The Saudi club will switch to Adidas ahead of next season
The new Al Nassr home kit has leaked, with the Saudi club’s star Cristiano Ronaldo spotted wearing the shirt.
On X, @Nawaf_STATS shared a picture of Ronaldo along with teammates Marcelo Brozović and Otávio wearing the club’s Adidas home kit for 2024-25. Additionally, a
In February, Al Nassr and Adidas announced a three-year partnership starting next season, with the German apparel giant set to take over from current kit manufacturer Nike.
The team’s new home shirt will feature its traditional color scheme of a yellow backdrop with blue accents. The jersey will have a v-neck collar and the iconic Adidas three-stripe design on the shoulders.
Al Nassr will be looking to end a run of back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Saudi Pro League in 2024-25. Ronaldo’s side finished second to Al Ittihad last term and has already sealed second place this season, with Al Hilal clinching the title.
Ronaldo has had an incredible campaign even after turning 39 in February. The Portugal star has 33 league goals and 48 in all competitions — his best tally since the 2015-16 season.
Kylian Mbappe may not be wearing these, but they still look pretty nice
PSG’s three main kits for the upcoming season have leaked, which include a striking away shirt that features a tribute to the Eiffel Tower.
Footy Headlines has revealed details of the home kit, away kit and third kit that the Ligue 1 champions will wear during the 2024-25 season.
Kylian Mbappé may be heading for Real Madrid at the end of the season, but the players that remain in Paris — both on the men’s and women’s side — will have some sharp-looking kits to choose from.
The home kit will return to the famed design from Daniel Hechter that features a wide vertical red stripe down the center of the kit. The Hechter design has been a major part of PSG’s history.
Real Madrid is ready to release the hounds (tooth) with next year’s home kit
Just hours after Real Madrid won its 36th La Liga championship, we may have a good idea of the kits the club will wear defending that title.
Footy Headlines has released images of los Merengues‘ 2024-25 home kit, which will be made by the club’s longtime manufacturer Adidas.
Real Madrid’s home kit next year is no major departure from the club’s traditional white, with black shoulder stripes and a white-black-white contrasting collar.
A long-sleeved option shows that the shoulder stripes will be matched from the elbow down to the cuff.
The most notable new design element is a houndstooth pattern embedded in the fabric, lending some texture on a kit that could skew unremarkable if it weren’t for Real Madrid’s rich history.
The kit is a departure from the 2023-24 version, which had gold stripes and collar trim.
The home kit is inspired by the abstract expressionism movement, which includes artists like Jackson Pollock
U.S. Soccer has released the new Nike home and away kits the U.S. women’s national team will wear this summer while attempting to win a third straight World Cup.
The white home kits feature a drip paint design that is inspired by the abstract expressionism movement, which began in New York in the 1940s and included artists such as Jackson Pollock.
The blue away kits, which will also be worn by the USMNT, feature a template used by several other national teams, but also include a custom stars and stripe print on the sleeve cuffs.
The USWNT will debut their new kits in upcoming friendlies against Ireland. Below are images of the new kits.
The kits are inspired by nature found in each of the countries, including the Black Forest in Germany and Mount Fuji in Japan
Adidas has released brand-new away kits for six teams taking part in the women’s World Cup this summer: Argentina, Colombia, Germany, Japan, Spain, and Sweden.
All six designs catch the eye, as the apparel giant leans into a nature theme due to the location of the showpiece event.
“With the tournament being held in Australia and New Zealand – two countries with iconic landscapes – we wanted to create a common theme throughout our kits, in celebration and appreciation of the wonders of the natural environments that can be found around the world,” Sam Handy, Adidas Football vice president of product and design, said in a press release.
Each kit is inspired by nature found in each of the countries, including the Black Forest in Germany and Mount Fuji in Japan.
The six kits will all be seen Down Under, in addition to previously released jerseys from Costa Rica, Italy and Jamaica, and one for the Philippines that has yet to be unveiled.
Below are all six new kits, as well as the descriptions from Adidas.
The new NWSL season means some new looks all across the league
The NWSL is back, and with the league’s return comes the chance to see a whole bunch of new kits on the field.
Each of the league’s 12 teams is set to feature one new kit in the 2023 season, with the teams rolling out their new jerseys at various points during the offseason.
Here’s a look at the new kits as they are released, including the Thorns, whose jersey is generating plenty of strong reactions on either side.
Another sign that player concerns are starting to be heard
The Orlando Pride weren’t due for an away kit change in 2023, but have made the move for a good reason.
The NWSL club has ditched the white shorts that were part of their “Luna” kit in 2022 in recognition of player comfort concerns over having to compete while menstruating.
“The reasons behind not wanting to wear white shorts are clear, but it is unfortunately something that hasn’t been addressed until recently,” said Pride midfielder Erika Tymrak in a club statement on the change. “I think it’s a big step for us as a club to make players feel comfortable and allow us to focus solely on competing.”
In a move that the club says is a league first, the Pride will do away with white shorts in training and throughout all levels of their girls’ academy set-up as well.
“We must remove the stigma involved in discussing the health issues impacting women and menstruating non-binary and trans athletes if we want to maximize performance and increase accessibility to sport,” said recently-appointed Pride general manager Haley Carter. “The experience that players have and the safety and comfort they feel when wearing an Orlando Pride crest is a critical area of focus for us.”
