The Sounders tempted fate last year. While they’ve built their brand on eschewing traditional colors, they went with an all-white kit as their secondary. At first glance, it had a classy, almost retro feel. I was willing to be won over.
But a closer look revealed nothing particularly interesting in the details. No watermarks, no patches, really nothing that suggested it was anything but an off-the-rack design that screamed “we’re out of ideas.”
For a team that made its image on trying — maybe too hard — to be different, these kits were boring, uninspired and completely out of character.