South Stand Report : Toronto v Philadelphia (pre-season)
Feb27

South Stand Report : Toronto v Philadelphia (pre-season)

Welcome to the Rowdies Suncoast Invitational, live from beautiful, sunny and temperate St. Petersburg, Florida. When you’re a jet-setting millennial like myself with plenty of disposable income, you too can just fly out on a lark to watch exciting MLS pre-season action. Situated just a de Guzman free kick from the water, Al Lang Stadium is a converted baseball stadium, just down the street from the world famous Dali Museum (1 Dali...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Seattle 3rd
Feb25

Kit Nerd Corner : Seattle 3rd

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : Navy noise (it’s like white noise, except, navy-ish) The inside collar says : nothing The outside back collar has : nothing The jock tag position has : seal of Seattle The side Adidas stripes are : light blue Third kits are a strange phenomenon, especially when they’re made to look “nice”. Typically, a club has a third kit for that rare emergency where everything...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Houston away
Feb25

Kit Nerd Corner : Houston away

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : Almost like a negative of the Germany World Cup kit. The inside collar says : Forever Orange The outside back collar has : Dynamo The jock tag position has : Flag of Texas The side Adidas stripes are : dark grey Oh Houston Dynamo. I hate your pallet. Why haven’t you just written off the crappy dulled sky blue out of your badge? Worse yet, why do you keep using it? The...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Seattle home
Feb25

Kit Nerd Corner : Seattle home

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : Green shirt, blue sleeves The inside collar says : “Sea of Green. Sky of Blue” The outside back collar has : Sounders FC The jock tag position has : seal of Seattle The side Adidas stripes are : blue If different coloured sleeves and shirts are what is in fashion this season, I’ll take it. It takes bad colours for it to not work, and most MLS teams have good colours to...

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Kit Nerd Corner :  New England home
Feb24

Kit Nerd Corner : New England home

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : It’s navy with two big stripes down the middle. The inside collar says : “Est. 1996” The outside back collar has : tree from the flag of New England over a white and red stripe The jock tag position has : nothing (at the time of publishing that I could see) The side Adidas stripes are : red The team with the dodgiest badge in the league has debuted their second nice...

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