On the verge of the MLS season getting cranked up here in the States, I thought I would post a kit from a previous league that eventually went defunct, the NASL. Though the MLS has International stars such as Beckham, Angel, Blanco and Denilson, the NASL had argueably the best in the world. With the likes of Pele’, Beckenbauer and Best all playing together in one league, the world was bound to take notice. What happend? Well eventually all great players retire, and the US was not a market for soccer (football) at that time. Is it now? We will see, but it is much more so now than then.

One of the teams from the NASL (North American Soccer League) was the Washington Diplomats. Now the NASL was before my time, but I have to think that these kits were hidious then, just as they are now. I’m not sure who the manufacturer was, and for their sake I think that’s a good move. I have always been a fan of the color scheme of red, black and white, but having the word “DIPS” in large letters across the front does not do the team justice. I know there are some kits in the MLS that are not great looking, especially in the early days, but this one was just a bad idea all the way around. No wonder the world did not take that league seriously. 1 out of 5 for me, and that’s being generous.

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