jerseys around the world?
Have your say in the poll below, and state your reasoning in the comment section.
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It looks like the election maps on the morning of Nov. 9: Republican Red.
This aint Canada! Its The United States of America!!!!
Looks jackass to ever change the colors of the crest to match a kit…another crap color fiasco from Nike.
Give me the centennial kit for the next 50 years…
Effing lazy…though, for some reason, I think they would be EXPONENTIALLY better with the old navy blue centennial crest…
No identity or consistency on the field, no identity or consistency in Jersey design, seems about right.
Portugal with a usa badge
Just curious. My wife helped me check on the US vs Honduras March qualifier tickets. First, there’s a lottery process which is cool. Secondly, the ticket prices are outrageously high, cheapest seats at $160 something. Are you kidding me?
Thats crazy. 90 minutes of Concacaf soccer should not go more than 60 bucks
Hate to tell you this but their is a premium on tickets for men who need their wives to research tickets prices. Men who do it themselves pay 50% less. ?
lazy. Lame attempt to get more money from us soccer fans
Do we have to pay Portugal royalties for using their 2016 home jersey?
5.47% love it. They have to be able to do better than that.
Distract opponents with all that red?
Is it me,…or is the men’s jersey, just a little redder than the women’s jersey?
I wonder what an all blue crest would have looked like on this. Anything better than the red assault
I dub this kit: THE RED WEDDING.
It’s basically the old England kit but with a terrible monochrome US crest.
It is clear that Nike comes up with a format and then applies it to all of the national teams it supplies. Remember a few years ago when everyone had the jersey with the numbers circled on the back? Holland, Portugal US Brazil, etc. had them.