Brazilian Soccer Jerseys

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Soccer Jersey has become as much a national symbol as the country's flag. The Brazilian soccer shirts are so iconic that non-sucker fans all over the world can often picture them. Compared with other soccer jerseys, the uniform is joyful and bold. It seems to capture something essential about Brazil. But it wasn't always this way. In fact, Brazil used to play in plain unremarkable white shirts. Story of how the uniform changed goes back 70 years to an epic soccer game that Brazilians will never forget.

Back in 2017 we ran an episode about the history of Brazil's iconic, yellow national soccer jersey. We were reminded of that story during the recent world cup, and then again on January 8th as a mob of right wing rioters attacked the Brazilian capital, many of them wearing those iconic yellow shirts. Needless to say the story of the yellow jersey has taken some real twists and turns in recent years, so today we’re going to rerun the original story about the jersey’s origins, and then producer Emmett Fitzgerald is going to update us on everything that has happened since.

A Sea of Yellow