| Nothing identifies the game as much as the soccer | | | | than the cotton ones and doesn't stick to the body |
| jerseys. The jersey is probably the most important | | | | as much as the cotton ones. Together with the |
| part of the uniform. It doesn't matter if it's a club or | | | | material change, design changes were being made, |
| national team; the soccer jersey is typical and unique | | | | especially the colors. Most jerseys still had polo like |
| of the game. One can tell if a person is using a | | | | collars. The more modern soccer jerseys are made |
| soccer jersey from miles away, and it is used not | | | | with special dry technology material that doesn't get |
| only by soccer fans but also because a lot of the | | | | wet and doesn't stick to the player's body. |
| jerseys have nice designs and lines to them, which | | | | Nowadays, clubs and National teams use the soccer |
| allows people to wear them in practically any | | | | jersey for marketing strategies, with the name or |
| occasion. | | | | logo of big companies on the shirt. Soccer fans in |
| The soccer jersey has suffered a lot of changes | | | | general buy a lot of soccer jerseys, especially the |
| over the years. In the beginning, the jerseys were | | | | jersey with the club they support and their national |
| made mostly out of cotton and were relatively thick | | | | team. Selling jerseys with the name of famous |
| in comparison to the modern ones. This was a | | | | soccer players brings the sales up quite a lot, |
| disadvantage because when the players used to | | | | especially when these players are well wanted by the |
| sweat the shirt would get heavier and stick to the | | | | fans. It is very common to see jerseys with names |
| body. | | | | like Ronaldinho, Beckham, Zidane, Ronaldo, Henry, |
| Old day soccer jerseys were quite simple as far as | | | | Deco, Kaká and so many other famous |
| design goes, usually white or dark and had polo like | | | | players who are popular with the fans who support |
| collars to them with laces or buttons. Some people | | | | the teams they play for but also by soccer fans in |
| don't know this, but the famous Brazilian yellow shirt | | | | general. The national soccer teams are also quite |
| we see today wasn't always yellow. In fact, it was | | | | responsible for the selling of jerseys, especially the |
| white with blue collars. This uniform was used until | | | | Brazilian, Argentine, German, Italian, English and French |
| the famous defeat to Uruguay in 1950. | | | | jerseys. |
| As the years went by, the soccer uniform developed | | | | The soccer jersey manufacturers use a lot of |
| together with the textile industry. Another reason is | | | | marketing to sell their products and even come out |
| because the game became more and more popular | | | | with special edition jerseys and other marketing |
| and more and more competitive. | | | | campaigns. |
| There was a point where the soccer jersey wasn't | | | | A soccer jersey isn't only a jersey, but it's an identity. |
| cotton anymore and started to be made with | | | | It's the love of a fan towards the team he supports, |
| synthetic material. This made the jersey much lighter | | | | it's like a second skin to some people. |