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Juventus was established in 1897 and it's still to early for the logo change they've made. Sometimes 100 years isn't enough when you have something good (or you're going to something horrible).
Logo aside (I know, other than that how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?), they don't screw up their stripes as badly as Atlanta did this year (last year maybe excepted, although I kinda like those).

When the team is literally nicknamed "The five stripes", minimizing said stripes as an element to look more like every other club in the league's homogenized black shirt seems like a massive unforced error.
 

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Logo aside (I know, other than that how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?), they don't screw up their stripes as badly as Atlanta did this year (last year maybe excepted, although I kinda like those).
Adidas has produced two shockers in a row for Juventus, in my opinion. The half and half was absolutely atrocious. This year's was just... Meh.

Next year, though... Throwbacks. Love them. Too bad they won't have the scudetto.
 

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Logo aside (I know, other than that how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?), they don't screw up their stripes as badly as Atlanta did this year (last year maybe excepted, although I kinda like those).

When the team is literally nicknamed "The five stripes", minimizing said stripes as an element to look more like every other club in the league's homogenized black shirt seems like a massive unforced error.
The last two Adidas kits were far more detrimental to the "brand" than the logo redesign. Wearing badges on shirts was not commonplace in Italy until the late nineties. If you look at the kit history of the European final, you can see the Italian participants only wore the tricolor scudetto, a Champions League winner badge, or the gold stars issued for 10 Serie titles (but never a team logo) on their chests. Juventus finally added a sleeve badge for the 1998 final. To me, the black and white stripes are a far more important identifier than whatever logo they heat press on the shirt.
 

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They included Portland and Seattle in these. I love it. As someone from the PNW I would like to have seen Vancouver included too.
 

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Sounds like the Fire have picked winner for the new crest, but it will be months before public reveal. Predictably and excitingly, it will combine “the Chicago city flag, the six-pointed star, the letter “C” and the Florian cross.” Fan service at its finest.
 

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Sounds like the Fire have picked winner for the new crest, but it will be months before public reveal. Predictably and excitingly, it will combine “the Chicago city flag, the six-pointed star, the letter “C” and the Florian cross.” Fan service at its finest.
I believe I have seen it. It’s good. Perhaps not a grand slam, but a solid double with a few RBIs. Worlds better than the first rebrand.
 

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I like that A LOT. Where do the 3 little birds appear on the kit, and what's with the 3 Xs?
The 3 Xs comes from the Amsterdam city flag. I'm not sure where that element fits on the jersey - it looks like a detail, so maybe the sleave or just below the back collar?

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The 3 Xs comes from the Amsterdam city flag. I'm not sure where that element fits on the jersey - it looks like a detail, so maybe the sleave or just below the back collar?

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Ahh, makes sense. I also figured it was a detail based on the images provided.

Barca's black kit that they wore on Sunday was simple, but really sharp:

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I generally dislike single color kits head to toe, but the all-black is intimidating. And I will say that Liverpool's all-red is OK considering, you know, they're the Reds. Also Fiorentina gets a pass because all purple is bold AF. But Madrid or England NT all white? No thanks.
 

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Red Stars consistently rock great strips, even if they just pander to Chicago.

 

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It'll look fine on TV, but not great. And I certainly wouldn't add it to my collection (which even the bomb pop made).
Cult classic feels about right.
 

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It's amazing how good NWSL and USL kits can be. When is the MLS-Adidas deal over, again?
I think the Racing Louisville jersey is the best one out there right now. Brand new club with a classic look right out of the gate.

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Women in the new jerseys tonight.

Edit: not a fan. They look like multiple jerseys were stitched together. And the butt striping below the numbers on the back is problematic.
 
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Which teams participating in the EURO games have the best kits?

I personally like the Croatia black-check jerseys. The red stripe offsets the one color shirt/shorts combo.
 

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The Puma templates are terrible. No team crests for many of those. FIFA’s mandate for simplified colors (meaning fewer two or three-color shirt/shorts/socks combinations) also drags down the overall spectacle.

England, France and Germany lead the way for me. Simple and executed well. The EN second strip (which we could see today?) is really interesting.
 

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Copa America - look no further than ARG-URU right now - have the better-looking slate of national unis. Uruguay is lights out.
 

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Union Berlin did something interesting with their away kits this year. Their stadium is Stadion an der alten Försterei (Stadium at the old forester's house) and you have to walk through the woods to get there. They've added green for (I think) the first time, and calling it the "Waldmeister" to celebrate Köpenick's "meadows and forests, valleys and lakes" with €5 from each sale going to the planting of new trees in Köpenick.
 

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Umbro consistently produce the best kits.

Meanwhile I’ve just seen what Nike are serving up for Spurs and all I can do is say sorry to Spurs fans
 

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Umbro consistently produce the best kits.

Meanwhile I’ve just seen what Nike are serving up for Spurs and all I can do is say sorry to Spurs fans
Which? The purple and green monstrosities or this recent leak (sorry for sullying the thread)?


edit: I secretly kinda like them.
 
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This isn’t a great new kit, but… I dug through my stash for an Italy shirt today. As I’ve gotten older, wearing a jersey and not looking like a knob has become more and more of a challenge, but the Puma cuts over the years have been simply awful. I have a bunch and all of them have something weird going on. It’s usually in the collar, but it could be any number of things. The 2006 World Cup shirt is gorgeous, but it’s made out of what can be best described as rain coat material. The skin tight stuff is a complete non-starter these days. Most of the recent ones have weird head openings that are too weird to wear in public in rural Connecticut.
 

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Newcastle have decided to confuse opponents by making every player wear #4:

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I used to joke with my college keeper about wearing a jersey with a 6 inch vertical white stripe that would go up the front of the arm and down into the shorts. When a forward sees the white stripe in his peripheral vision he thinks goalpost and might shoot at the wrong area. He considered having one made but the coach nixed it.