Why Nike isn’t worried about reaction to new USMNT World Cup kits

By Doug McIntyre
FOX Sports Soccer Writer

Yunus Musah tried his best to be diplomatic.

On a late-August Zoom conference with reporters, the United States midfielder was asked for his impressions of the new Nike uniforms the men’s national team will be wearing when the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar in November. 

“The kits are … yeah. They’re the kits that they made, you know?” said Musah who, along with his U.S. teammates, first wore the retooled threads — which were officially unveiled on Thursday — in June during promotional photo and video shoots for the tournament. Pressed for his verdict, Musah rated the design “in the middle” rather than good or bad. 

It was hardly a ringing endorsement. It was still better than the online reviews offered by fellow USMNT roster locks Weston McKennie and Tim Weah after leaked pictures of the new threads popped up online.

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