For the third straight year, Sporting Kansas City and clubs across MLS will celebrate the Greener Goals Week of Service by wearing special adidas x Parley eco-friendly kits during Earth Day weekend from April19-21. These innovative Climalite kits are made from technical yarns comprised of Parley Ocean Plastic, plastic waste collected on beaches and in coastal communities and transformed into high-performance sportswear. Sporting unveiled their 2019 Parley jersey on Thursday.
Forward Gerso Fernandes showcases the kit below, photographed at the iconic Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Missouri. The background features a work of art titled Dusasa I from El Anatsui. The Ghanaian artist created the piece from recycled liquor-bottle tops that have been flattened and stitched together using copper wire.
In conjunction with Sporting Sustainability Night on Sunday at Children's Mercy Park, Sporting will wear the new kit during pregame warmups before facing the New York Red Bulls at 6 p.m. CT. Manager Peter Vermes' side will also wear the jersey for their away match at the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, April 20.
Supporters can purchase Sporting's Parley jersey now at MLSstore.com. They will also be on sale at all SportingStyle locations inside Children's Mercy Park on Sunday. Fans attending the match can place their Parley jersey pre-orders at SportingStyle.com.
Tickets for the marquee matchup against New York are on sale now at SeatGeek.com, serving as a rematch of the 2017 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final and a battle between last year's first-place teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively.
