{"id":139991,"date":"2023-02-16T10:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?p=139991"},"modified":"2023-03-26T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T15:27:21","slug":"seattle-sounders-2023-bruce-lee-adidas-away-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2023\/02\/16\/seattle-sounders-2023-bruce-lee-adidas-away-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Sounders 2023\/24 ‘Bruce Lee’ adidas Away Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seattle Sounders FC has revealed its new adidas secondary kit for the 2023-2024 Major League Soccer seasons, a dynamic new look designed to celebrate the life and legacy of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, a global icon who spent his formative years in the Emerald City and was buried in Seattle following his passing at the age of only 32. Officially known as The Bruce Lee Kit<\/strong>, the uniform stands out in shades of red and black with sunbeam yellow accents, alongside a bevy of special details lovingly chosen to display and further highlight Lee\u2019s legacy and philosophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Seattle Sounders 2023 away kit was developed through collaboration with Shannon Lee and the Bruce Lee Family Company and is part of MLS and adidas\u2019 \u201cCommunity Kit\u201d line, introduced in 2021 to allow clubs the opportunity to create secondary kits rooted in individual meaning for each team. The Bruce Lee Kit joins Sounders FC\u2019s inaugural Community Kit, The Jimi Hendrix Kit, as another unique tribute to a figure who not only looms large in Seattle, but whose life was rooted in impactful principles and whose legacy is still embraced today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled to finally unveil The Bruce Lee Kit to Seattle and the world,\u201d said Sounders FC Majority Owner Adrian Hanauer. \u201cThis uniform is a completely unique look for the club and one that we are proud to put on the pitch, promoting the inspiring life and teachings of Bruce Lee. It was an honor for the club to work hand-in-hand with Shannon Lee, the Bruce Lee Family Company and the Bruce Lee Foundation to develop such a beautiful and distinctive tribute to their beloved family member, and Sounders FC is looking forward to furthering deliberate work in the community to bring Bruce\u2019s story and teachings to life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI am so honored that the Sounders wanted to create this kit around my father\u2019s legacy and that it\u2019s not just a kit but a whole collaboration that incudes community impact and true legacy,\u201d said Shannon Lee, daughter of Bruce Lee and CEO of The Bruce Lee Family Company. \u201cMy father has a deep and dear history with Seattle as a place of learning, teaching, friendship, growth, inspiration, love and ultimately rest. And so, it feels fortuitous to come together with the Sounders to represent him not only as the Dragon he was, but also reflect him more deeply within the community that helped to shape him so fundamentally. What an amazing tribute!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in San Francisco and raised in Hong Kong, Lee moved to Seattle in 1959, where he finished high school and attended the University of Washington \u2013 meeting his wife, Linda, and opening his first martial arts school, the Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute, which is still operational in Seattle today.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Considered by many to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, Lee lived his life boldly and by his principles of harmony, inclusion, self-expression and action. Though he passed away in 1973 at only age 32, his influence still reaches across the globe, through martial arts, film and values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of club\u2019s Purpose Beyond the Pitch objective, Sounders FC is donating proceeds up to $50,000 from the first 30 days of jersey sales made at official team Pro Shop locations and on MLSstore.com to the Bruce Lee Foundation and Seattle\u2019s Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience. These funds will be intentionally invested to develop youth programming and curriculum emphasizing the intersection of Lee\u2019s teachings with soccer, movement and art, as well as expanding opportunities for youth programs and experiences that share Lee\u2019s teachings, history and legacy across Washington State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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