Kyle: The bronze medalists at London in 2012, the Canadians have an all-red uniform that includes a thick off-center vertical white stripe with a gradient to their logo. A beautiful look in which the host country looks to improve on 2 silver medals from years past. Kyle: Classic Brazil, as the hosts wear the same yellow/blue/white uniform in the women’s event as in the men’s tournament and as in the Copa América Centenario from earlier in the summer. The unified image during the Olympics creates a sense of cohesion and team spirit not normally found in other “regular” competitions. Rating: 5 starsĬJ: I have to agree with Kyle here. I don’t think there’s a right or wrong answer, but I find it interesting how countries such as Australia have athletes that look more or less the same in competition across all sports while the US uniforms are very different from sport to sport. Kyle: Australia’s uniforms across all of their Olympic sports were designed under the same template/theme and other than the lack of green by the shoulders (a positive here), their women’s soccer uniform fits that template with their classic yellow and green look. With that at stake, let’s take a look at the primary uniforms worn by each of the 12 teams in Brazil (spoiler alert: there’s a lot of yellow). Despite all of the success, the US (or any other country) has never won Olympic gold the year after winning the Women’s World Cup, which the US won by defeating Japan in Vancouver last summer.
Women’s soccer was added to the program for the 1996 Games, and the USA has won gold in 4 of the 5 tournaments (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) and silver in the other (2000).
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The major difference between the two soccer tournaments is that the women’s event features full national teams while the men’s event is an under-23 tournament with each team allowed 3 overage players. Along with the men’s tournament, soccer had the distinction of being the only sport to start their competition before the Opening Games (as a result of needing more off days between matches). Kyle and CJ checking in again, this time to cover the kits from the women’s soccer tournament at the Olympics, being held all across Brazil with the final being played in Rio. For those of you who aren’t aware, Kyle rates the unis with a 1-5 Stars method, while CJ goes with a simple “good” or “stupid” scale.
They’ll be reviewing the uniforms of the Women’s Soccer in this installment.
Today I’m pleased to bring back two gentlemen who have some experience reviewing soccer uniforms: Kyle Evans and CJ Fleck, both of whom have been featured on Uni Watch before, covering the 2016 MLS uniforms ( Part 1 and Part 2), as well as the kits of the Copa and Euro tourneys, both held this past summer. Some of the sports are “popular” (and will be familiar to most readers) while others will be a bit more esoteric. For today and the next several (possibly extending through the duration of the Summer Olympiad in Rio), I’ll be featuring a number of the uniforms, and occasionally some histories and backstories, of the some of the sports being played at this year’s Games. By Phil Hecken, with Kyle Evans & CJ Fleck
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