World Cup 2006

**BCWWF** · 06-15-2006, 04:34 PM

On another note, just looking at these uniforms of the various teams I realized how quickly you can identify certain teams just by the uniforms.

Examples of unique uniforms:
Red and white checkers: Croatia
Orange: Holland
All yellow: Sweden
Light blue and white stripe: Argentina
Red and white stripes, blue shorts: Paraguay

And then there are the normal ones that are so easily identifyable, examples:
White shorts blue shirt: Italy
Yellow shirt blue shorts: Brazil

But then you have USA. Since about half the countries in western Europe have red-white-blue color schemes, we basically just look like the poor mans England. We've had the same basic scheme as England forever, and that in itself is unamerican.

That's where I ask my question: What happened to these?

In 1994, the US had these jerseys with the stars on them. Sure, they might not be the most stylish jerseys in this era, but really, neither is Croatia and they have the most identifyable uniforms in international soccer. These old jerseys were a better representation of the United States. About half the teams in the World Cup can have navy, white and red uniforms, but if the US still had stars it would be instantly identifyable.

I personally think those old school uniforms would look way cooler than what we have now and I don't know why they would change to something so bland and boring.

06-15-2006, 04:34 PM	#11
BCWWF The People's Member Posts: 18,092	On another note, just looking at these uniforms of the various teams I realized how quickly you can identify certain teams just by the uniforms. Examples of unique uniforms: Red and white checkers: Croatia Orange: Holland All yellow: Sweden Light blue and white stripe: Argentina Red and white stripes, blue shorts: Paraguay And then there are the normal ones that are so easily identifyable, examples: White shorts blue shirt: Italy Yellow shirt blue shorts: Brazil But then you have USA. Since about half the countries in western Europe have red-white-blue color schemes, we basically just look like the poor mans England. We've had the same basic scheme as England forever, and that in itself is unamerican. That's where I ask my question: What happened to these? In 1994, the US had these jerseys with the stars on them. Sure, they might not be the most stylish jerseys in this era, but really, neither is Croatia and they have the most identifyable uniforms in international soccer. These old jerseys were a better representation of the United States. About half the teams in the World Cup can have navy, white and red uniforms, but if the US still had stars it would be instantly identifyable. I personally think those old school uniforms would look way cooler than what we have now and I don't know why they would change to something so bland and boring.