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A new World Cup is nearly upon the USMNT. After nearly a decade away, the U.S. will play in another men’s World Cup, which means the nation is once again gearing up for the drama, the intensity, and more importantly: the fashion.
That’s right, a new World Cup means new World Cup kits, and the USMNT has them just like every other team in this competition. Previous efforts for the U.S. during the biggest soccer tournament in the world constitute some of the best the team has ever received, such as the 2010’s sash kits, the asymmetric stripe of 2006, and the affectionately nicknamed “Bomb Pop” kits from 2014. Because a World Cup kit isn’t just a kit, after all.
And so it is in 2022 that the lords of kit bestowed upon this CONCACAF-conquering team… these things.
The USMNT’s kits for the 2022 World Cup are here 👀 pic.twitter.com/ylakM38ubb
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 15, 2022
Oh boy. Let’s just start with the primary kits for now.
Presumably, these are an homage to the 2004-2005 primary kits. If you don’t remember, those were the years that every country with Nike as their supplier got the numbers with the circles around them, and the thin, pin-stripe shield type of deal framing the front of the jersey.
Puma has stolen that last design concept to make their own terrible jerseys for this World Cup, so it looks like Nike will just be content with the centralized federation crest and whatever we’re agreeing to call that splotch of navy on the collar.
These kits are OK in the grand scheme of things. It’s tempting to label them as worse than what they are, which is a perfectly fine primary kit. The U.S. rarely does interesting things with its primary kits anyway, and some of the most memorable ones of the past have been, in effect, plain white shirts. Remember how much everyone loved the Centennial kits during qualifying for the 2014 World Cup? Plain white shirt, with navy trim and a gorgeous throwback federation crest. That was all it really took.
Yunus…
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Source : espn
