Women’s soccer league’s Orlando Pride switch to black shorts after players expressed period concerns

Women’s soccer league’s Orlando Pride switch to black shorts after players expressed period concerns

The Orlando Pride this week became the first team in the National Women’s Soccer League to switch to black shorts due to menstruation, after players expressed concerns about wearing white shorts while on their periods. The club announced on Tuesday that it would be replacing the shorts paired with its secondary jersey, which previously featured…

Orlando Pride is first in National Women's Soccer League to swap out white uniforms over period concerns

The Orlando Pride will ditch their all-white uniforms — which, who thought white soccer shorts were ever a good idea? — as of March 26. The kit update addresses difficulty fans had reading member names/numbers by replacing silver type with black.

Soccer team changes uniforms to help players feel comfortable on their periods

The Orlando Pride says it is the first team in the National Women's Soccer League to make such a change.

Soccer team changes uniforms to help players feel comfortable on their periods

This season, players for the Orlando Pride, part of the National Women's Soccer League, will take the field in black shorts instead of white. The reason, according to the team, is so that players feel "more comfortable and confident" when they are playing in a game while on their period. The team says it is the first in the NWSL to make a change to its uniform after listening to players' concerns about being uncomfortable wearing white while m…

Orlando Pride follows European teams, ditches white shorts due to period concerns

Women athletes have expressed discomfort with wearing white uniforms while they're on their periods because of potential for embarrassment.

Soccer's Orlando Pride ditches players' white shorts over period concerns

It's the first National Women's Soccer League team to adopt such a change in uniforms. The goal is to make players more "comfortable and confident," the Pride says.