![]() ![]() The other cohosts’ gold first shirt has a swirling pattern on it and is paired with a turquoise second shirt. The white shirt is held over from the men’s World Cup last year. Switzerland have only received one new shirt for this tournament, which is red with white pinstripes. Between them, the three shirts manage to incorporate all the colors of the national flag. They are one of a few teams that have three shirts, first primarily blue, second primarily white, and third red with yellow pinstripes. This appears to me to be the Philippines’ first appearance at any FIFA tournament. The white shirt, in particular, is a Nike template that we’ll be seeing a few more times because most of the Nike-outfitted teams share it for one of their designs. The white second shirt has blue accents, which seems like an odd choice to me but I think work well enough. That combines into a black first shirt with a nice fern pattern that extends down to the shorts. New Zealand’s colors are black and white, like in other sports, and their nickname is the Football Ferns. ![]() So, let’s start going over the designs for the first four groups. ![]() Instead, one of the eight approved armbands is vaguely Pride-themed as it shows a rainbow heart, not colored in a way that would remind you of a Pride flag, and says “Unite for Inclusion.” Other designs highlight Indigenous peoples, gender equality, violence against women, hunger, education, and peace.Īdditionally, FIFA did allow the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to fly at Australian venues and the Māori flag to fly at New Zealand venues along with each national flag. That’s not to say there aren’t standout designs, though, particularly from Adidas.įIFA won’t allow participants to wear any sort of Pride captain’s armbands, even though some do so regularly by now, because its tournament rules require its own armbands to be used. To name a few, there’s Canada’s own pay dispute, England’s players arguing with the Football Association over bonuses, Jamaica’s players starting a GoFundMe for travel expenses, and a public spat between Nigeria’s American coach Randy Waldrum and his employer with his team threatening to boycott their first game over their pay. You probably remember the US’s equal pay fight, but there’s also other conflicts that have a common theme. To me, a lot of the kits for this tournament seem to be doing the bare minimum, much like the relationship many national federations around the world have with their women’s teams. The matches in the group stage are split between the countries, with New Zealand getting the “odd” groups of A, C, E, and G, and Australia getting the “even” groups of B, D, F, and H. It’s the first WWC to have 32 teams, up from 24. The 2023 Women’s World Cup starts next Thursday in Australia and New Zealand. ![]()
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