I suppose it is old news, but I just noticed that the USA Women's National Soccer team is wearing Nike/Oregon green instead of red or blue trim. What is wrong with Nike?? USA's colors aren't hip enough for them? I'm never buying anything with "Nike" on it again.
Nike fouls USA uniforms
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Actually, the kits are white with 2 stars and the red white and blue US Soccer crest on them. These are the home USA kits for both men and women (except for the 2 stars, of course). Only the socks are green - perhaps a reference to the horrible artificial surface the women are playing on???
I'm with you. I stopped buying Husker stuff when they started adding black. Do we really need to add black to be hip?
From USA Today: "Wait — how — where — what’s happening here? Were these jerseys made by a bitter centuries-old rival of Betsy Ross? Where do you get green from? Or black? Is the U.S. about to compete in the bizarro World Cup? Is Michael Bay excited about the release of the U.S. Women’s National Team and Secret of the Ooze movie dropping in 2016?"
I suspect I know where they got Green from.
I suspect I know where they got Green from.
Sorry, there is no Oregon conspiracy here.
White, with a little touch of black. And a volt of neon yellow.
Nike went with high contrast in the new USWNT home uniform, revealed Wednesday. The white jersey and shorts have slight black accents—a stripe on the side, the crest, Swoosh and two stars signifying the team’s previous two World Cup wins—but otherwise remain starkly white.
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Well, until you look at the legs, where the women will have a neon yellow gradient build in the socks. Nike athletes will have matching yellow cleats.
“The goal was to create something stunning and impactful on the pitch,” Nike's soccer global creative director Martin Lotti told SI.com. “It is clean, modern, futuristic. The head-to-toe shoe, sock, jersey is one collective point of view, one full composition.”
Lotti went with such a vivid sock color to draw viewers’ eyes to the lower leg, the fastest part of the body and an obvious focus in soccer.
Nike opted for a white home kit to honor the tradition of the U.S. wearing white as a home kit. The blue and red on the away kit rounds out the red, white and blue colors of the U.S. flag.
USWNT captain Christie Rampone on the toughest challenge USA will face in Group D
On SI Now, USWNT captain Christie Rampone reveals why facing off against her former coach Pia Sundhage will be the biggest obstacle in Group D when USA faces Sweden.
“We went for monochromatic,” Lotti says, “for the highest contrast. Black and white gives the highest contrast and the black stripe highlights speed. It is a brilliant white and keeping it clean, simple and modern will contrast in its surroundings.”
Lotti says Nike worked with the federal agency all throughout the design process, showing them the design bit by bit along the way and never were there concerns raised about using black accents instead of, say, blue.
"If you look good you are ready to play your best," Abby Wambach said, "and when I put (the new kit) on I feel inspired to play well for my country, our team and the fans."
For technology, the jersey and short—16 percent lighter than the previous kit—gets constructed from recycled polyester made from 18 plastic bottles. Nike laser-scanned the athletes to determine the silhouette and cut of the uniform, using laser-cut venting along the black stripe for ventilation. Having mapped where the body sweats, the front and back of the jersey have differing engineered meshes, with the mesh more open in the back. For the first time, the women's jersey will be available for purchase in men's sizes.
The women, who start play in Canada in Winnipeg on June 8 against Australia will have a chance to first show off their new look in a friendly against South Korea at Red Bull Stadium on May 30.
For that date, expect white. Lots of it.
Tim Newcomb covers stadiums, design and gear for Sports Illustrated. Follow him on Twitter at @tdnewcomb.
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White, with a little touch of black. And a volt of neon yellow.
Nike went with high contrast in the new USWNT home uniform, revealed Wednesday. The white jersey and shorts have slight black accents—a stripe on the side, the crest, Swoosh and two stars signifying the team’s previous two World Cup wins—but otherwise remain starkly white.
Well, until you look at the legs, where the women will have a neon yellow gradient build in the socks. Nike athletes will have matching yellow cleats.
“The goal was to create something stunning and impactful on the pitch,” Nike's soccer global creative director Martin Lotti told SI.com. “It is clean, modern, futuristic. The head-to-toe shoe, sock, jersey is one collective point of view, one full composition.”
Lotti went with such a vivid sock color to draw viewers’ eyes to the lower leg, the fastest part of the body and an obvious focus in soccer.
Nike opted for a white home kit to honor the tradition of the U.S. wearing white as a home kit. The blue and red on the away kit rounds out the red, white and blue colors of the U.S. flag.
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But don’t look for much color beyond white on the home jersey and shorts. Inside the back neck 13 stars on a blue triangle provide the only color (the away kit has 13 stripes on the inside of the back neck, both representing the country’s original 13 colonies) apart from the yellow.USWNT captain Christie Rampone on the toughest challenge USA will face in Group D
On SI Now, USWNT captain Christie Rampone reveals why facing off against her former coach Pia Sundhage will be the biggest obstacle in Group D when USA faces Sweden.
“We went for monochromatic,” Lotti says, “for the highest contrast. Black and white gives the highest contrast and the black stripe highlights speed. It is a brilliant white and keeping it clean, simple and modern will contrast in its surroundings.”
Lotti says Nike worked with the federal agency all throughout the design process, showing them the design bit by bit along the way and never were there concerns raised about using black accents instead of, say, blue.
"If you look good you are ready to play your best," Abby Wambach said, "and when I put (the new kit) on I feel inspired to play well for my country, our team and the fans."
For technology, the jersey and short—16 percent lighter than the previous kit—gets constructed from recycled polyester made from 18 plastic bottles. Nike laser-scanned the athletes to determine the silhouette and cut of the uniform, using laser-cut venting along the black stripe for ventilation. Having mapped where the body sweats, the front and back of the jersey have differing engineered meshes, with the mesh more open in the back. For the first time, the women's jersey will be available for purchase in men's sizes.
The women, who start play in Canada in Winnipeg on June 8 against Australia will have a chance to first show off their new look in a friendly against South Korea at Red Bull Stadium on May 30.
For that date, expect white. Lots of it.
Tim Newcomb covers stadiums, design and gear for Sports Illustrated. Follow him on Twitter at @tdnewcomb.
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You didn't stop buying when we went to Red and White, and those are not school colors either.
Green numbers, yellow socks. No Red White and Blue. Ducks.
Until you get to the Duck calves, this uni screams Penn State. Ugh.
I only bought the scarlet and cream throwbacks. Never going to buy unis with black as a secondary color or buy USA stuff with green on it. The Huskers ain't Texas Tech and the USA ain't Australia.
