Benfica Away 2014-15

I first saw this shirt when I went to watch the Emirates cup where Benfica wore it against Arsenal. I knew I was going on holiday to Lisbon so decided to keep an eye out for a voucher code to buy it from the Adidas site. As luck would have it I was given a 20% off code after complaining about a previous order being late so used it to buy this shirt. As the Adidas shirts come up very large I was able to get a youth XL which brought the price down to £36 with the voucher.

I got the shirt printed up at the Benfica store Estadio de Luz for 15 Euros.  I decided to go for the Brazilian left back Eliseu as he impressed me during the match I saw over there, plus I really liked the number 9. These are by far and away the coolest numbers I have seen for a long time, and the white and pink goes so well with the rest of the shirt.

MLS All Star 2014

The latest shirt in my collection is the all star shirt from the current MLS season. This is a very special shirt for a number of reasons. First of all this is the last all star jersey that will adorn the MLS boot and ball logo after the news last week of a new design. Secondly this shirt is only ever worn for one match which makes it very rare indeed. And finally the all star team actually beat a very strong Bayern Munich side 2-1.
I'd been looking out for this shirt on eBay but nothing had come up, struggled to even find last seasons all star jersey (more news on that to follow), let alone this one but I noticed the official MLS website had a 20% off voucher for one day and they happened to have the shirt in stock, albeit in a youth size but as the Adidas sizes are very generous I took a gamble and ordered it.  It was a tense wait as it took nearly three weeks for my parcel to arrive but it fits perfectly and looks amazing. I have to say the pictures don't really do it justice, maybe its the poor lighting but it looks much better in person. I've tried to capture all the details but not all have come out well. I love the stripe effect woven into the front of the material, and the uses of green as an ode to the Portland Timbers colour's where the all star game was held.
The aim is to get it printed up with the official electric yellow names and numbers but this may prove difficult given how rare the shirt is.....a trip back to the states might be in order!

Columbus Crew Away 2012-14

This is one of my all time favorite shirts in recent history, which is a little odd as I don't usually like white tops but the yellow and black is such a nice tough.
What I like about the shirt is how it uses the home colours (yellow and black) so its easy to wear with the home shorts and socks, that's what an away shirt should be, just a play on the home kit.
You will notice the Colombus Crew motto across the backline of the collar, "America's hardest working team".
I was very pleased to see this come up on eBay as I was almost tempted to pay full price for it from mlsgear.com

Sporting Kansas City Away 2011-13

One of my favorite team from the MLS here, Sporting Kansas City. This is the away shirt that was used for a couple of seasons from 2011 through to 2103. The main reason I got this (not just 'cos it was cheap) was I always played with Kansas on FIFA and kind of grew fond of this shirt, have always liked the combination of dark blue and light blue. Its quite a unique template too, don't even know what its based on.
I have my eye on the new Sporting KC away shirt but haven't seen it come up on eBay yet.

Houston Dynamo Away 2013-14

Another one from the MLS, this time its the Houston Dynamo away shirt from the 2013-14 season. This shirt uses the Tiro 14 template which was very popular last season, several Premier League teams used this template, its probably the 3rd Tiro shirt I have in my collection.
I liked the colour scheme of this one, was ideally after the orange home shirt but as its still in use by Houston its a bit more expensive and haven't come across it yet on eBay. I'm surprised there weren't any extra touches added to the shirt, I have noticed the MLS shirts have more detail and don't tend to just follow the standard Adidas template.

Philadelphia Union Home 2012-13

This is the Formotion player version of last seasons Philadelphia Union home shirt. There are two player versions of Adidas shirts, this one and the Techfit version. The Techfit versions are the super tight fitting ones that have the rubber strips across the shoulders. The Formotion version like this is slightly tighter fit than the Climacool replica version but also has screen printed badges, the USA flag on the right hand side and usually has an extra club logo on the back, (usually the case with MLS shirts). This one has the snake logo on the back just below the collar. The Formotion version also has the "Official licenced product" to the bottom of the shirt on the back.
I picked this shirt up from eBay making the most of the decent exchange rate at the moment, it was actually much bigger than I expected, given its a player version I thought it would be more fitted but it almost fits the same as the replica shirts, another one to sit in my wardrobe and never get worn! I found the collar very hard to get on with, its very loose and feels as if its been stretched. I've certainly not come across this type of collar with Adidas before.

New England Revolution 2012-13

This is the New England Revolution home shirt from the previous MLS season. With the Pound being quite strong against the dollar I've brought a few MLS shirts recently on eBay and this is the first of five shirts to come. This is just the standard ClimaCool replica version, although it does have the flag on the back of the shirt which is usually only on the authentic shirts.  I like the colour scheme on this shirt, you don't often see blue, white and red used together.