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The new MLS season is here and that also applies to a new batch of Kits for every team In the competition. This year we distribute superlatives for every new design (and merge all people who offer little more than the current template of LegueWide kitmaker Adidas).
Every team has one new design this year that is linked to the kits that were new for last season. The only exceptions to that are San Diego FC, who starts his inaugural season, and Inter Miami, because of the existence of Lionel Messi. So let’s start there.
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Our thoughts about every new MLS -Kit for 2024
The most popular with 10-year-olds: Intermiami “Euporia” and “Fortitude” Kits
Brooks: Every year I say that I am disappointed that Miami is not better able to use their excellent color scheme and South Florida style to make more interesting kits, but not this year! Even after their excellent archive collection -kit last year who finally fulfilled that wish, I reduced my expectations. The vertical stripes on the euphoria kit give the pink shirt a suitable Argentina element, but it doesn’t really matter what these shirts look like. As long as Messi she wears, they stay the ultimate in primary school fashion.
Most Los Angeles Chargers Look: Philadelphia Union “Voltage” Kit
David: This is the kit that probably looks the best on Justin Herbert. This design gives a kind of “pick that Sherbert you want” vibe, but the isolated snake logo is a nice touch.
Brooks: The shirt looks like a warm-up top for me. That is not necessarily a criticism. It just feels like it’s the shirt for the shirt.
Most disorienting: Orlando City “Perfect Storm” Kit
Brooks: The design on this shirt is headache inducing, but that is not a bad thing. Why no more teams in all the sportswear that make their opponents seasick? This is a legitimate competitive advantage.
Most disappointing: Columbus Crew “Goosebumps” kit
Brooks: I love the concept – Goosebumps -Autour RL Stine is from Columbus – but the performance is just not completely loose. I can’t really get my finger on why. Perhaps it is the crew yellow instead of goosebump green, but it simply makes the person wearing it as if he is leaking radioactive Goo. It would have been absolutely better if the shirt had a huge sublimated image of the dummy of a malignant belly speaker.
The Rec League Kits: San Diego FC “Woven in One” and “State of Flow” Kits, Austin FC “Heartbeat” Kit, FC Dallas “Inferno” Kit, Lafc “Secondary” Kit, Nashville SC “Heart of Nashville” Kit , Houston Dynamo “season 20” kit, Minnesota United “Convergence” -Skit
Brooks: All these kits use the current Template of Adidas and do little to stand out. For that reason they look like kits that you would see on a Tuesday evening after work in your local indoor REC competition. In other words, they look like shirts that would be worn by sweaty people who debate or they should go for a drink after the game at Chile or Applebees. Take a look.
San Diego (Warning: New clubs usually do not have enough runway to get tailor -made kits for their inaugural season and that seems to be the case here):
Austin:
Dallas:
Lafc (the KouWetail about this, however, is a nice touch):
Nashville:
Houston:
Minnesota:
Most likely let your child ask if cars can go to heaven: Chicago Fire “Municipal” Kit
Brooks: There is a cloudy essential atmosphere for this that is supplemented by the Carvana logo. It simply raises many existential questions about cars, the hereafter and whether a Ford Taurus can experience eternal bliss. More difficult questions can be asked than normal when you look at the fire this year.
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Most thin connection between design and club: New York Red Bulls “Stone” Kit
“The kit is inspired by the architectural grid pattern that originated in Stone Street in Manhattan and embodies the continuous growth of football culture in New York and the urban landscape of New Jersey,” ” According to MLS But it’s hard to get that to look at it. This kit just looks very beige, which is an unusual choice for a football uniform. At least it is in another year …
MOST SUPPHINED DESIGN: DC United “Soul” Kit
Brooks: The pattern that is banished to the edge of the template is unique, but it is simply drowned out by the photos of the rest of the kit.
David: The cream-colored atmosphere is not entirely with the traditional black and white kits of DC, and the club leaves the always popular-in-Washington cherry blossom style. But this kit still feels like an adjacent option for cherry blossoms. A walk in the tidal basin with this on and you will still match well with the planted landscape.
Most likely to be worn by Mr. Freeze: Vancouver Whitecaps “The Peak” Kit
David: This kit looks cold in the best way. The sky -blue color on the adidas logo, the bottom of the Whitecaps logo and stripes in the sweater stand out. Even if your name is the Whitecaps, your sweater must be predominantly white, and it is. Mission accomplished.
Brooks: The rear collar of this shirt says: “TGTH we dare” that I initially read as “Truth or Dare”. I have nothing else to add about that, I also wanted to put it in the head of everyone.
It is most likely considered for DC United from a distance: Charlotte FC
David: There is not nearly enough Carolina Blue going on in this kit for a team that represents the Tar Heel -State and with A coach called Dean Smith. Red card for missing the obvious. Yes, blue should be the secondary color, given what the home kits look like for Charlotte. But unless you are in line A greeted Maria This is just too much darkness.
Brooks: Is it bad that I would have given this to the “Inferno” kit from Dallas? Why does everyone try to look like DC United? I love the design on that Charlotte shirt, but it will probably be difficult to see in real life and on broadcasts, which is a shame.
The design that apparently seems as if it is covered with mold: Colorado Rapids “Headwaters” kit
Brooks: I would need a health inspector to draw this shirt before I got around somewhere. The badge about this is also a comical generic downgrade of the usual club.
Most absurd number of stars: La Galaxy “Rizon” Kit
Brooks: The ruling MLS Cup winners have a star in their badge, then one for each of their six titles, then another star at the bottom of the shirt only because why not? This kit is designed to look like the Magic hour on the La Sky, so all stars are logical with the concept and it is a flex they have earned, but still … they are many stars.
Most nice name for a pretty faint design: NYCFC “The Excelsior” Kit
Best Board Game Vibes: Real Salt Lake “Grid City” Kit
David: This is not a Croatia World Cup kit. This is really Salt Lake. Checkerboard is a daring choice, but given the real/royal connection, a chess inspiration may be logical? But apparently the actual reference of the square pattern is the grid system of Salt Lake City that was “designed by settlers to fit a horse -drawn carriage.”
Most is reminiscent of a boost from Mario Kart Speed on a track with forest men: New England Revolution “Eastern White Pine” Kit
Brooks: The Pine Tree vibes are pretty clear, but it also seems that you will go faster if you drive over it with Toad. That said, kits with pine tree theme are a sort of the entire deal of Portland (their community kit last year is also a pine theme), so this is how the MLS Oostkust vs. Start West Coast Pine Tree Kit -earlogs? Go ahead and pencil this next year for Rivalry Week ™!
Design Most like the decorative paper in a basket with fish and chips: San Jose Earthquakes “The Headliner” Kit
Brooks: Although it has a punk-rock newspaper motif, it gives me a strange Pavlovian reaction where I can almost taste the tartar sauce. But maybe I am just. As a 40-year-old I give them a bonus point for recording the Cool S But there. I know that Pablo Maurer will appreciate that.
The most red: Toronto FC “Club” kit … or the “Forever City Red” kit from St. Louis City?
Brooks: So the toronto kit contains most shades of red, but it raises the question when red does not stop with red? The kit of St. Louis is now also very red and it even has the word ‘red’ in its name, so does that make it technically red than that of Toronto? I’m starting to feel dizzy. Are colors even real? Where am I?
The most ‘it is what it is’ Kits: Sporting Kansas City “One KC” Kit, FC Cincinnati “Orange and Blue Legacy” Kit, Atlanta United “The Connector” Kit
Brooks: This category may sound negative, but that is not the intention. Some clubs have a fixed look with distinctive, consistent design elements and that can be a good thing. But at the same time it is what it is.
Sporting KC:
Cincinnati:
Atlanta:
David: In view of the fact that Atlanta United plays in Mercedes-Benz Stadium, I like that their red and black kits look like a multiversity of the color scheme of Atlanta Falcons. Extra points for the superhero -looking badge with a stylized “A.” But this is Atlanta. There could only be a stylized “a” somewhere.
The most ‘Keeping Up With The Kraken’ Kit: Seattle Sounders “Salish Sea” Kit
Brooks: This is a beautiful kit with a unique design and seems to be super portable for fans. It doesn’t make my eyes puncture like many other Sounders -kits have over the years. But the color scheme is undeniably Seattle Kraken-like. And hey, I get it. There is a relatively new NHL team in the city that gets some attention and you want to show them who the big dog is in the block by surpassing them with their own thing. Eat those Kraken Lunch, Sounders.
David’s favorite: CF Montreal “Original” Kit
David: Everything works here. The color scheme. The vertical stripes. Crest. The white -colored adida lines on the shoulders. Even the positioning of the sponsor. The small symbols in the right corner. I would wear this.
Brooks’ Favorite: Portland Timbers “Forever Green and Gold” kit
Brooks: The wood has a long history of beautiful kits and this is another item on the list. From the colors to the design of the tree ring and the retro atmosphere, it’s just perfect.
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(Top photo: Leonardo Fernandez/Getty images; All kit photos: Adidas)