England’s girls’s soccer staff have unveiled a brand new equipment, with blue shorts as a substitute of white, a change inspired by participant’s longstanding issues about carrying white whereas on their durations.
The Lionesses will put on blue shorts for each their house and away kits for the primary time through the pleasant sport towards Brazil on 6 April.
Then once more through the Women’s World Cup, which might be held in Australia and New Zealand in July and August.
The new house uniform pairs blue shorts with the standard white shirt, with the three lions crest and blue detailing, whereas the away uniform is all blue.
In an announcement, the English Football Association didn’t give a purpose for the color of shorts being modified, nevertheless, gamers together with Beth Mead and Georgia Stanway spoke about points they confronted carrying white shorts throughout final yr’s European Championships.
“It is very nice to have an all-white kit but sometimes it’s not practical when it’s the time of the month,” Mead stated final July, including that some gamers expressed their ideas and worries to equipment producer, Nike.
The transfer comes as a part of Nike’s new leak safety expertise, which goals to offer gamers with “confidence when they can’t leave the pitch”.
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Former England footballer Sue Smith stated it’s “great” that the gamers have been listened to.
Speaking on Sky Sports after the announcement, she stated: “It is something that players have spoken about previously and nothing has happened.
“As a player you want to feel comfortable, and if you are comfortable you are playing well.”
The new England kits will go on sale from Monday 5 June, forward of the Women’s World Cup in the summertime.
Source: information.sky.com”