U.S. women to wear new home, white uniform for Olympics

The U.S. women's national team will be getting another new uniform just for the Olympics.
U.S. women to wear new home, white uniform for Olympics
U.S. women to wear new home, white uniform for Olympics /

The U.S. women's national team will be getting another new uniform just for the Olympics.

After releasing new uniforms for the U.S. men's and women's national teams in March, Nike has released a special new home, white uniform with platinum sleeves for the four-time gold medalists to wear this summer in Brazil. The black, away jersey with red and blue sleeves remains the same for Rio and will be worn as well. The new uniform, which will temporarily replace the current white kit with blue sleeves, will have a red stripe down the right side and a blue stripe down the left.

Per IOC regulations, federation crests are prohibited from appearing on Olympic uniforms, so a blue "USA" logo that is not the U.S. Soccer crest will appear over the heart of the shirt and on the shorts for the duration of the tournament. 

According to U.S. Soccer, the women will revert back to the current white and black uniforms and the regular crest after the Olympics are done.

GALLERY: U.S. Soccer uniforms through the years

U.S. Soccer uniforms through the years

1990 (Home)

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Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Paul Caligiuri

1992-94 (Home)

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Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Jeff Agoos

1992-94 (Away)

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Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Cobi Jones

1993 (Third)

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Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images

Dominic Kinnear

1994-95 (Home)

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Lois Bernstein/AP

Alexi Lalas

1994-95 (Away)

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Chris Cole/Getty Images

Alexi Lalas

1995-98 (Home)

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David E. Klutho for Sports Illustrated

John Harkes

1995-98 (Away)

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Mike Powell/Getty Images

Eric Wynalda

1995-98 (Third)

1995-98-USA-third-uniform-John-Harkes.jpg
Stephen Dunn/Getty Images

John Harkes

1998-2000 (Home)

1998-USA-away-uniform-Eric-Wynalda-080090724final.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Eric Wynalda

1998-2000 (Away)

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Laurent Rebours/AP

Claudio Reyna

2000-02 (Home)

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Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Earnie Stewart

2000-02 (Away)

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Jeff Gross/Getty Images

Landon Donovan

2002-04 (Home)

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Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

Brian McBride

2002-04 (Away)

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Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Landon Donovan

2003 (Third)

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Scott Bales/Icon SMI

Cory Gibbs

2004-06 (Home)

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Ronald Martinez/Getty Images

Landon Donovan

2004-06 (Away)

2004-06-USA-away-uniform-Clint-Dempsey-017000620.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Clint Dempsey

2004 (Third)

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Scott Bales/Icon SMI

Clint Dempsey

2004-06 (Home)

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Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Eddie Johnson

2004-06 (Away)

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Jamie McDonald/Getty Images

Josh Wolff

2006 (Third)

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Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Eddie Johnson

2007 (Third)

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Mike Carlson/AP

Landon Donovan

2008-10 (Home)

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Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Jozy Altidore

2008-10 (Away)

2008-USA-away-uniform-Sacha-Kljestan-975J1206.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Sacha Kljestan

2010-12 (Home)

2010-USA-home-uniform-Landon-Donovan-opov-39192.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Landon Donovan

2010-12 (Away)

2010-USA-road-uniform-Jozy-Altidore-opov-35345.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Jozy Altidore

2011 (Third)

2011-USA-third-uniform-Brek-Shea.jpg
Tony Quinn/Icon SMI

Brek Shea

2012-14 (Home)

2012-USA-home-uniform-Michael-Bradley-opx9-105976.jpg
Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Michael Bradley

2012-14 (Away)

2012-14-USA-road-uniform-Clint-Dempsey.jpg
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

Clint Dempsey

2013 (Third)

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Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

Clint Dempsey

2014-16 (Home)

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Stuart Franklin/FIFA via Getty Images

Jermaine Jones

2014 (Away)

2014-USA-away-uniform-Clint-Dempsey.jpg
Michael Steele/Getty Images

Clint Dempsey

2015 (Away)

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Lars Ronbog/FrontZoneSport via Getty Images

Fabian Johnson

2016

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Courtesy of Nike

Tim Howard, Matt Miazga, Clint Dempsey and Jordan Morris

2017

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Courtesy of U.S. Soccer

Christian Pulisic, Jordan Morris, Alejandro Bedoya, Bobby Wood, Crystal Dunn, Carli Lloyd, Allie Long, Tobin Heath.

2017

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Jim Rogash/Getty Images

Dom Dwyer

The U.S. women will play New Zealand, France and Colombia in the group stage of the 12-team tournament.

Prior to leaving for Rio, the U.S. will play South Africa (July 9 at Chicago's Soldier Field) and Costa Rica (July 22 at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas) in a pair of send-off matches. Veteran midfielders Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe have been recalled after knee injuries for the South Africa game, though Rapinoe will only be evaluated and will not play in the match. Manager Jill Ellis will take 18 players to the Olympics, down from the typical 23 for a tournament like the World Cup.


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