Third Kits And FCD

by Drew Epperley on Jan 30, 2011 7:49 AM CST in Features

D.C. United recently unveiled their third kit at the Washington Auto Show. It will be worn for at least one MLS home match, once or more on the road and a minimum of two times in non-league competition. The kit red to go with their home blacks and their road whites. Not bad if you ask me.

It got me thinking, does FC Dallas need a third kit? The home red stripes and the blue roadies are great but with the CONCACAF Champions League coming up this season the club could invest in a third kit for that competition similar to what the Seattle Sounders did a season ago with their "electric" yellow kits.

So if FCD does need a third kit, what should it look like too? In my mind going away from the traditional stripes may be an option similar to when the club had a third kit in honor of one of their foreign partnerships with Mexican side Tigres UNAL.

Or do they stick with the stripes and honor another partnership like Brazilian side Clube Atlético Paranaense? I know CAP does vertical stripes but that would kind of be cool as well.

What do you all think? Does FCD need a third kit and if so what colors would you like it to be?

Poll

What should FC Dallas's third kit look like?

Red with black stripes (horizontal)

22 votes

Red with black stripes (vertical)

14 votes

Red with blue stripes

11 votes

White with black stripes

7 votes

No third kit needed

6 votes

60 votes | Poll has closed

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Third Kit

I like the idea of a third kit but voted “No third kit needed,” for now…

If I was in charge of these things, which I am not, I’d wait until 2014 (10 year anny of the rebranding) or the 25th Anny of the Club (2021) to establish a third kit & have it pay homage to the “Dallas Burn”, keeping with the colors of that brand as white & black. As for the design, I’d have to put others in charge of that…:)

by Steve_orino on Jan 30, 2011 10:33 AM CST reply actions

In my mind, there are 3 solid options for an FCD 3rd kit.
The best IMHO would be an Dallas Tornado throwback with rest of the league also rocking NASL throwbacks. RSL is the only mls city without an NASL legacy, and FCD north could just rock a Kreis-era Burn throwback (kidding). The sponsors might look a little strange, but even they might get into it by splashing an old school logo for those kits.
2nd option would be CAP tribute, which would also be nice. In your poll I’m voting for black and red vertical.
3rd is a Burn throwback. I think you have to wait until the rebrand is at least a decade old for this one.

by fennsk1 on Jan 31, 2011 6:17 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Must. Be. Solid.

We don’t need another striped kit. First, the third kit should be functional and we need a dark-colored, solid kit that we can use in away games when the blue/white hoops just don’t do enough to distinguish. Second, a fair number of our fan base may not find the hoops a flattering look and need another option. Third, we can still pay homage to whomever we want – CAP, Burn, Tornado. That is all.

by jyj on Jan 31, 2011 11:27 AM CST reply actions

I agree that it shouldn’t be hooped, but I don’t think it would have to be solid. CAP homage would need verticals, but there are plenty of options for Burn or Tornado throwbacks. For the Burn, my favorite option would be also be somewhat reminiscent of the 08-09 US MNT kit as well, with a base white, and some very thin stripes. Like this:
http://www.kenn.com/images/alain_sutter.jpg

by fennsk1 on Jan 31, 2011 11:49 AM CST up reply actions

Personally

I’m of the camp that it shouldn’t be hoops.

I’d love a solid color jersey that’s a tribute to another team whether it’s the Burn or Tornado or even something out of the box like a tribute to the Texas Rangers.

Just nothing orange.

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by Daniel Robertson on Jan 31, 2011 11:44 AM CST reply actions

Orange is the risk of a Tornado throwback

I like this one as template for NASL-inspired kit:
http://www.oldfootballshirts.com/en/teams/d/dallas-tornado/old-dallas-tornado-football-shirt-s18641.html

by fennsk1 on Jan 31, 2011 11:51 AM CST up reply actions

Looks nice.

I would be cool with that one (except I am not a big collar guy) and like that it has our colors. It would be cool if they could shift the colors to where blue or red was the primary since our other two kits have so much white in them.

by jyj on Jan 31, 2011 2:30 PM CST up reply actions

Love the idea of a third kit. I would buy one no matter what it looked liked. However I really would hope it would not have stripes vertical or horizontal. I would love for it to be a bit off the normal colors like Chelsea does. I hate Chelsea, but love their jerseys.

by Brian Hough on Feb 1, 2011 1:55 PM CST reply actions