New U.S. Soccer Uniform Mocked On Social Media

U.S. Soccer unveiled new away uniforms for the 2014 FIFA World Cup on social media this morning. There’s a superhero look to the new kit that Nike hopes inspires our side to a run at World Cup glory.

The U.S will need to play like superheroes this June if they hope to compete with the likes of Ghana, Germany and Portugal.

Social media users, as is their custom, were quick to make fun of the new kit, comparing it to a Captain America uniform among other things.

.@ussoccer @nikesoccer You guys were so close. How did you not just go full "Captain America" with this? https://t.co/tXDe7a1B5e

— Pete Hines (@DCDeacon) April 1, 2014

Ladies & gentlemen, your 2014 @ussoccer away jersey. Looks like a Popsicle. #WTF https://t.co/oKekgvCTSf pic.twitter.com/d1GF4hwUp9

— Danny Carlino (@DANNYCARLINO) April 1, 2014

Some said the new U.S. uniforms bear strong resemble to the duds favored by Les Bleus.

WOOOOO VIVA LA FRANCE RT @ussoccer: The 2014 U.S. National Team away jersey from @nikesoccer. #USMNT pic.twitter.com/Q4knbXbZ5z

— Ramzy Nasrallah (@ramzy) April 1, 2014

The knee jerk reaction to most uniform changes is instant hatred.

Nike didn’t stray much from a simple red, white and blue approach, although their effort was labeled an unmitigated failure by this Twitter user:

@Mark_Hastings93 @ussoccer @nikesoccer Another Nike disaster.

— ProudRed (@ProudRed85) April 1, 2014

No Beth and Jim, these jerseys are no April fools joke! This hideous design will be sported by our boys kicking the ball around in Rio this June.

@ussoccer @nikesoccer I hope that's an April Fool's joke.

— Beth O'Malley (@boml) April 1, 2014

That US Soccer jersey floating around looks like a terrible photoshop. Really hoping it's an April Fool's joke.

— Jim Bob Breazeale (@jbbreazeale) April 1, 2014

What do you think? Are they really that bad? Support for the new U.S. soccer uniform was scattered on Twitter.