UNIFORMZZZZZ - Men's Soccer Edition
I feel bad that I haven't kept up with the soccer team this year. Ever since the departure of Soony, Meram, Harmoody, it hasn't been the same.
Today I headed over to the official site to find a game I could make. Then my eyes bled.
That B10 logo is just as big as the block M on the left shoulder.
For the love of God, give me blue. (Coming from a guy who generally loves maize, especially with hockey and basketball - BUT NEVER FOOTBALL).
Soccer uniforms are pretty hard to fuck up. They are the most wearable and stylish of any sports apparel. All you have to do is keep them white and not have the numbers on the back represent a neon light.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:37 PM ^
It's not a great design but it's not awful either. 6.5/10.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:38 PM ^
I've seen plenty of screwed up jerseys in Europe. Heck, alot of clubs stray away from their traditional color scheme. I know my Wolves have green away kits.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:41 PM ^
Mother of god. Whose idea was it to put block M's in the numbers? Also, I'm noticing a pattern with adidas. In all of the changes to the football (and futbol) jerseys, the sleeves have been tampered with the most. The cleaner the sleeves, the better in my opinion.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:44 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 1:35 AM ^
Disagree. Those are the most overrated uniforms.
Why the 2 random blue stripes on the sleeves? It's just so random and doesn't seem to be thought-out at all, it's like someone at adidas just was like, "You know these sleeves are too blank, we need to add *something*" so they added those just for the sake of adding something.
September 14th, 2012 at 9:46 PM ^
It's soccer. Putting logos on the numbers is one of the "cool" things to do.
Honestly I don't think that they are too terrible. I liked their old jerseys a bit better, but I don't think they are all that terrible
September 14th, 2012 at 9:44 PM ^
Yeesh....all blue or all white looks a lot better. I don't understand mixing colors
September 14th, 2012 at 9:51 PM ^
On a related note, we are down 2-1 against Marquetter as we speak. About 10 minutes left.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:01 PM ^
Speaking of UNIFORMZZZZZ, it could be worse. I just found this on yardbarker. The new uni's for Atlantic HS in Delray Beach, FL.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:08 PM ^
^ I saw that earlier....I wanted to vomit all over myself.
September 14th, 2012 at 11:03 PM ^
Not that I agree with this reaction... but I bet when the kids first saw what their new uni's looked like, they probably creamed their pants.
September 14th, 2012 at 11:04 PM ^
that is kind of what the jersey itself looks like, two different colors of puke. Easily the most vomit inducing uniform ever created. I would have to be drunk and on acid, to think those were anything but hideous.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:12 PM ^
September 14th, 2012 at 11:01 PM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
Delray Beach, Florida. That's where I grew up. Not too far from Deerfield Beach - where they inject athletes with dilithium.
September 15th, 2012 at 8:08 AM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 9:22 AM ^
"Oh. I thought that WAS the pizza vote. I wanted olives and limes."
September 15th, 2012 at 9:21 PM ^
FHSAA does not allow spats over shoes and only allows clear visors.
September 14th, 2012 at 10:17 PM ^
September 14th, 2012 at 11:08 PM ^
The last jersey--maize with blue stripes on the shoulders and ribs--borrows some from international soccer uniforms. Recent results and historical records indicate the relative strength of soccer in each country. I have seen cricket teams with similar uniform styling (including colors). It's not a bad tradition to draw on.
Placing Block M s in the numbers and other strategic locations--knees?--is easy to overdo. But no Arby's patches. Do not push me too hard, I am a fickle consumer.
Agnostic on the maize sleeves.
September 14th, 2012 at 11:43 PM ^
I think the maize ones are okay. The white are so-so. Regardless, the whole "uniformzzz" meme to refer to any uniform change is getting played out.
September 14th, 2012 at 11:48 PM ^
September 14th, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
Those are very mild for an Adidas soccer uniform... Have you seen the MLS lately?
I was expecting to see 3 stripes running up the sleeves, down the pants, across the socks, across the butt, and everywhere in between.
Just like the basketball team, I'm sure they have a white, maize, and blue uniform that they rotate through depending upon the opponent and the location of the game.
And for the block M's in the numbers, that's been done by several clubs and almost every league across FIFA...
September 15th, 2012 at 3:03 AM ^
I think those soccer unis are pretty stylish -- I have no problems with them. 7.5 out of 10.
September 15th, 2012 at 3:32 AM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 7:11 AM ^
Something new a M fan can bitch about. If you haven't even been following the games, why do you feel you should wine about the uniform design?
September 15th, 2012 at 8:46 AM ^
Hopefully by then they will have yellow and blue striped ones like the ones the American soccer players wore!!!! USA! USA! kidding....or not.....whatever....I just can't keep up with the uniforms anymore.
September 15th, 2012 at 9:02 AM ^
September 15th, 2012 at 9:24 AM ^
I like them, but hate the block Ms in the numbers. And why can't the B1G logo be team-colored? Even the lacrosse conference logo is team-colored.
September 15th, 2012 at 10:31 AM ^
uniforms of all M's teams. And traditionally the stripes--to me--were really iconic and appealing. Just seems like continual change is the driver of all this, when the whole thing about tradition, and a school like Michigan, is the constants. The cold cash nexus doing a number on our unis.
September 15th, 2012 at 12:04 PM ^
That there will soon come a time when simple and clean uniform design is retro enough to be cool again.