"The home shirt has a yellow-gold base overlaid with a weave pattern that makes it look like the crocheted garments and Rasta headwear Marley wore in the 1970s. There are also horizontal bands in black, red and green that span the shirt and feature a pattern intended to resemble vinyl records. The away shirt is arguably even livelier, with the Jamaican national colors once again used to create a black alternative design that pays homage to the rocksteady rhythm of the island's music."
"Added to that, the use of the classic trefoil logo in gold just caps everything off nicely. Marley was known to love soccer and regularly played in matches against fellow musicians and even professional players, notably several members of Brazil's famous teams of the 70s. As such, there is a tag attached to the lower hem of both 2026 jerseys that bears a portrait of the icon alongside his well-known quote, "Football is freedom.""
Jamaica revealed new home and away kits created in collaboration with the Bob Marley Foundation that prominently use red, green and gold associated with Marley and Rastafarian culture. The home shirt uses a yellow-gold base with a weave pattern evoking crocheted garments and Rasta headwear, plus horizontal black, red and green bands with a vinyl-record motif. The black away shirt features line-drawn patterns inspired by soundwaves, vinyl records and cassette reels, and a Reggae Boyz/Girlz collar tag modeled on the Tuff Gong font. Both jerseys include a lower-hem portrait tag of Marley with the quote "Football is freedom." Jamaica still faces interconfederation playoffs after finishing second in Concacaf Group B.
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