Match Fitness: Final looks

Sounders FC Digital Cristian RoldanMLS Cup is no time to take a whole new approach. It’s a time to embrace your strengths, to take the things that got you there and elevate them for the occasion. That’s exactly what Cristian Roldan (pictured above) did on Sunday. A man whose commitment to printed and patterned shirts is the kind of devotion that we all look for in our relationships, Cristian took it up several levels with this striped number. I’m…in love with this fit. If you had told me that he was going to pull up in a black shirt with rainbow chevrons, I would have slapped you out of excitement, but I wouldn’t have believed you. He did, and it was glorious. The camp shirt collar is a great detail, and works really well for him. The shirt isn’t the only thing that’s working here, though. I’ve made my fondness for a camel topcoat well known in this column, and this one is no exception. The lapels are a little smaller than you might expect to find on a coat like this one, but the proportions work really well. The shoulders fit perfectly, which is great, but it doesn’t leave much room for layering underneath the jacket, making it a poor choice if the weather takes a turn, but it’s perfect when it’s still pretty dry and only a little chilly. It’s a great look from a great player.

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