Here at the Worldwide Sports Logos Headquarters, we have many leather-bound books full of league logos and our conference room smells of rich mahogany. Sometimes, in between heated discussions over the merits of new logos, or how far into the depth of sport we are willing to go, tracking new alt uniforms, we
Category: Soccer
Nike Unveils Trio of New Soccer Kits, Including Volcanic-Inspired Portugal Away Kit
For storied teams, uniform designers only get to make changes in the small details. But there are other times fans get major color changes and visual overhauls, such as what Nike did by today announcing the new Portugal away kit for 2013. Saying the all-black uniform—from jersey to shorts to
Atlanta Silverbacks End Long and Tortuous Road; Finally Announce New Logo
After dragging out their new logo reveal through the mud with months of drama, the Atlanta Silverbacks have a new primary logo. The off-season has been busy for the front office, with giving the fans a renaming contest, adding a name to the renaming contest, a fan logo submission contest, Facebook voting,
Sporting KC Unveils New Team Jersey with Sponsor
Sporting KC, the reigning Lamar Hunt US Open Cup champions, unveiled their new road jersey at today’s 2013 MLS Superdraft via their official website, debuting their first-ever jersey sponsor in the process. Beginning with the upcoming 2013 MLS Season, the front of all Sporting KC jerseys will bear the logo
Designing Lightness: High-Performance Shoes Go Low on Weight
We don’t really know how much faster Kobe Bryant or soccer star Theo Walcott can go by wearing a shoe an ounce lighter than the competition, but that hasn’t stopped the major apparel outfitters from continuing the search for the perfect way to design an ultra-light performance shoe. The new
Atlanta Silverbacks Reveal Logo Finalists
After openly considering a name change to the Atlanta Chiefs of the original North American Soccer League, the Atlanta Silverbacks instead chose to keep the Silverbacks moniker, in use since 1998, when the team changed from the Atlanta Ruckus. When the team announced the name retention, they did so in
Team Fans Riot Against Pink Jerseys, Cause Game Cancellation
Not everyone is a fan of the pink influx into sports this month. Some have more passionate ways of showing it. Apparently, fans of Venezuelan Primera Division side Deportivo Tachira were expecting their team to be wearing their traditional black and yellow kits and were taken by surprise when the
Is this the New Toronto FC Logo for 2013?
Major League Soccer team Toronto FC has registered a new logo with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office. The new logo was registered on June 20, 2012 by MLS Canada LP, which is the same group to have registered trademarks for Toronto FC in the past as well as for other
Columbus Crew Add Patch to Honour Fallen Teammate
The Columbus Crew will be sporting a memorial patch on both their primary and secondary jerseys for the remainder of the season to honour the memory of Kirk Urso, the 22-year-old Columbus midfielder who died suddenly earlier this week. There will be two versions of the patch, one in black
Red Bulls to Bring “12th Man” onto the Pitch for Tonights Game
The New York Red Bulls will involve their fans in the game in a way no team has ever done before. For tonight’s Barclays New York Cup against Tottenham Hotspur, the Red Bulls players will be wearing jerseys featuring the names of 600 full-season ticket holders. The names will appear
July Big Month for Nike Soccer Kits, Several Announced
Everton, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, and Zenit all showed new home and away kits, Arsenal released their new Aways, Juventus new Homes. All have similar “Nike-ification” items, such as team sayings inside the neck, team names on back collar, along with the assortment of “lighter, faster cooler” type technology improvements.
New Nike match ball for Premier League
Nike has unveiled their new match football/soccer ball design for the Barclays Premier League 2012/2013 season. The new ball claims to have a 360-degree “sweet spot” amongst other revolutionary new technology. The Daily Mail has an amazing run down of the new ball as well as a in-depth history of