Seeing in Major League Soccer’s historic 25th Season celebration in style, the league and adidas together threw a huge celebrity-packed event in New York ahead of Fashion Week to unveil all 26 EQT kits for the 2020 campaign.
The stars were out in force for the FORWARD25 jersey reveal, which showed off all 26 jerseys for the upcoming 2020 season. The joint adidas and MLS event kicked off the year-long 25th Season Celebration, which celebrates the League’s past while expanding on the foundation it has built over an extensive period of explosive growth. MLS put the spotlight on its star-studded, multi-cultural fan base by featuring celebrity fans as the jersey models for each club. Professional Gamer Ninja revealed the New York Red Bulls jersey, Houston Texans All-Pro wide receiver Deandre Hopkins wore Houston Dynamo’s, and actor and director Colin Hanks represented Los Angeles Football Club, while OVO Sound duo Majid Jordan revealed Toronto FC’s new jersey.
In addition to celebrities, MLS Greats including Alexi Lalas (New England Revolution), Jack Jewsbury (Portland Timbers), Jaime Moreno (D.C. United), Marvell Wynne (San Jose Earthquakes) and Mike Magee (Chicago Fire) were present at the event to unveil their former club’s 2020 kit. Meanwhile, the Colorado Rapids and FC Cincinnati enlisted help from their local communities to reveal their jerseys, including Scotty Stephens, a forward for the Colorado Rapids Special Olympics Unified Soccer Team, and 11-year-old Arlando Griffin from the West End Cincinnati community where the team is building a stadium.
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