i believe that it was designed to be reminiscent of the 1950 world cup uniforms, which of course is the last time the US beat england...

[img]http://www.njbrigade.com/images/usa1950.jpg width=400[/url]

doh...

Good response. Thx.

The original design has V collar, it syn with the stripe.

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DONT TREAD ON ME

it looked like they were wearing sashes the whole time... fuuuuugly

also sortof reminds me of..

Uniforms with diagonal stripes have a long tradition in soccer:


Inter Milan from 1960


Vasco da Gama (Portoguese team) from the 60s


Juventus (Turin) present away jersey

I'm sure there's others. I don't mind the diagonal stripe, although the USA uniform does have a bit of a "ribbon around a gift" look. There's a white "home" version that is not bad:



but I think they should have gone with the red and blue "third version":

of course River....quite famous too.

wow, yes, psheldahl, how could I forget the historic Club Atlético River Plate, the most famous of the diagonal shirts...

I am Boca...but still appreciate the jersey :)

I like this " Vasco da Gama (Portoguese team) from the 60s" and river shirt.

I thought the diagonal stripe implied diving:

just be glad they look a bit less like prep school tools than our latest national sports uniform:

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That is a beautiful picture.

Why this looks much more natural than US soccer shirt? Is there a quantitative measurement to diagnose it?

It looks like they're wearing seatbelts. Safety first.

I was going to buy a national team jersey but found that they're made of a super-light-weight-space-age-something, which feels like you're wearing a crappy t-shirt from 1973. Ain't paing $70 for that!