North American Soccer League Jerseys

Chicago Sting

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Chicago Sting 1975 Home
     
NASL Chicago Sting 75 Home Jim Lemon NASL Chicago Sting 75 Home Back Russ Allen

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:

Chicago Sting 1975 Home Long-Sleeved
     
NASL Chicago Sting 75 Road Alex Skotarek Sounders   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:

Chicago Sting 1975 Long-Sleeved Practice?
     
NASL Chicago Sting 75 Home 9  NASL Chicago Sting 75 Home Wally Obrebski

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other: Don't know if this is a practice jersey or a game jersey.

Chicago Sting 1975 Road
     
   

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back: None

Numbers:

Other:

Chicago Sting 1976 Home
     
NASL Chicago Sting 76 Home Eddie Cliff Cosmos Pele NASL Chicago Sting 76 Home Back Alan Waldron Bicentennials Santiago Formoso

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right.

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: The front number moves from the middle to the lower right.

Other:  Three black stripes are added across the chest. The stripes do not go around the back. One of the sleeve stripes is removed.

The 1976 jersey has a t-shirt collar.  The '75 had a polo collar with a Black v-neck.

The Sting wore the Bicentennial on the left sleeve.

Chicago Sting 1976 Road
     
NASL Chicago Sting 76 Road John Kwalick Metros-Croatia Bob Iarusci Sting 76 Road Back Alex Skotarek 2 

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right.

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: The front number moves from the middle to the lower right.

Other:  Three black stripes are added across the chest. The stripes do not go around the back. One of the sleeve stripes is removed.

The Stars wore the Bicentennial patch on the left sleeve.

Chicago Sting 1977 Home
     
NASL Chicago Sting 77 Home Gene Geimer earthquakes Sting 77 Home Back Clive Griffiths 

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right

Logo: Screened on upper left

Name on Back:

Numbers:  Jersey look very similar to the 1976.  However, the front numbers appear to be thinner.

Other: The 3 stripes at the bottom of the sleeves are gone.

Chicago Sting 1977 Road
     
  NASL Chicago Sting 77 Road Back Willie Morgan.jpg

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right.

Logo: The logo appears to be a patch.  It is different from the home logo.  I only have this one photo of the 77 road front.  My guess is they had the same logo as the home and added the patch towards then end of the season.  An number of teams did this.  (77 Strikers, 78 Roughnecks)  Need more research

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:  Unlike the '77 Home, the numbers appear to be the same size as the '76 Road

Other: On the road jersey the 3 stripes continue around the entire jersey.  The do not on either the 1976 or 1977 home.

Chicago Sting 1978 Home
     
Sting 78 Home Arno Steffenhagen, Tornado 7-22-78  NASL Chicago Sting 1978 Home Back Arno Steffenhagen, Tornado 7-22-78

Manufacturer: Adidas, logo gets bigger.

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back:  Yes

Numbers:  The front numbers move to the upper right.  Back numbers are above the 2 stripes.

Other:  This is a completely new jersey style.  2 horizontal stripes go around the whole jersey. 

Chicago Sting 1978 Road
Sting 78 Road Jersey Bill Drozd 
NASL Chicago Sting 78 Road Gene Strencier Kicks NASL Chicago Sting 78 Road Back Clive Griffiths Express Alan Brazil

Manufacturer: Adidas, The Adidas logo is gold in the 1978-79 jerseys.

Logo: Screened on and Sewn on.

Name on Back: Screened on.  The 78 jersey does not have a drop shadow on the name.  They are just white letters.  The 79 has  white on gold lettering.

Numbers:  Screened on above the stripes.

Other: I'm not sure I have the details of the Bill Drozd shirt correct.  The numbering and name looks like a 78 styles. However, the stripes appear to be a 79 style.  Drozd only played in 78.  I need some more research.

Chicago Sting 1978 Road Long-Sleeve Variation
     
NASL Chicago Sting 78 Road ls Unidentified

Manufacturer: Unknown, this varaiton does not have an external manufacturer's logo.

