You can’t knock the folks in charge of U.S. Soccer for trying to be creative with their latest kit launch.
For reasons unknown, they decided that Valentine’s Day (or the early hours of the next morning, depending on timezones) was the most appropriate time to ‘drop’ their brand-spanking new football/soccer kit/uniform.
And not just that, they even introduced it on Twitter by way of a special Valentine’s poem, bless ’em.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
We dropped a red jersey
We hope to see it on you pic.twitter.com/aPPfitJ5R6— U.S. Soccer Men's National Team (@USMNT) February 15, 2017
Ignoring the fact that the last line of that poem is probably a couple of syllables too long, it seems there wasn’t an awful lot of love for the new kit and its Valentine’s-themed launch.
To illustrate this, some Americans decided to respond with their own poems.
https://twitter.com/biggySF/status/831738990755721216
https://twitter.com/LucasFacemire/status/831732477714632706
Roses are red, violets are blue, this jersey is lazy, and so are you.
— Hollywood Mule (@hollywoodmule) February 15, 2017
Others were more concerned that its design was too similar to that of England and Portugal…
https://twitter.com/DetweilerJR/status/831732951872311298
https://twitter.com/RealMitchHowe/status/831740688756781056
so we just took englands secondary kit and made it our third jersey, bravo so original
— Jeff H. (@jsh_129) February 15, 2017
Others were trying to bring politics into it…
– Will look great in Russia in 2018. Putin will be impressed.
— JohnnyRev (@jlw28129) February 15, 2017
While others craved the return of a classic U.S. shirt from Alexi Lalas’ heyday.
https://twitter.com/gregm032/status/831732209094639622
Like it or lump it, the new kit will be making an appearance next month. The U.S. Women’s National Team will wear it first at the 2017 SheBelieves Cup taking place from March 1-7, with the Men’s National Team set to have a run out in it when they host Honduras in World Cup qualifying later in the month.
