Galaxy Jersey Change

Well I haven't been posing again, and it has not been entirely because of work, although that has contributed. Nearly a year after my entire fellow staff quit, they've finally hired a new person to help me out which is nice, but the real reason for my lack of posts has been that I haven't honestly seen a need.

Consider me the Gustave Flaubert of the American Soccer Blogosphere. I just don't see the need to make frequent posts on subjects that others have covered already (and usually better than I could.) Why bother commenting on the Beckham story when it's been covered backwards, forwards, sideways and widdershins? Or comment on the LA Galaxy changing their jerseys when Luis Bueno has said it better than I ever could.

I am much more comfortable writing an opinion about a subject that brings a new angle. I liked very much contributing to the Blog Carnivals, where everyone wrote on the same subject.

But anyways, that said, I am going to comment on the Galaxy Jersey situation. I dislike the change. But not because I feel like LA has built some kind of tradition on the current look. That look has hardly been around long or been the only one for the Galaxy. Let me show you the history of the LA Galaxy jersey. Below are pictures of most of the plethora of jerseys that the Galaxy have worn. I could go to the bother of finding different players for each jersey, but I will go with the man who has always been the Galaxy's poster boy, Cobi Jones*.

1996:


1996 second half & First Half '97:


1997 Second Half:


1998-9:


2000-2002:


2003-2007 pre-Beckham


And now the New Look with the New Poster Boy:




No, I dislike the change because I *like* the 2003-2007 jerseys better aesthetically. Nothing more "moral" or "principled" than that.

*I find it interesting that at the MLS jersey unveiling, Cobi was not there for the Galaxy. That honor fell to El Tanque. My god they're ugly. And I own 4/10.