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U.S. Soccer COO Dan Helfrich shared how Nike and the federation spent six years developing the U.S. World Cup kit, including two years of design sessions and focus groups with players and Nike designers.
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00:00Creation of our jersey or a kit, as proper football people will talk about it, is about a six-year
00:07process between Nike and the Federation that involves, as you said, supply chain and suppliers.
00:14But the design part of the experience was extraordinary how we did it, and it involved putting our players at
00:20the center of it.
00:21So we actually had two years of focus groups and design sessions with Nike designers and our players, both for
00:30the aesthetic look, the performance feel.
00:34And, you know, I talked to our players last night, and all of them said it's the best feeling and
00:40looking jersey they've ever put on their bodies.
00:43You're looking for an advantage.
00:44The margins are very thin on the field as this World Cup comes.
00:48You're looking for advantage.
00:49That kit, both in its performance feel, but also the energy it's giving our players because they like the way
00:57they look, we believe it's a real advantage.
00:59No chance that happens without Nike inviting us into the collaborative design process.
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