Rules for soccer crest on uniform?

[retired_thibodaux_coach]

Can uniform jerseys (home, away, and goalkeeper) have a crest on them (which recognizes the school and program)? If so, what is the size limitations?

Thanks.

[warrior16]

I have no clue about the size requirements, but yes, you can have a soccer crest on the jersey instead of just the generic school logo (just like my avatar), and this is becoming an increasingly popular thing to do.

St. Louis Catholic, Beau Chene, Episcopal BR, Lutcher, and Alexandria are all examples of teams I have seen with crests on their kits.

Just check with someone like Coach Vidrine about the size requirements and you should be good to go.

Next order of business concerning uniforms should be for us to overturn the ridiculous all-white kit rule...

[retired_thibodaux_coach]

Thank you. I just wanted to make sure we could have them. I remembered seeing teams with them but I didn't know if they had become banned due to that "all-white kit rule."

[warrior16]

 If you look carefully at the mural on the top of this page, in the middle you'll see a St. Louis player (#6) wearing an all-white kit with their crest on it.

Many teams like Jesuit prefer to leave the traditional school name on front of the jersey, but creating a crest for the team is becoming more and more common.

[beauchenecoach]

From NFHS rules for 2014-2015

“2. Only those names, patches, emblems, logos or insignias referencing the school are permitted on the team jersey and/or shorts, except as in 4-1-1(d), (f) and (g). The player's name may also appear on the team uniform.”

Of course numbers are allowed to as some other special things like american flag patches.


Note... With the allowance of logos or insignia referencing school, I have come up with a plan to break up the white monotony pajama look by designing a team name font that will resemble a colored stripe across the white jersey, on our next set of jerseys, which will be the Nike Unite kit coming out in 2015. Now normally I am not a fan of team names on front jerseys (I'm old school and love just the crest and number), but it's the only way to make the ugly white pajama jerseys look better. We already have a team crest and also custom numbers with 3 colors to try to break it up, but it still isn't good enough for me. So I have a little less than a year to design a Beau Chene font that will resemble an orange stripe across the chest on then white stripe of the white Unite jersey. Good loophole to use if you want to break up the all white look. It's less white that will be stained.

Another issue on white rule is that since everyone is forced to buy white, the companies are back ordered with white now, especially after club all order in late summer. We have issues with a one year design from Nike that is back ordered till late December. Can't get certain sizes to replace torn, stained, and senior graduated jerseys. This will be relayed to the powers that be on again, how ridiculous this rule is.