Revs To Reveal New 2012/13 Kits
by Corey E. Major on Nov 21, 2011 1:14 PM EST
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The New England Revolution have announced today that they will be revealing their new 2012-2013 kit at an event on December 3rd at the Gillette Stadium ProShop. The event will unveil the new threads that the Revs will be wearing for the next two seasons, but will not be the first look that fans can get of them.
Beginning on November 25th, fans of who "like" the New England Revolution on Facebook can catch glimpses of the new kit through a series of teasing swatches leading up to the event on the 3rd. The 25th is also the day that fans can begin pre-ordering the new jerseys.
The Revolution will also be donating a portion of the proceeds from all jersey sales between November 25th and December 5th to the UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation. You can find out more information about this charity at uhccf.org.
More after the jump..
The Revs unveiled their shirt sponsor, UnitedHealthare, in April 2011 while the season was already under way. One might expect that this new jersey will be designed to incorporate the UnitedHealthcare logo a bit better than we saw this past season. That is, of course, just an assumption.
Personally, one hope that I have (and one that I know many other fans share as well) is that the Revs will get rid of the gray shoulder pad design that we saw the past two seasons. The further that we can distance the team from their American Football big brothers, the better. And I'll also throw out there that I would LOVE to see a new and updated logo/crest one of these days. Without getting too into it, I think that a new crest would help the Revs update their overall appearance from the MLS 1.0 state of being they are in now, and would also support the club's task of fostering a new identity as they try to rebuild in 2012 under new leadership. Of course, I won't be holding my breath.
You can find the entire news announcement and learn more about attending the event on the 3rd--which will also be a meet and greet with several Revolution players--at the Revolution's website.
What are your expectations for the new kit? Anything in particular you'd like to see? Will you be attending the event on the 3rd? Leave your comments below.
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And while we're on the subject..
if you haven’t checked out M. Willis’ proposition(s) for rebooting the Revs’ image, you can check it out at his website here:
http://mwillis.com/post/4366705328/why-i-should-get-to-reboot-the-new-england-revlolution
He’s got some great points about improving the general perception of the Revolution in the New England sports landscape, as well as some really cool ideas about updating their kits and (as I mention above) their crest.
I commented on this earlier in the year
The kid has some interesting ideas. I don’t like his change of the colors, definitely don’t like the name, and was less than impressed with the crest…but at least someone is thinking outside the box. He has some core concepts that could really move in this market with a little tweaking. Willis might actually be a member of this blog, too. Not sure.
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by Steve Stoehr on Nov 21, 2011 6:11 PM EST up reply actions
May be they sell the old one for little ......
I hope this is because of UnitedHealthcare rather than another way to get more money out of us, the idiots who buys season ticket packages. I think it will take more that a new design to change the rotten things in the Revolutions paradise mainly ….
a) an owner that care about football, not the kind played by men in tights
b) a Front Office who does not follow the failed MLS 1.0 model
c) a real stadium where it would be fun to watch a game
d) real skills in indentifying talent ….
e) talent. Just Talent.
So we get a new jersey and the suckers will buy, trying to forget the disaster of the past two seasons and the owner will smile all the way to the bank. The game they introduced the United Healthcare shirt, they sold the jersey for $120. WoW! Even after the worst game of the season (0-3 to Columbus), they still wanted $40 for the pre-United Healthcare shirt.
Let’s face it, wearing the new shirt will mean that you are a sucker or a soccer mom/dad and clueless. If the sales of the new shirts are terrible, may be the Owner will realize that their gigs was exposed and may be would invest (I know I am a dreamer). Anyway, count me out as a buyer of the new kit. I hope I can pick up an old desing in the discount bin.
I went through the Willis site. Hate the logo and shirt and really liked the belong campaign until the poster abut Schilawski. Are you serious? Can you find a worst player? (other than Boggs)? Willis lost all credibility.
Actually, he is trying to act like a Euro hipster and telling up how much cooler he is. I personally hate the logo (not very inclusive) and the name (it has become a symbol of futility) and would welcome an upgrade. KC and Dallas did it. MAy be the REvs will do it in 20 years, when they move to MLS 2.0.
