I hate how the guy can only wear adidas!! There are so many amazing designs out there from other companys. I deal with jerseys on a daily basis (jersery designer) so I have seen some really nice patterns.Originally Posted by __wowza
I hate how the guy can only wear adidas!! There are so many amazing designs out there from other companys. I deal with jerseys on a daily basis (jersery designer) so I have seen some really nice patterns.
i tottaly agree i also think that our crest would look very sharp on a nike jersey aswell i think next years away jersey should look like this
Ai estes são os Ultras do Benfica Primeiros a nascer
Odiamos os tripeiros Queremos ver o Porto a arder
DIABOS VERMELHOS 1982
^ closeups:
Hahahh I got that "ugly" 3rd supporter designed jersey for christmas. I actually dont mind it. Are we really getting a new home kit?
someone on U-Sec has apparently seem them (our new reds) but wasn't allowed to take a photo.
here's his best attempt to create what it looked like: http://imgur.com/fKBEe
If true, I love the look.
^^I've seen that picture and I don't really like it. Much too busy. And I know we're Canadian and I'm as proud as anyone but I think the leaf needs to be scaled back across the board for TFC. We are NOT the Maple Leafs.
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Yikes, maybe that's just a matter of artist rendition, but regardless I'm getting a little tired of the flag being a staple of the uniform. To a certain degree I think the way it's been done is tacky and asides from that I don't understand what we're getting at. Are we claiming to be more Canadian than the other two teams? Do we have some kind of stronger commitment to Canada? I don't get it.
I would argue that so far we have been far more Canadian.
Whether or not that is a good thing in terms of the product on the field is another conversation.
Either way there is a clear Canada fetish, from player acquisitions, to marketing, to adding as many maple leaves as possible on each new jersey...
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These are so sexy... more particularly the red one... So far Portland has been smashing everyone else in the league in this regard... TFC should be taking some notes
^^^ i dissagree 100%, they are ugly and not as nice as the kits they wore this season.
I think those are pretty nice, similar to what they've got. Shows how having a good sponsor logo that fits with the kit can make a huge difference. The alaska air logo is so natural it's hardly felt.
That TFC jersey looks more like Canadian national team jersey. TFC love for Maple Leafs was originally because we were only Canadian team in MLS back in couple of years ago, but now there are two other Canadian teams in MLS. So maybe it's time to get rid of Maple Leaf (and TFC logo for that matter) and design a new identity around this:
I hear ya. If I had a word to describe the relationship between this club and canada in a general sense I would have to go with awkward.
Clearly the marketing people think Canada is a selling point. The GMs /coaches have seen it from everything between a positive and a negative. We cut half the Canadians on our roster in the offseason and have no plans to sign any kids this year.
That's what I find so odd. We have such a hard-on for pointing out how Canadian we are yet we are scatterbrained about how we want to express that in terms of player policy: the place where it matters most.
Maybe it's just me but this feels like a Toronto team to me as opposed to team Canada. I don't think we have more non-local support than the other team and it seems like the Toronto-raised player that really gravitates to the squad as opposed to Canucks in general.
I'd rather we go with that, just feels more honest.
What's not to like about an all red jersey for our side?
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^ Agreed. An all-red TFC home jersey is what I've been wanting to see for a very long time.
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NOTHING can beat their first kits. It's a blessing and a curse, they start out with arguably the best kits in the league, there's nowhere else to go but down.
Having said that, there's still aren't that bad.
I like the shaded maple leaf on the shirts. I'm not sure I like what appear to be upside down ones...too many possible jokes about fallen leaves for my liking.
What might be cool would be for the CSA to only allow a large maple leaf (shaded, or overt) on the shirts of the Voyageurs Cup winners from the previous year.
O, Maple Leaf around the world, You speak as you rise high above,
Of courage, peace and quiet strength, Of the Canada that I love.
Remind us all, our union bound by ties we cannot sever,
Bright flag revered on every ground, The Maple Leaf forever
I agree with posters above this "Canada B" thing is going to far.
Why can't we just be Toronto, our city flag has blue for goodness sake.
your right, the first kit the had was sweet, and the first rose city kit was even better.
I also wish TFC would drop the whole "maple leaf" graphic, its more suited for the CMNT
I agree, REP Toronto first and foremost
what If all the US teams had giant stars and stripes all over the kit, what would people in Canada think???
I like the direction of more red and less gray, but the maple leaf thing is too much. I wouldn't buy this kit.
I know what they were trying to do with that rendering but it doesn't capture it.
There are a lot of little details and the central leaf stuff is different that whats depicted there. Its going to be one of those 'bold' shirts though, it will turn some off and inspire others.
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A badge of honour, great idea!
The leaf is nice IMO, but I understand the anger/disgust with relations to the Maple Leafs. It is lacking in creativity.
Relation to Canada: Only part of Canada known to most of the world. Capital of the most populous Province. Canadian champs 4 years running, furthest in CCL.
Hopefully it's a bit more subtle than what they can show on a graphic depiction.
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Totally agreed. I think the Canadian imagery is okay in small amounts, but we've already got a red-and-white colour scheme, maple leaf motif on the club crest, and Canadian flag on the sleeves. Shouldn't all that be enough?
By the way, how cool would it be to have the Toronto city flag on one of the sleeves? I think it could work.
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^ yep. Our uni's are more overtly Canadian than the nats, which is odd to say the least.
I think you've been caught in some creative marketing man. We can craft all sorts of logic for each region about how Canadian they are, big dick waving contest. People from BC often go on and on about how it's the "soccer capital of Canada". Why? Haven't seen a good argument yet, but they like to stake claim for that one.
Although, I have to admit going out against other Canadian teams while flying the flag under this logic is rather funny, almost like we're trolling them. Move over VC and Mtl the 'Canadians' are here! Lol
Our city flag has a red maple leaf too.
Our city flag has a red maple leaf too.
But it encompasses more than just red and white. Maybe its to late now but the club and kit should have reflected that.
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