Logo:

Name on Back:  Yes

Numbers:  The front number is missing from this variation

Other:  I don't consider long-sleeves to be a variation.  However, this long-sleeve variation looks significantly different from the short-sleeved version.

The 2 chest stripes are closer together than the short-sleeved variation.

 

Chicago Sting 1979 Home
     
NASL Chicago Sting 79 Home Team 2  

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:  Screened on.  The logo also changes slightly.  The "Sting" lettering gets a shadow.

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:  The '78 and '79 jerseys have the back number above the stripes.

Other:  The two stripes that go around the jersey move closer together.

Chicago Sting 1979 Road
NASL Chicago Sting 79 Road Jersey Jorgen Kristensen NASL Chicago Sting 79 Road Jersey Jorgen Kristensen Back
NASL Chicago Sting 79 Road Karl-Heinz Granitza NASL Chicago Sting 79 Road Back Horst Blankenburg Strikers Cubillas Mueller

Manufacturer: Adidas  The Adidas logo on the 1979-80 jerseys is a deep gold.  I'm not positive about 1980.  In later years it becomes a pale yellow.  It appears that there was some mixing and matching of jerseys from year to year.  Look at the 1981 team photo below.  Frantz Mathieu (7), Brett Hall (23), and  Dave Huson (16) all have the gold logo.  Everyone else is wearing the pale Adidas logo.

Logo:  Screened on.  The logo also changes slightly.  The "Sting" lettering gets a shadow.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other:

Chicago Sting 1980 Home
NASL Chicago Sting 80 Road Jersey Horst Blankenburg NASL Chicago Sting 80 Road Jersey Horst Blankenburg Back NASL Chicago Sting 80 Road Jersey Horst Blankenburg Adidas Tag
NASL Chicago Sting 80 Road Arno Steffenhagen 2 NASL Chicago Sting 80 Road Back Tasso Katsoukous Rogues John Faulkner

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back:  Starting in 1980 the name is on the jersey in an arc.   The letters also appear to be bigger than the '79 letters.

Numbers:  Starting in 1980 the back numbers touch the top stripe.    The numbers are significantly wider than previous years.

This doesn't appear to be 100% true.  Need more research

Other:  The Sting switch to wearing their black jerseys at home in 1980.  They maintain that convention through 1984

  NASL Chicago Sting 81 Road Back Frantz Mathieu, Rudy Glenn, Cosmos  T
Chicago Sting 1980-84 Road
NASL Chicago Sting 80's Home Jersey Karl-Heinz Granitza NASL Chicago Sting 80's Home Jersey Karl-Heinz Granitza Back NASL Chicago Sting 80's Home Jersey Karl-Heinz Granitza Adidas Tag
NASL Chicago Sting 81 Home Bret Hall Manic  

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:  Screened on

Name on Back:  Starting in 1980 the name is on the jersey in an arc.

Numbers:  Starting in 1980 the back numbers touch the top stripe.  The numbers are significantly wider than previous years.

Other: The Sting switch to wearing their black jerseys at home in 1980.  They maintain that convention through 1984.  The photo to the right is in Chicago. I'm not sure why they wore yellow for this game.

 Photos of the yellow jersey are difficult to find during this period.  It is possible the yellow had similar variations to the black.  I just don't have enough evidence.

Chicago Sting 1981-84 Home
Sting 82 Road Jersey Gordon Hill    Sting 82 Road Jersey Gordon Hill Logo

Thanks Jan Reinertsen
NASL Chicago Sting 82 Road Back Derek Spalding Cosmos Richard Chinapoo, Paul Hahn

Manufacturer: Adidas, The Adidas logo becomes a pale yellow. It was previously gold.  The 1981 picture to the left shows a mix of yellow and gold logos.

Logo:  Screened on

Name on Back: I believe the Sting switched back to a straighter name tag in 1981 or 1982.  I still need more evidence to prove it.

Numbers:  Jersey looks almost identical to the 1980.  However, the front numbers appear to be thinner.

Other: 

Chicago Sting 1981 Practice
NASL Chicago Sting 81 Home Jersey 28 NASL Chicago Sting 81 Home Jersey 28 Back  
 

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back:  None

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: