The unveiling of the U.S. Men's National Team home jersey was met with a thorough mix of love and hate. Some fans were excited at the red stripe look, while many fans absolutely despise the new look.
To some, the ode to the American flag is enough to make the new jersey a winner. To others, the fact it looks more like the striped sweater from Where's Waldo makes it a loser.
Which side are you on? Cast your vote after the jump:
Which way did you vote? Do you love the new jersey, or do you hate it?
Share your thoughts below.
’94 stars kit?
Sounds awfully Amurican to me.
I will love it if they win in it.
This is still the best USMNT kit of all time:
http://bit.ly/IuzfD
Looks like we got fashion, advertising, history, philosophy and cultural experts…all on the SBI forum!
What a shocker!
I guess our real identity when it comes to kits, is we don’t have one… Think of any nat team in the world worth praising and you always remember an iconic jersey. Germany throughout it’s history has been white with black shorts. Brazil, ‘scrach du oro’with blue shorts. Argentina and it’s blue and white vertical strips with black/blue shorts. Italy, blue/white. even freaking mexico has it’s ‘tri’ green/white/red uniform. So why in our (about 15 year) international history, we cannot pinpoint a single style/color/scheme??? I mean those other teams have close to 100 years wearing the same recognizable unis and we in 15 don’t have anything consistent! And even just in recent years with the sash being consistent we had something. could have kept going, but oh no… let’s avoid this “getting an identity” crap and go for the ‘MEH any league team’ and destroy any legacy the sash had.
Me no likey!
They look fine on Deuce, but from a merchandising perspective, that is a huge mistake horizontal stripes are a no no for people who are not built like a pro athlete. I wouldn’t but it for that reason alone.
I don’t think you caught the subtle difference between American and Amurican. It’s like the difference between a good boy and a good ole boy.
Either way this looks loads better than the blue kit with white sleeves. This makes sense that was just dumb. Nobody else is really mentioning that we had a stripes kit before. This can only mean that they are gonna start running out a version of the ’94 stars kit which will make me so happy.
I thought the 2002 and 2006 WC kits were really classy.
It’s all been downhill since then except for the diagonal sash kits which were pretty cool.
I think the hoops look ludicrous.
Marketing, hype, BS, silliness – whats wrong with all white or all navy blue? It says so much, so classy.
Just my humble opinion.
LOL fat dudes wearing these will look like human candy canes.
Can we get a unique goalie keeper shirts for a change? I hate when almost every country sponsored by nike has the same keeper design. Even if they don’t sell very many I feel like national teams deserve their own designs. Plus we already know he looks great in camo
They should have kept it closer to a solid color, I know some would say that’s boring, but if you remember some of the old MLS jersey’s (KC, Burn,Clash, etc) they don’t look like a good idea. Almost clownish. And I think that’s what will happen with this one. Not the worst, but I won’t be buying one.
Looks too much like an FC Dallas jersey. Worst national kit since the 94 World Cup.
Less is more, and overhaul the US soccer logo while you’re at it. I’ve always hated its look.
here come the clowns.
And TOTALLY REDEEM THEMSELVES?
I don’t like them
It’s silly. On top of that it’s ugly. Is Nike not on top of design trends all of a sudden? Were they not aware of MLS history and the FC Dallas jersey’s of yesteryear and how terrible they were? On the bright side, no way this is the jersey we wear at World Cup 2014.
i like it. It almost looks like an FCD shirt…:)
Where’s Waldo?
Great, we can humiliate ourselves not only after we lose important games but now all before and during them too!
I hate it, but it’s only from pictures, they will be differences live, but I think it will make US look like a “chain gang”.
I wanna see in person. I like the look but will reserve final judgement til I see in person.
Kinda flaggy…
She married him, so maybe not.
I think it looks daffy.
No. It looks like he’s making a run for freedom away from a chain gang.
Worst jersey since the 94 world cup denim. I hate the candy cane/Where’s Waldo look.
Unis don’t excite me but the numbers (great design element) do make them a bit more tolerable.
That transparent sash going through the hoops is stupid. I agree with you. I’d be okay if it was 1 way or the other. People will buy it regardless.
I never like it when you are forced to buy numbers/letters to make the shirt look right. The “true” replica has large blank spots on the front and back where the numbers have to go. Its unwearable otherwise. The other replica has the stripes all the way ’round, but that’s not the shirt on the field, is less attractive that the “correct” shirt, and if you put numbers/letters on that, it doesn’t look right. So no go for me on this one.
In San Jose where he belongs
If the USMNT relies on jersey sales for at least part of their balance sheet, this will hurt them. It looks too much like an FC Dallas jersey, and it won’t sell as well as the previous design.
+1
They do have an identity. Their identity is constant jersey rotation.
Crap kits, they remind me of old 1920’s silent movie clips of jail breaks prison garb!
Yeah, but it’s “laser cooled”!!!
If we win wearing it, it will become a classic, and I will love it. If not, expect more flavors-of-the-month. Until one or the other happens, I would have preferred vertical stripes…
Where’s Wondo???
haha, true
I really liked it, until seeing Demps wear it. Great jersey in theory but it doesn’t look right when worn.
Inspired by The Cat in the Hat…Thanks
Lame FC Dallas shirt. Would have liked a philly union design with white middle, blue sides, red trim. Oh well.
I like it a lot. Ordered it tonight.
Why do I do such things? It’s a freaking shirt! I guess I picture someday handing on a collection of USMNT shirts to my future kid(s). For all I know they may prefer drama or, worse, football to soccer.
Ah, to be a soccer fan…
agree. add in the damn commercialism of changing the uni so often.
Terrible.
I think the away jersey is f***** awesome, but this red one is a wait and see.
It’s like a big American flag wrapped around Deuce. It’s cool.
Now we just need results.
I’m one of those who wish that the U.S. would develop a *consistently* recognizable look. This uniform is basically the same design as Paraguay’s, only the stripes are horizonatal instead of vertical. Does Nike do any market research before coming up with this garbage? Whoever designed this should be fired immediately!
I don’t care what it looks like…I just want US Soccer to pick a design and stick with it. I refuse to buy a ‘flavor of the month’ jersey. I just want them to pick a look and stick with it for a generation so the world associates it with the ‘never give up’ attitude that the USMNT and the USWNT demonstrated during the most recent WCs. IT HAS TO STAND FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN A BUMP IN JERSEY SALES!!!
Whatever you say, Steve Davis
http://www.postsbypanos.com/2012/02/new-usa-jersey-2012.html
My thoughts exactly.
i don’t care…
keep em comin’ differently all the time… im fine.
change is always good
And whats wrong with the jersey being American? Whats wrong with honoring Old Glory as the USMNT jersey? Nothing wrong with it in my opinion.