NSC Minnesota Stars Kit and Sponsor Revealed
The NSC Minnesota Stars kit was revealed tonight at a party in the Cantina #1 restaurant at the Mall of America.
The jersey is a richer dark blue this year with gold trim and piping. Admiral, the creator of the kit, is also the sponsor as the company is working to gain more attention in the U.S.
Kevin Friedland, player/assistant coach, was responsible for many of the interesting details on the jersey. He worked with a graphic designer at Planet Soccer to create the unusual custom lower case lettering on the back. Friedland also customized the large numbers and chose the NSC Star with the two diagonal lines to reverse out of the numbers.
The dark blue jersey has plenty of small detailing that is evident up close. There are slightly darker vertical lines running through it with venting in the gold trim. But it’s the custom “Nessy” Loch Ness monster on the back tail of the jersey that had the supporters cheering Thursday evening. Nessy is the unofficial mascot of the team created by the supporters.
The Loch Ness icon was created last year when the NSC Stars played their first season. Stars supporters had for some time called the N. S. C. “Nessy” for short as the letters said quickly sound [somewhat] like the name. There is also a large pond in the back of the NSC sports complex used to hold water that irrigates the NSC. It’s said that Nessy lives there.
The Nessy graphic was created by Stars supporter Chris Anderson in 2010 who made it for a T-shirt with the word “Believe.” The word “Believe” was used after the Thunder folded in 2009 and the NSC rose up to create a team to keep pro soccer in Minnesota. ‘Believe’ and Nessy ended up being a slogan and image used on banners, scarves and shirts. Some of the Stars players even had a Nessy razor cut into their hair.
The Stars players were all very impressed with the look, feel and quality of the kits and were excited to get on with the season and give the jerseys a real trial.
The Stars announced that replica jerseys with the Stars badge and Admiral Soccer.com sponsor logo can be purchased for $55.00 through the Stars website.
An authentic jersey with the Stars badge, Admiral Soccer.com sponsor logo, NASL badge on the arm and Nessy graphic on the back, can be purchased for $70.00. An additional $15.00 will get you a customized name and number.
Order forms can be downloaded here. Return to Angie by email, angie@nscminnesota.com or fax to 763-792-3993.
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awesome!
By far the best kit in all of soccer. Long live Nessy! Come on you Stars!!!
Great looking kit! I think the back looks great – nice work Admiral and KF.
I like ‘em.
To be honest, saying NSC sounds more like “Hennessey” than “Nessy” to me. Cant we have a bottle of Cognac on the back instead?
New kit is really looks good. How long til opening day?????
Funny you should ask. Theres been this count down going on using images instead of words.
http://www.usldiscussions.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/268454/___days_until_the_home_opener#Post268454
Spectacular! Love the Nessy on the back. Can’t wait to buy one.
Nice Kit but I hope the Nessie thing doesn’t start a trend.
If Baltimore does make a miraculous return to the NASL sometime in the future I don’t want our to see Chessie (our “Nessie”, named after the Chesapeake Bay) on the back of our jersey. Coz them we will just look like we are Minnesota wannabes…
Not really a big fan of the color yellow. So to me they are only decent looking.
You must have LOVED the Stars away kits last year, Choosen One.
Very nice kit! I love the Nessy on the back and Admiral is a great sponsor. Well done Minnesota!
Not too bad…
I think we will win at least 5 games this season.
I appreciate BQ giving me credit for the Nessy design, but my friend Jason Walton (http://waltonportfolio.com/) is the actual artist that designed it. My creativity involved trying to get people to pay for the shirt.
Uh yeah, about that intellectual property thing . . . I think I have some emails to send out . . .
Nice looking shirts! They remind me a little of Miami FC’s dark blue shirts last year. Custom font and Nessy on the back is awesome.
Are they not going to have a 2nd kit? I think that shirt reversed in yellow/blue or in a white with blue or yellow trim would look sharp as well.
The 2nd kit will be coming shortly. Yes, expect a yellow kit of some sort like the team had last season.