Orlando is not alone in making the shift. Back in October, Manchester City announced a change that will begin with their 2023-24 kits, and have informally begun using burgundy shorts with their customary sky blue home shirts. Equalizer Soccer reports that the U.S. women’s national team will wear navy blue shorts whenever possible at this summer’s World Cup, while England players have told the FA and Nike that they’d like a change to the country’s traditional all-white home kit.
“This is a commendable move by the Orlando Pride and one that will surely improve the level of comfort amongst its players,” said Dr. Christine Greves, the Pride’s team OBGYN. “As a society we need to continue to work to normalize talking about the health and well-being pertaining to the female body and the period is a huge part of that. The more we do that, the more we’ll be setting up our athletes for success both on and off the field.”
Orlando will debut the new kit on March 26, in what will be a 2023 season-opening road game against the Portland Thorns.
Number color changed as well
The Luna kits debuted in 2022, and while the design was lauded for connecting to Florida’s history with NASA space launches, they ran into a problem in photos and television broadcasts: the pale gray numbers designed to match the lunar pattern on the kit were borderline invisible.
Reflecting that reality, and to match the change to black shorts, the Pride have also done away with the unreadable numbers and name coloring in favor of a far more legible black option.
While the change in shorts is a more serious matter, the Pride had some fun with last year’s issues with kit legibility:
Ahead of the kickoff of the 2023 MLS season, a look at each team’s deal
Ahead of the 2023 Major League Soccer season, clubs are kicking into high gear with anticipation as the season kickoff draws nearer. Formations are being drawn up, team fitness is rounding into form, and front office teams are finalizing their game plans for how to approach the league’s 28th season.
One of the most underrated, yet crucial factors of each club’s business presence is the kit partner.
As the sport has been revolutionized throughout the years with new standards for club ownership, stadium naming rights, and social media monetization, the kit partner has remained a staple of a team’s commercial revenue. Often representing much more than a simple cash grab for clubs, a kit partner is woven into the literal and metaphorical fabric of what the club represents within their community.
Let’s take a look at how kit sponsorship breaks down for each club from a sponsor category perspective, whether the partner is new or existing, and whether or not the partner is considered to be part of the club’s local community.
Based on the above, here are a few interesting points to note:
Let’s play categories
“Health Care” and “Consumer Products” led the way in the category department with seven clubs apiece. These two categories comprised nearly half the league’s kit partners.
Two categories, “Industrial” (Sporting Kansas City + Compass Materials) and “Retail” (Minnesota United + Target), each have the distinction of holding only one club within its designation.
Are you new here?
Five clubs will claim new kit partners for the 2023 season. The Colorado Rapids, FC Dallas, Seattle Sounders, and Vancouver Whitecaps FC are going in a new direction from their previous kit partners. St. Louis City will be making their league debut rocking some unique Purina-endorsed kits.
Traveling far and wide
For a kit sponsor to be considered local, the company’s headquarters must be located a short drive from the club’s city. For example, Horsham Township (Bimbo Bakery’s HQ) is 35 minutes away from Philadelphia, making it a local partner for these purposes. Meanwhile, Seattle (Alaska Airlines’ HQ) is a two hour, 30 minute drive from Portland, thus the Timbers’ sponsor is deemed to not be a local partner.
Keeping this in mind, 18 club kit partners are local to their respective local communities. This is massive for a league that is truly looking to embed and grow further within the current and next generations of their fan base.
Down to the wire
The Vancouver Whitecaps left it till extra time but they’ve finally found their new kit partner, signing a deal with local telecommunications company TELUS nine days before the 2023 MLS season kicks off.
The global technology brand signed a five-year deal with the club as they will feature on kits within all levels of the Whitecaps’ system, including Vancouver’s teams within MLS Next Pro and the academy.
It’s in the family
NYCFC took home the top spot last year with the most lucrative kit deal in the league, earning $9 million from Etihad Airways in 2022. The airline has been a longtime partner of the club as well as others within City Football Group including Manchester City and Melbourne FC. Etihad Airways is based in Abu Dhabi, which also owns a majority stake in City Football Group.
The New York Red Bulls are outfitted by their ownership group Red Bull GmbH. The energy drink brand stretches far and wide across the globe outfitting notable European clubs RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg among others.
Money, money money
While many clubs have kept specific dollar figures of their kit partner deals close to the chest, there are some partnerships where we know what the teams are making.
Charlotte FC, $7 million per year, signed 2019
FC Cincinnati, $5 million per year, signed 2017
Inter Miami, $4-5 million per year, signed 2021
CF Montréal, $4 million per year, signed 2018
Toronto FC, $4 million per year, new deal also extended naming rights deal by additional 10 years
Columbus Crew, $3 million per year, signed 2020
New England Revolution, $3 million per year, signed 2011
Philadelphia Union, $2.2 million per year, signed 2019
We’ll be tracking what every MLS team has to offer in the kit department this season
The new Major League Soccer season is just around the corner, which means new players, new coaches, one new team and, most importantly, new kits!
Each MLS team will unveil new looks for the 2023 campaign, which we will be tracking right here.
Every MLS jersey this season will feature the new MLS/Apple badge on the left jersey sleeve, signaling the new media rights partnership between the league and the technology giant.
Let’s see what every MLS team has to offer in the kit department this season.
World Cup season is upon us, which means that World Cup kit season is here as well!
The biggest names in kit manufacturing have been releasing the looks we’ll see on the pitch in Qatar. These have, as always, drawn plenty of opinions, as soccer fashion has become almost as scrutinized as the games themselves.
But there are some kits that stand out above the rest. Here are our picks for the best 10 kits that will be on display in Qatar.
