Cool Mint
On Thursday night, Racing Louisville celebrated the start of the regular season with a new mint away kit. The reveal took place at Noble Funk Brewery in Louisville. Keeper Katie Lund announced the kits while players including Gemma Bonner, Freja Olofsson, and Jess McDonald walked the lavender carpet in front of a couple hundred cheering fans. Chants of “We Love You Racing, Oh Yes We Do” broke out before the players mingled with fans and signed autographs.
“It was super cool,” said a grinning Emina Ekic after the event. “I’ve never been a part of something like that, so it was nice to have everyone come out, hang out, and be with the fans. When you guys cheered when we walked out, it was really cool. It was special.”
The new kit is built around mint green, which is Racing’s secondary color after lavender. Although NWSL regulations force teams to have white-dominated tops for one of their kits, Racing highlight this white background with a mint collar, side strip, and a pattern of fleur de lis in the same pattern as Racing’s crest down the front of the shirt. The kit is completed with mint shorts and white socks. Lavender flourishes are included in the form of a lily flower on the bottom left corner of the kit and embroidered Nike logos on the right breast and left leg.
𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩.
Introducing the #RacingLou Mint Kit. pic.twitter.com/VsJZGY7gwd
— Racing Louisville FC (@RacingLouFC) April 28, 2022
The kits were designed by a team including Racing graphic designer Rachel Regenauer and board member Chris Harding.
“We always knew we wanted this kit to be mint, so the design process started with the color,” said Regenauer. “The fans love mint. We love mint. It was ‘mint’ to be.”
Not only is mint synonymous with the famous cocktail of the Kentucky Derby – the mint julep – mint suggests a fresh start. And with the regular season…
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