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If you are a U.S. national team fan who plans on being in attendance on Feb. 11 when the U.S. team faces Mexico, be sure to bring a red top to wear.
U.S. Soccer is asking American fans to wear red for the match as a show of solidarity, and to help provide a better home-field effect when the teams take the field for the crucial World Cup qualifier.
Here is the statement from U.S. Soccer:
UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU – TO WEAR RED!
U.S. Soccer and Nike are calling on fans across the country to show their support for the U.S. team by wearing red on game day against Mexico. Whether you will be part of the jam-packed crowd at Columbus Crew Stadium or watching in Official U.S. Soccer Bars across the country, put on your favorite red gear and make a statement for the entire world to see.
If you're thinking to yourself "but none of the USA's recent jerseys have been red" you have a point. That doesn't mean you can't bring along a red sweater or shirt to help create an unforgettable atmosphere at Crew Stadium next week (you also have a week to create your own custom-made red USA jersey, so have at it).
What do you think of the idea? Like it? Still going to wear your yellow Crew Jersey or throwback Alexi Lalas denim USA jersey? Thinking of what a sea of red will look like against a few smatterings of green?
Share your thoughts below.
Guess I’m busting out my Bayern home kit.
jjf3,
So you propose “The navy army” 🙂
I’ll be there. In red.
wear ABG = anything but green
de que les va a sercir tontos!! Mex les va a dar una repasada para que dejen de estar ladrando que son los mejores. para nada!!!
Dear USSF, do us all a favor and change our fuggin ugly, boring all white/blue to something with a red jersey so we can stop this fuggin “wear red” charade.
my SCB (so cal sams army) Shirt!!!
perfect!under like a thermal haha,and a couple scarves
Doesn’t Canada’s crowd wear red? I like the idea of navy blue or white.
OH I’LL BE THERE!!!! MAKING THE DRIVE FROM CHICAGO AND I WILL BE WEARING RED AND FACE PAINT IN ALL!!!! USA USA USA!!!!
“I don’t have a red jacket and I’m not likely to get one before I get to Columbus on Tuesday”
‘Red body paint is cheaper :)’
A red t-shirt a size or two too big to wear over your jacket ain’t bad either. A couple of bucks max.
Just moved to nyc, and hear nevada smith’s is the place to watch. Anyone ever been there for a USA game? Hows the atmosphere?
Sams Army hasnt stepped up and unified the fans for years.
“I don’t have a red jacket and I’m not likely to get one before I get to Columbus on Tuesday”
Red body paint is cheaper 🙂
I have NEVER understood this call for red from either writers or the USS. There are way too many countries in the world that use red either as a primary or secondary color in their uniforms. There aren’t that many that use navy (darker) blue, and damn near every US kit has included that color in one form or another. Why aren’t we the the dark blue army? France’s Les Bleu’s are medium blue, and the Azzurri’s blue has historically been lighter, but even as its darkened, it hasn’t reached navy/dark blue. That’s the color we should be making a point of showing the world, creating a unique image that becomes our own: US football – the navy wave/swarm/army – pick your choice…
Red will be what the Mexicans will be seeing for weeks after the match.
Red is such a terrible color, but I will man up and wear red.
I’ll wear my red shirt to the Mexican restaurant’s bar… We’ll see if after a few drinks I feel like I’m in the crowd in Columbus.
I just checked the weather forecast on Columbus for next Wednesday. Looks like rain and temperatures around 52-53, definitely not what US Soccer wanted when scheduling this game.
Anyways, I know that Columbus atmosphere will definitely make the Mexican team feel the passion of football on American soil.
US Soccer should wise up and produce a red kit. Why should US fans buy white home kits when we’re told to wear red to games?
So many people bitch for the sake of it. If you don’t like it then don’t wear it but don’t make comments like “how kool the Dutch look in their Orange, wish we could do the same…”.
Shut the F.. Up!!! and either wear something Red or be done with it. But please stop with the Bitch at every opportunity crap. No one said it had to be Nike.
I don’t have a red jacket and I’m not likely to get one before I get to Columbus on Tuesday
When I think of red,…I think of Poland, Canada, China, Wales, Turkey and former Soviet Union.
Why not navy blue????
bcc USSoccer
cc NIKE
IS the American Soccer fan too finicky, or is it that they just won’t buy red US National team gear?
When is the cutoff notice for this RED experiment?
i got my tickets with the American Outlaws…and they wear blue.
d75, for sure!! I really like the new pattern for the jerseys…throw red in there instead of white and i think we’ve got our home and away jerseys!
Luckily my club colors are Red White and Blue.
VIVA USA!!!!
Red Winter Coat! Score! Ill be at the game and Brian a couple posts above has a great point about OSU. Lots of Cincinnati Reds and Indians gear is red as well.
To Evan the opinion held by most Crew fans is to wear US gear, not Crew gear. Yellow shouldnt be a problem at the game
Sam’s Army has been doing this for years and only now has USSoccer and Nike caught onto it.
http://www.sams-army.com/?M=army
I have to agree with you Jack S. I haven’t bought a nats jersey because they change it every year. Pick a basic design and stick with it!
I certainly hope Crew fans don’t wear their yellow to this game, I thought only scummy DCU fans wore club colors to USMNT games.
But remember, there are a lot of people in Columbus that already have red jackets due to OSU.
US SOCCER NEEDS TO HAND OUT XL RED SHIRTS!!!
everyone will be wearing a jacket. not many people have red jackets. big red shirts can go over peoples’ jackets. simple as that.
a red jersey unveiled for the game would be awesome
I’ve got two 90’s and early 00’s era red jerseys and a red us soccer fleece if anyone needs an extra red jersey for Nevada Smith’s.
Donovan has been named to Munich’s CL roster…
HomeyBoehme i will always regret not buying that shirt.
I’ve got my red USA sweatshirt ready to go!
Do US Soccer and Nike have something up their sleeves? will this game be a debut for a new red jersey? hmmm…
in my last post I meant white due to the color of our jerseys
i love the idea, only color better i think would be red- i would be very disappointed to see yellow columbus jerseys at a US game (any club jersey as matter of fact)
Why don’t they ask us to wear the traditional US jersey? Oh wait…we don’t have one!!!!!! This is what happens when you change the jersey every year. You want atmosphere? Put your heads together, decide on a jersey and stick with it.
Etended Columbus forecast: hi 49, low 34, cloudy with chance of rain.
Not all that cold really.
@Katatonia – I got one of those and they are sweet. I’ll be wearing it Feb. 11th…in MN.
Nike is just trying to sell red gear.
Not to mention the fact that Sam’s Army has worn red sine its inception, back in 1996…
I suppose it’s red or blue, and red shows better on TV, I’d guess.
wish they would remake me the red kits from the 2006 send off series
As cold as it probably will be, it doesn’t matter that a jersey is a differnt color; it will probably will be coverd up with many layers. Just find something red to wear as an outerlayer
As cold as it probably will be, it doesn’t matter that a jersey is a differnt color; it will probably will be coverd up with many layers. Just find something red to wear as an outerlayer
I’ll be sure to wear red and force it upon everyone in my hall that are watching it together.
I wish they would have told me this last week before the navy blue Bocanegra jersey came.
Shouldnt they just give us the shirts?
I’m not gonna be there but I’ll be sure to wear a red shirt.