Atlanta United FC unveils their official team uniforms, they turn out to be red with black stripes – almost entirely how I had predicted.
Don’t get me wrong, black and red is a cool color combination. Very hard, very urban, kind of counter-culture. Black denotes something a little bad, rebellious, with a dark side. Everything goes with black. Black and red is the nWo Wolfpac, the supposed cool nWo, as opposed to the old fogey Hulk Hogan led black and white nWo.
But black and red is also the same color combination used by the University of Georgia and the Atlanta Falcons. I’m pretty sure the Atlanta Hawks have at least one alternate uniform that’s black and red. If it were even remotely justifiable, there’s absolutely no doubt that the Atlanta Braves and Georgia Tech would bust out a black and red alternate uni if they could. If Mitchell & Ness actually make hockey apparel, they’re probably already trying to figure out how to incorporate black and red Thrashers merch as throwbacks to the now-Winnipeg Jets.
Black and red is old hat, played out, overdone, here in Atlanta. Lining everything in gold trim doesn’t change the fact that all anyone will primarily see are blacks and reds whenever Atlanta United FC is playing.