The 10 most iconic kits in American club soccer history

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The 10 most iconic kits in American club soccer history

From NASL kitsch to MLS' Adidas era, these are the kits that have stood the test of time.

2. Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975-1984)

If a Cosmos kit is the kind of thing you find hanging on the walls of an Italian restaurant in New Jersey, an old Rowdies kit is the sort of decor you’re more likely to find at a TGI Friday’s. Tampa's kits changed sparingly throughout its nine-year stint in the old NASL, and that’s a good thing: Rodney Marsh, Wes McLeod & Co. looked fearsome yet oddly playful in the club’s trademark white or green kits with green-and-yellow-hooped sleeves and socks. The look stuck with the club: only in the nineties, during short-lived jaunts in the ASL and APSL, did the hoops disappear.

The Rowdies' hooped sleeves turned out to be just as iconic as the name itself. When a group brought pro soccer back to the Tampa area in 2010, a legal dispute over the Rowdies brand forced them to play their first few seasons under the moniker FC Tampa Bay. But it had those sleeves and those distinctive colors, and the club grew from there. If Tampa makes the leap to MLS, hopefully it brings along the hoops.

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Tampa Bay Rowdies transfer Damion Lowe to Norwegian Side IK Start

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Rowdies Transfer Lowe to Norway’s IK Start

JAMAICAN INTERNATIONAL MADE 18 APPEARANCES FOR TAMPA BAY

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MLS commissions Sam Kirk mural

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Answer from Vanderbilt on shared stadium with Major League Soccer expected in weeks

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MLS in Charlotte hits dead end on stadium site

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Keep The Ball Rolling: Target, adidas, Fans Drive Value Of MLS Clubs To Record $4.5B

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If the Republic is granted entry into MLS, it’s because a city and region refused to lose

Sacramento and Alexander Hamilton have more in common than you might think.

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City Committee Declines County's Offer Of Memorial Stadium For MLS

A Charlotte City Council committee voted Thursday to decline Mecklenburg County's offer to transfer ownership of Memorial Stadium to the city for a Major League Soccer stadium.

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Kick Off: Impact win third straight | Forbes releases MLS club valuations

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Lyft picks up Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United deals

Atlanta’s NFL and MLS teams name official rideshare partner.

AMB Sports and Entertainment (AMBSE), the company which owns the National Football League’s (NFL) Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United of Major League Soccer (MLS), has announced that transportation network Lyft will be the official rideshare partner of both franchises.

The announcement comes ahead of the opening of the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium, where both teams are scheduled to start playing their home games from 26th August.

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MLS to allow fourth substitution during postseason

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MLS introduces fourth sub rule for playoffs

It’s not astronomic, but this rule could change playoffs in MLS significantly.

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MLS announces 4th sub for playoff games, clarifies VAR procedure

An innovation to the game could change playoff tactics

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MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER, NHL FRANCHISES DOMINATE J.D. POWER’S FAN EXPERIENCE RANKINGS

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MLS to incorporate Fourth Substitution during Postseason

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MLS to allow fourth substitution in extra time of 2017 postseason matches

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MLS changes Disciplinary Committee parameters to account for Video Review

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Soccer, Hockey Have Highest Fan Satisfaction

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Copa90 teams up with Continental Tire for MLS video series to tap into soccer 'fan fever'

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The Way It Was

1982 Die hard Detroit sports fans can easily rattle off the years when the city’s teams won World Series, Stanley Cups, and other championship titles. Mention 1982, though, and many would be stumped — unless they happen to be soccer buffs. That was the year when the Detroit Express, the city’s pro soccer team, nabbed the American Soccer League (ASL) title. Some team members can be seen here at the Pontiac Silverdome cherishing their victory over the Oklahoma City Slickers in a best-of-three championship series. With 19 wins, four ties, and five losses, the Express also had the best record in the league. And with 22 goals, forward Brian Tinnion led the ’82 ASL in scoring. The Detroit Express began in 1978, as part of the North American Soccer League, and folded in 1983. Short-lived as the team was, it lasted longer than two other Detroit pro soccer clubs: the Detroit Mustangs, in the early ’70s, and the Detroit Cougars, from the late ’60s. Today, the city has a semi-pro soccer team in the Detroit City Football Club, which plays its home games at Hamtramck’s Keyworth Stadium. But a fully professional soccer team could be in the city’s future. Still up in the air at press time is businessman Dan Gilbert’s proposal to build a soccer stadium on the uncompleted Wayne County Jail site on Gratiot Avenue, which would be home to a Major League soccer franchise.

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Cincinnati is changing anti-soccer sports fans. (espn1530.iheart.com)

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Who Am I?

If ten years ago, you would've told me that one day I'd be emotionally invested in a soccer game, so much so that I'd be unleashing college basketball level-howls of indignation at missed calls , I would have laughed at you. Then mocked you.  And depending on my mood, I might have tried to fight you.