0688: Slovakia & Austria in Sochi

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On this International Sunday we're treated to a two-fer from Eric Westhaver. First, take a look at his redesigned uniforms for Slovakia. Not much can compare to having the words of your national anthem built into the striping pattern, but this is a pretty sharp look too. Eric's comments follow.

No real significance for the Slovaks. I just figured with their bright colors that these kind of large, sweeping stripes would look pretty damn good.

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Eric also brings us his look for Austria. Another solid one. He writes:

Since the Austrians haven't been in the big tourney for 12 years, I figured some new ideas like the angular stripes and italicized font could work.

Check back next Sunday as Finland gets the Westhaver treatment.

Comments

[Taoiseach]

I'd buy one of the Slovak ones for sure. Adding in the accents is a nice touch, and I wish more teams would do this. I somehow doubt it would get commentators to pronounce names correctly though. Even if it is Chára on the back of the jersey, I imagine that most commentators will continue to call him 'Čára.' Even still, with all the history of the Slovak people, there isn't a whole lot of jersey design history to draw off of. These are definitely nicer than the 2010 ones though.