Soccer team prepares for rivalry game with seersucker jerseys

The Shreveport Rafters are preparing for a big game against their New Orleans rivals with a seersucker jersey.

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We don't usually bring you news from the fourth tier of American soccer (I mean, look at how brief this team’s Wikipedia page is) but the jerseys Shreveport Rafters FC are wearing next week are really something. 

The Rafters are taking on their in-state rivals the New Orleans Jesters, so they’re wearing the most Louisiana jerseys ever. 

We have a special Louisiana-inspired jersey for our next home game vs @NolaJesters Jun 7. #louisianacup @NPSLSoccer pic.twitter.com/3A8jvacRDI

— Rafters FC (@raftersfc) May 30, 2016

As luck would have it, the game falls around the same date at the traditional Seersucker Thursday in the U.S. Congress, although congressmen probably couldn’t get away with wearing one of these jerseys to work. 

New Orleans won the first meeting 2–0 in the Crescent City, so hopefully the jerseys make a difference in the return fixture.

- Dan Gartland