Kit Nerd Corner : Columbus Crew home and away

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Columbus Crew home and away

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columbus-home-2015Columbus could have had it so much easier than this. As a bias towards football’s black and yellow, I’ve oft been disappointed with the offerings the pseudo-rivals have offered.  There was that ‘stripey sports bra’ look, which was approved by many people without tastes in suits no doubt, which went from boring to terrible, a first from the club.

But then they got a makeover. Gone were the vestiges of terrible Nike’s 90 marketing, and enter in respectability with a new badge.  And a new badge comes new kits.

Checker embossed, the home and away are the inverse of one another, usage of a simple element of the badge in the pattern of the fabric.  A different set of cuffs with the two-tone trim than that of the rest of the league’s debutant kits.  Sponsor matches logo with colour scheme.

columbus-away-2015Away kit isn’t white.

Quite possibly, the new champion home and away kit set.  I openly admit that this score is influenced by my affinity to the colour scheme… so it’s probably a 3 out of 5.

Get if : you like checkers, you like progress, you like simplicity, you like a classic looking kit.

Author: Mark Hinkley

Mark is a full-time graphic designer, full-time smart ass and full-time logo, stadium and kit nerd. When he isn't writing ridiculous match reports or redesigning logos for his own amusement, he's salivating over the day that promotion and relegation occurs in MLS. You can follow him @kitnerdmark on the twitterz.

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