Click to enlarge Interesting move yesterday by the Romanian soccer team, as players warmed up for the friendly against Spain while wearing jerseys and jackets with various mathematical sequences in …
Category: Soccer
Your 2016 MLS Kit Preview, Part the Second
Click To Enlarge By Phil Hecken I’m back again today with Kyle Evans and CJ Fleck, who are here today to bring you a look at the Western Conference (and …
Your 2016 MLS Kit Preview, Part the First
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken The 2016 MLS (Major League Soccer) season will soon be upon us, with the first games kicking off next weekend. Of the 20 teams, …
The People’s Crest
Some of you may recall design Mark Willis’s great “Soccer Out of Context” project from a few years ago, in which Willis took MLB jerseys and repurposed them as soccer …
Grading the English Premier League Kits, Part II
Click to enlarge By Phil Hecken I’m back again today with Anthony Emerson, who has previewed/graded all of the EPL kits for 2015-16. This is part II — if you …
Grading the English Premier League Kits, Part I
Click to enlarge [Editor’s Note: Paul is on his annual August break from the site and will return in September. Daily content is continuing under the direction of deputy editor …
A Uni Watch Look at the Champions League Final
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a guest entry from Yusuke Toyoda, who’s going to give us a uni-centric preview of the upcoming Champions League championship match between Juventus and Barcelona. …
Wrapping up MLS Jersey Week
By Phil Hecken As you guys are likely aware, in the build up to the kickoff of its 2015 season, MLS (Major League Soccer) holds “jersey week” in which new …
Uni Watch DIY Project: Pillow Talk
[Editor’s Note: Today we have a DIY project from Thomas Fiers, who’s come up with something unusual: uni-themed pillows. Enjoy. ”” PL] By Thomas Fiers I’ve been a big supporter …
For the Glove of the Game
A short while ago I got a note from reader Harrison Hamm who wrote “I’ve got a pretty good story idea: A look at soccer goalies uniforms and gloves. You …
Ads Gone Bad: Worst Soccer Sponsorships
By Phil Hecken Back when I put out the “call” for readers to pitch stories for Paul’s month-long sabbatical, I got some excellent ones (and a few that won’t make …
Numerology
As most of you know, I don’t usually get excited about soccer. But there was a small discussion in yesterday’s comments regarding a topic that I found very intriguing: the …
Are You Ready For Some Futbol?
By Phil Hecken, with Robert Marshall & Jim Vilk Well folks, the World Cup 2014 comes to an end today, with Germany taking on Argentina in the Final. And what …
A Typographical Quirk at the World Cup
About 25 years ago, when I was working as a book editor, I was introduced to the concept of a ligature. That’s the typographic term for what happens when two …