David Beckham’s 100th Cap

English superstar and now Galaxy player David Beckham recently played his 100th game (called a ‘cap’) with England in a game against France which they won 1-0. The English team made a special uniform for the occasion that looks pretty sweet (click on the pic for full size):

How is this special? If you look closely, on his upper left shoulder, it says “100th Cap” in gold. Just above that it has the team match-up and the date the game was played. This is nothing completely new; FIFA was putting the name and date of every game played on every soccer ball in the last World Cup. However, what remains to be seen, is whether or not the entire team wore the gold lettered “100th Cap” or if it was just on Beckham’s jersey.

Despite the gold lettering, it appears that’s the only place where the gold and red make an appearance. This sucks. The gold and red English jerseys were the absolute best. (Plus, I think they should have toned down the “horns” across the upper chest. Either white or blue, not both.) Compare (please note: These are their road jerseys. Their home whites, as far as I know, never used gold as an element):

2008-2009

2007-2008

Regardless, I still think red is the best color for a professional sports team.

Update: Through the comments on Uni Watch’s site, apparently it was just for Beckham, most likely so he could frame the jersey later. Apparently, France’s William Gallas asked to swap jerseys at the end of the game and Beckham declined.

via Uni Watch