| Soccer has been around for over a hundred years | | | | money on the latest fabric technologies to improve the |
| now, but the game has evolved considerably in that | | | | performance of the football shirts. Nike have Dri-fit |
| time to the fast paced and action packed game that | | | | technology where as Adidas have Climacool |
| we see today. When soccer first began not everyone | | | | technology that helps to keep the players cooler when |
| wore a matching strip but this developed into the | | | | playing and take sweat away from the body. This |
| game with the first jerseys being a heavy cotton | | | | type of technology wasn't available back when the |
| material. Many of the early soccer jerseys were made | | | | shirts were made of cotton and they would have got |
| from whatever type of material was handy to the | | | | heavier and heavier when they got wet. |
| teams, with one of the possible reasons for the colour | | | | The fitting of soccer jerseys has also evolved over |
| of the Atletico Madrid shirts being red and white | | | | the decades with many shirts now having a tight fitting |
| rumoured to be because they got the material from | | | | design that is supposed to make the shirts both more |
| mattress makers in the town and this was the colour | | | | comfortable and to improve performance. When you |
| of mattresses at the time. | | | | are buying a soccer jerseys it is important to look at |
| The heavy cotton soccer jerseys have been replaced | | | | the fitting of the shirt so that you get one that you will |
| over the years with a lot of different types of | | | | feel comfortable in. The tight fitting shirts look good if |
| materials to make them more lightweight and better | | | | you have the physique but if not you may want to |
| fitting for the players. nowadays the fabrics used are | | | | order a size up. |
| polyester and nylon as they are hardwearing and | | | | You can of course still get replicas of the old soccer |
| relatively cheap. They wear much better than cotton | | | | shirts if you are looking for the old style but the new |
| and are much more lightweight meaning they hinder | | | | soccer jerseys are a vast improvement on the old |
| the players less than the heavy 100% cotton soccer | | | | style. Soccer jerseys continue to evolve with new |
| shirts. | | | | designs and new advancements every year so I am |
| A lot of research and design goes into the | | | | sure it won't be long till we look back on today's |
| manufacturing process of new soccer jerseys. All the | | | | jerseys and see them as old fashioned and out of |
| top brands like Nike, Adidas and Puma spend a lot of | | | | date. |