This week, Nike unveiled the new official world cup jerseys for several countries like Brazil, Portugal, the US, and so forth. They put a lot of pride in that they used recycled material, and how light the fabric is.
I’ve already expressed on humble opinion on the US jerseys, but I’ve come to find out that there was a method behind the madness. The “sash” theme, or pageant style as I call it, took its inspiration from the jerseys of the 1950 USA World Cup team. (source: footballshirtculture.com) This team recorded an infamous victory over England, in what was likely the greatest embarassment England felt from the Americans after the War of Independence.
The Colonies Win Again
For those interested, I stumbled across a promotional video on Team Korea’s jerseys starring Bolton Wanderers winger Lee Chung-Yong.
For more information on your particular country’s updated kit, please visit footballshirtculture. You can get your kits there for the World Cup, as well as the Nike Store.
The Beautiful Game 
Marcus
March 6, 2010 at 3:04 am
Its nice that its a tribute..But I much prefer to white jerseys. GO USA
JC Lee
March 6, 2010 at 3:10 am
I like Lee Chung Yong’s commercial. They did a good job to really bring the white tiger into the theme. Not sure how I feel about those stripes though, either make it more pronounced or not at all, right now its running a tricky middleground.
RavenCORE
March 6, 2010 at 3:44 am
You finally started your own thing! Congrats! Good posts too, I like it a lot. I’ll check back often man….nice South Korea jersey video. That guy is amazing, I want him for the Gunners, probably could pick him for cheap too, considering Bol-Terrible are going down this season 😀 😀
Christophe
March 6, 2010 at 5:51 am
France does better than nike. Le Coq Sportif, we dont make our players wear plastic bottles.