North American Soccer League Jerseys

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Heat pressed

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: Heat pressed

Other: This jersey was worn in at least two games:
April 12 exhibition against Toronto Metros-Croatia.
April 20 at Vancouver Whitecaps

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back: None

Numbers:

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right.

Logo: Heat Pressed

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: Sewn On 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 Sting wore the Bicentennial patch on the left sleeve.

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.

Manufacturer:

Logo:

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers:  Heat pressed

Other: There are 3 stripes at the bottom of the sleeves.  They are thicker than the '76 jersey.

Manufacturer: Adidas, Adidas logo on upper right

Logo: Heat pressed upper left

Name on Back:

Numbers:  Front number is thinner than the 1976 number.

Other: The 3 stripes at the bottom of the sleeves are gone.  The chest stripes are thinner and closer together.

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.

The Sting also wore the black jersey at home in some games.

Manufacturer: Adidas, logo gets bigger.

Logo: Heat pressed

Name on Back:  Yes

Numbers:  Heat pressed. 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. 

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

Logo: Heat pressed and Sewn on.

Name on Back: Heat pressed.  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:  Heat pressed 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.

Manufacturer: Unknown, this variation 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.

The only game I can document is a pre-season game against the Cosmos March 26, 1978

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Patch

Name on Back: None

Numbers:  These are the line Adidas numbers.

Other: 

Manufacturer: Ndidas

Logo:  Heat pressed.  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.

The Sting wore both the yellow and the black shirts at home during the 1979 season.  It is unclear why they used both sets at home.

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:  Heat pressed.  However, it is also stitched on.  The logo also changes slightly.  The "Sting" lettering gets a shadow.

Name on Back: Heat pressed

Numbers:  Heat pressed.  The back number is above the stripe.  Also the front number is thinner than in later years

The serif on the "1" is flat.  The next year it becomes angled at 45 degrees.

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Heat pressed

Name on Back:  None

Numbers:  Heat pressed

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Heat pressed

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

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:  Heat pressed

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.

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Heat pressed

Name on Back:  Heat pressed a black background. 

Numbers:  Heat pressed black over white

Other:

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Heat pressed

Name on Back:  None

Numbers:  Heat pressed

Other:

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:  Heat pressed

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. 

The 80-84 jerseys all look the same.  You can tell them apart by the location of the back number:

1981: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1982: Number goes between the two horizontal stripes.
1983: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1984:

Other: 

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:  Heat pressed

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. 

The 80-84 jerseys all look the same.  You can tell them apart by the location of the back number:

1981: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1982: Number goes between the two horizontal stripes.
1983: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1984:

Other: 

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:  Heat pressed

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. 

The 80-84 jerseys all look the same.  You can tell them apart by the location of the back number:

1981: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1982: Number goes between the two horizontal stripes.
1983: Number through the two horizontal stripes
1984:

Other: 

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:  Heat pressed

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. 

The 80-84 jerseys all look the same.  You can tell them apart by the location of the back number:

1981: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1982: Number goes between the two horizontal stripes.
1983: Number goes half way through the horizontal stripe.
1984:

Other: