Ottawa Fury, Admiral unveil three kit-design options

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   Seathanaich

   August 27, 2013 at 11:22 pm

   NASL has some great uniforms: Tampa Bay and Fort Lauderdale have great hoops; Carolina’s orange is fresh and bright; Cosmos all-white and all-green are historic; and Atlanta does good things with their red and black hoops. Ottawa Fury need to keep those other clubs in mind when doing this, while also standing out from other Ottawa and Canadian sports teams, and other pro North American soccer teams. The jersey is not a fashion show that should change every two years: it should be a central part of the identity that they stamp onto their club permanently. This decision is something they need to make and stick with.

   If they are going to really commit to the centre design, a la Ajax or PSG, then it’s a good look, and they will really set themselves apart; but if they’re just going to change again in a few years, then that’s the wrong way to look at the uniform. The left hand design needs to be re-thought: the split shorts are NOT good. If you’re going with halves on the jersey, you need to go with solid black shorts (or better yet, solid white ones). If they commit long-term to that identity, then it’s an excellent and unique identity; if they switch patterns in two years, then it’s just a gimmick.

   The solid black jersey with red and white squggles is generic. There are too many “black” teams in sport today, and there are far too many teams in MLS doing the same colour shorts and jerseys (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, New England, Columbus, DC, Los Angeles, Salt Lake, etc). Black isn’t “intimidating” or “hip”, it’s boring. Like all-white, it should be used very sparingly.

   They should wear red and black stripes, with white shorts. It’s the best choice, and would really make the Fury stand out both from the other Ottawa sports teams; and within Canadian and North American soccer; and in contrast to the hooped jerseys already seen in NASL soccer (Tampa Bay, Fort Lauderdale, and Atlanta).

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   Ray

   August 25, 2013 at 5:34 am

   I like the half red half black jersey, but since soccer is during the warm months of the year and especially in the US south wouldn’t it get awful hot. Fc Edmonton also have the all-black jersey and I don’t envy the players.

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  Steven Sandor

  August 25, 2013 at 5:43 am

  Yup. Trust me, players dislike black jerseys when the sun is out. It looks good, but there’s a reason teams tend not to choose black for jerseys other than for stripes.