Kit Nerd Corner : Canada home
Mar24

Kit Nerd Corner : Canada home

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : Red with a weird collar and an off-center vertical white stripe One of the things that usually trouble kit designs of national teams is the concept of tradition. One of my favourite misconceptions is that Canada should always and only wear red and white because “flag”. Not that you can’t do great designs with only two colours, but it then limits what you can actually do...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Dallas home
Mar04

Kit Nerd Corner : Dallas home

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to.   In a nutshell : Still barely worthy of being called “the hoops” The inside collar says : “Dallas ‘Til I Die” The outside back collar has : modified version of the flag of Dallas The jock tag position has : Flag of the United States The side Adidas stripes are : white Oh my FC Dallas (longtime podcast listeners will understand this). How did you screw this up? You rebranded after being...

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Kit Nerd Corner : Toronto away
Mar01

Kit Nerd Corner : Toronto away

Disclaimer : I care and because I want to. for the Giovinco outfit for the Bradley/Altidore outfit   In a nutshell : White with a large red horizontal band and a smaller blue band above it The inside collar says : unknown The outside back collar has : “All For One” The jock tag position has : a maple leaf, because we’re Canadian, unlike Vancouver or Montreal The side Adidas stripes are : red Well, that was underwhelming. We had...

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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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