My wish list would be a kit that has no relation to the men in tights, the PAts. Stripes would be great (but are more expensive to make so we know the Krafts decision). I epxect it will be similar to the Pats with more space for United Healthcare.
I will not go to the 3rd event and I hope it is a failure. If it is a success, the owner can laugh thinking how dumb their “fans” are.
But as I said when Billelo and Burns got promoted for running the team in the ground: I expect the worst. Please prove me wrong!
to be fair..
..to M. Willis, this was written at pretty much the beginning of last season… back when it looked like Schiller was the guy up top.
by Corey E. Major on Nov 21, 2011 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
danger of the web .....
this is the danger of the web. A unantended post is there forever. Knowing now how much Schilaski sucks, taking down the sample would make sense or use Tayyyyyyyyyyyyllllllllooooooorrr as an honor to Twellman.
But thanks for pointing that out.
Do you know when the protected list will be made public?
Tomorrow
I believe the deadline was End of Business today, but it might be sometime tomorrow morning.
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by Steve Stoehr on Nov 21, 2011 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
MLS back into 1996
PLease read what next year will be like: http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/article/2011/11/20/mls-reveals-2012-conference-based-schedule-format
IS this possible that MLS can come up with a worst system? As a season ticket holder I dread this. I can imagine missing Seattle, LA, Salt Lake and Dallas and having to see DC,Chicago twice.
MAy be the Revs are up into something. The reason they are stuck in 1996 and MLS 1.0 is because the LEague is reverting back to this wonderful period. So we should give credit to the owners. They had a plan all along. well done! :)
Can't have a balanced schedule, apparently
I don’t mind it though. If you’re going to have conferences, have conferences matter, and this alignment does that. Keep in mind, too, that right now you’re complaining about facing DC and Chicago three times a year, but less than five years ago you’d rather have had a root canal than play West teams like RSL, Chivas, Colorado, Dallas, etc. Don’t lose sight of the fact that the top teams and top conferences will shift over time. In fact, in MLS, it could shift tomorrow.
Plus they’re 90% toward fixing the playoff system. Now if they’d just knock it down to 8 teams…
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by Steve Stoehr on Nov 21, 2011 6:09 PM EST up reply actions
What about Fairness?
The current system is fair and work every where in the world. You play every one twice home and away.
Now you have a screwy system. Teams that play the Revs 3 times have an advatange knowing how poor the Revs are. West teams that gets the Revs at home are at an advatange considering the REvs records on the road on the West coast.
It is sad that they had a system that worked and they broked down because Gerber still think the soccer public wants stupid conference. Hey, I even think the playoffs are stupid. IF you want the fun of direct elimination, promote the US OPen cup or the Concacaf CL. But why would I expect anything from a commissioner who has no problems having his sports played on a field with a marking for another sports.
And what about the teams that will not get the Galaxy? It has always been a way to trick the overall attendance numbers. Without Becks and Co, the Revs attendance number would be even worse.
And I do not buy the ’regional rivalry". IT is total BS and only suckers it. Rivalry and hatred get build when your heart get broken by the same team over and over. Example: Canadians, Yankees. Remeber the LAkers Celtics of the 80s? They are not LOCAL teams but the rivalry was unmatched. At best the Revs could have a rivalry with LA and Houston for taking away the MLS cup dream but DC? NY? What did they do to us?
The MLS folks mistake rivalry and derby. It is two different things. When they merge, it is fantastic (Celtic-Rangers in Glasgow) but the great ones are not local (Juventus-Milan, Barca-Real, etc.
I'm sorta on board with you on rivalries
But in terms of conferences and an unbalanced schedule, this is something American that you aren’t going to get rid of. This structure, by the way, has the very helpful secondary effect of reducing travel costs. Vancouver spent some kind of exorbitant and ludicrous amount of money on travel last season, which is bad for growing teams in a still-growing league.
I also like the playoffs – again, this is America, you’re going to get American. As far as teams having an advantage by playing the Revs 3 times, I mean, I guess you’re right. But I think it will even out.
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by Steve Stoehr on Nov 23, 2011 9:38 PM EST up reply actions
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