New England kit for Women's World Cup has blue shorts because of period concerns

The caller England kits spell connected merchantability Monday, 5 June

England volition deterioration bluish shorts alternatively of achromatic astatine this summer's Women's World Cup aft players expressed play concerns.

It is achromatic with bluish details and bluish shorts, portion the distant kit is each blue.

Players including Beth Mead and Georgia Stanway spoke retired astir wearing achromatic shorts during England's victorious Euro 2022 campaign.

At the time, the Football Association (FA) said the colour of the shorts would not alteration during the tournament, but that the concern would proceed to beryllium looked astatine and players' feedback would beryllium taken into information for aboriginal designs.

It added: "We recognise the value and privation our players to consciousness our continued enactment connected this matter. We person appealed to planetary tourney organisers to support this taxable successful information and let for greater flexibility connected kit colour combinations."

England wore an all-white kit during February's Arnold Clark Cup

Domestically, Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea's women's teams are among those to alteration the shorts colour of their location kits due to the fact that of concerns astir having to deterioration achromatic portion connected their periods.

England and different countries person had their kits redesigned by Nike earlier the World Cup, which takes spot successful Australia and New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August.

The shorts diagnostic a leak-protection liner successful effect to athletes' feedback.

"We are thrilled to connection this caller innovation to each athletes playing for Nike-sponsored federations this summer," said Jordana Katcher, vice-president of Nike women's planetary athletics apparel.

"Professional footballers play 2 45-minute halves without breaks. Many told america they tin walk respective minutes on-pitch acrophobic that they whitethorn acquisition leakage from their period.

"When we showed them this innovation, they told america however grateful they were to person this abbreviated to assistance supply assurance erstwhile they can't permission the pitch."

The caller England kits spell connected merchantability Monday, 5 June.

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