Nothing like a possible leaked kit that we’ve all been waiting to see. Avoiding The Drop posted these two photos below earlier in what looks like could be the US Men’s National team’s World Cup kits for next year.
What do you think of these two kits? I will admit I love seeing a red kit here.
Its a pretty full night here at WVHooligan as far as the links and thoughts go. I have a couple stories that kind of make my head spin, a couple surrounding the US national team and a brief discussion on a rule that could really help some young players out with the NCAA.
First up is a post I saw earlier today that I felt needed to be held off until today. It centers on an issue that a lot of non-soccer folks have with our beloved game. Draws. No one likes them and a lot of MLS clubs have plenty of them to go around this season.
This author decided pointed out in a way that I still kind of agree with him on that there are too many teams getting playoff births in MLS. Its an issue that has been surrounding this league since year one for that matter. But at the same time as the league expands its should be a non-issue.
But the solution to “make MLS more exciting” isn’t a bad one. Simplify the playoffs into a four-team, three-game deal. But the more I think about that and the more I see how the league is doing with it’s current eight-team set up going into the final week of the season (with seven clubs in contention for three spots), I think the current set-up is fine. The drama that the league has created is good going into the final week of the season and it will only continue to get better from here on out as the league grows.
If it were the top four clubs going into the playoffs or even the best two from each conference we’d already know three of the four and it would sadly rule out three really good clubs from one conference from getting in.
It took a while for the league to get to the point that it is at but this playoff set up of eight clubs isn’t so bad after all. It does however need tweaking in it’s structure of number of games and what not but that is a discussion for another day. Continue Reading…
The Colorado Rapids put up a gallery of their new kits today. Apparently they are having a jersey sale too for those who want their Rapids gear for 2009.
Below are a couple shots of the new kits (photos via ColoradoRapids.com)
What do you think? Kind of smells like someone will get a jersey sponsor this year. Remember how DC did this a year ago with removing the middle portion of their kit to be blank? That’s how this verison of the Rapids kits are.
I will say this, I do like’m a little plain like this for some reason. Getting rid of the tacky “COLORADO” in the middle always bothered me. Now if Dallas, Kansas City and New England would follow suit we’d be all set I think.
2009 not only brings a new club to Major League Soccer but it also ushers in some new kits for some of the 15 MLS clubs. The newest recently showed off their kits up in the Great Northwest with a fashion show, while others are slowly finding their way to the world wide web.
I’m only going to talk about two club’s kits today. I’ve seen some other pictures of other clubs out there who may have new kits for this year but I am waiting on some official word from each club about them.
My bet is that we will see new or updated kits from Houston, possibly New York and Chivas, and maybe a slight updates to LA’s road kit and Colorado’s home and away kits. I believe those are the only clubs out there with a possibility for a kit update. RSL could be another club but I need to double check that.
I know clubs like Dallas, San Jose, Chicago (EDIT: double checking that), DC, Columbus, and KC all got slight upgrades to their kits last year. I’m still checking in on New England’s kits and when they are due for a change of any kind, it may be this winter and it may not be.
Not bad really. My favorite touch of any the jerseys I’ve seen so far this winter is the addition of the US or Canadian flag to the kits. Toronto showed off their Maple Leafs this week as well.
Oh, how I do love Facebook. Anyways, while waiting for the San Jose/Houston game to kick off I was off looking at the ol’ Facebook for pure boredom reasons and found this little diddy in a group called 1,000,000 Sounder Fans…or was it 100,000?
Anyways whatever the number someone posted a mock up of a possible kit that could be revealed next week. I have no word on how legit this kit actually is but even if it is a photoshop version, its pretty darn good.
While I think this is a decent starting point, I highly doubt its the final kit that we will get to see next Wednesday in the Emerald City. But then again, who really knows.
See for yourself.
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