Here's what the NWSL's Boston Legacy FC inaugural kits should look like
The highly anticipated reveal means more women’s soccer and more fashion.
Haven’t you heard? Boston has a new National Women’s Soccer League team, Boston Legacy FC. With a month until its inaugural match at Gillette Stadium against Gotham FC, the highly anticipated release of its kits is imminent.
For weeks, I’ve been checking the team’s website and socials, antsy for the announcement. And in the meantime, I’ve been thinking about what I want from the home, away, and third jerseys and have compiled a list of 10 kits to draw inspiration from.
But before we dive into what I want to see, let’s talk about what we know.
Here’s what we know so far
On June 7, 2025, the team announced its crest with lead graphic designer Matthew Wolff. It features a large swan in the center, a nod to the animal’s connection to the city — such as the iconic swan boats in the Public Garden.
“Swans encompass our core club values of integrity, grit, and style,” Boston Legacy FC controlling manager Jennifer Epstein said in the press release. “They are famously loyal, relentless in defending their territory, and iconic residents of our waterways and green spaces.”
The swan has 8 feathers to represent the eight clubs that started the NWSL in 2013 — including the Boston Breakers, which folded in 2018 after a failed ownership sale to the New England Revolution.
The team then announced its official apparel and fashion partner and Front-of-Kit Partnership with the affordable style and decor retailer TJ Maxx on October 14, 2025, in the companies’ first-of-its-kind jersey sponsorship with women’s sports.
“Partnering with TJ Maxx goes far beyond a logo on our kit,” Epstein said. “Together, we’re elevating the connection between sport, style, and community.”
Announced on Jan. 16, the financial and insurance company Voya is the team’s lower back-of-kit partner, and announced on Feb. 4, the sleeve partner is Hyundai Motor America.
Legacy’s primary color is “Championship Green” in honor of Titletown. Its other colors are “Relentless Raspberry, Loyal Charcoal, Daring Pink, Rise Yellow and Orange Press, which speak to the rich diversity of Boston’s neighborhoods and the team’s values and signal a new era in the city’s sports landscape.”
For player merch, the team’s pink and green shades have taken center stage recently with the new puffer jackets and training kits.
Now, let’s talk Legacy jersey potential.
Kit inspiration for what I’d like to see
1. Chelsea’s 2024/25 third kit
This jersey celebrates the history of punk in London, as well as women’s soccer. Need I say more? It embodies everything I want from the Legacy’s kits, especially for a third.
A vibrant shade of pink takes center stage, paired with a bright yellow for a double vertical Nike check and stripe down the sides.
I could see the team doing something similar with its most-used pink and green colors. My fingers are crossed for a high contrast jersey like this with a side stripe.
2. Adidas Mexican Female Tigers Wonder Woman
Adidas just announced these new women’s soccer jerseys on January 17. They’re a show-stopper off the bat with an elaborate monochrome purple design. But what really takes the cake is that the pattern in inspired by Wonder Woman to “symbolize women’s strength, power and determination.”
I’d love to see this level of significance behind a Legacy jersey. Cool designs are fun to wear, but it’s more exciting to know and be able to share the story behind a piece of fashion. And there’s no better message for them to showcase than the importance of women and women in sports.
A monochrome patterned look would strengthen the impact of the Legacy’s chosen color palette while not compromising creativity in a one-color format.
3. San Diego Wave FC 2025 Stadium Home
I love this jersey for the same reason I love the one above: It tells a story. Except, this time, it tells the story of the city of San Diego.
If the Legacy doesn’t tell a story about women/women’s sports in its design, then we’re going to need some Titletown representation or notes of the city’s rich history. And it should do so in bright colors like the Wave did.
4. Manchester City Goalkeeper Jersey 2025/26
While this is technically a goalkeeper jersey, it could seamlessly fit in as a regular kit piece. It’s not that far off from Legacy’s training shirts, which showcase a vivid pink backdrop and accents from the logo on the two sides.
This design would differentiate the two with its monochrome base pattern and the shoulder accents moving down.
What I especially love about this jersey is the use of the two different colors on each side. I could see Legacy doing this with a pink base, Championship Green down the logo side, and either Rise Yellow or Orange Press on the other.
5. Germany 2024 Away Authentic Jersey
I always prefer how clean a one-color uniform, from the shirt down to the socks, looks. But this is an example that makes me want a two-color kit for the Legacy since the second color is dominant and leads perfectly toward the shorts. The only caveat: The shorts have to match the second color.
6. Juventus pink star 2011/12 away jersey
Until 1901, pink was the main jersey color for Juventus. Now replaced by the iconic black and white stripes, pink is still commonly used to play homage to the club’s foundational color such as in 2020 with this fourth kit:
I love the idea of incorporating a club’s history into a jersey. You might be asking: What history? Wasn’t the team just created? While that may be the case, the Boston Breakers were once here and that team’s existence was fundamental to the birth of the Legacy.
It would be full circle for the Legacy to play on an old Breakers design but in Legacy colors.
7. Adidas Inter Miami CF 26/27 Home Authentic Jersey
To me, it has always felt a bit ironic that this is a men’s jersey. This has nothing to do with it being pink and everything to do with it giving me instant Y2K mall nostalgia with how similar it is to the Victoria’s Secret shopping bags.
And I love it.
While I’m excited and hopeful for extremely unique Legacy designs, I wouldn’t be mad if they reminded me of something strongly feminine in our culture. This is a new women’s soccer team, why not shout it from the rooftop?
8. Angel City FC Nike 2024 Secondary Sol Replica Jersey
Sometimes simple says more. This NWSL shirt features a very gentle gradient that almost looks like a trick of the light. But it also primarily uses a very pale and delicate shade of pink. Similar to above, to me, this showcases femininity unapologetically.
As another team in the women’s league, the Legacy could use a soft shade of green or one of its other colors to send a message about the strength in femininity, especially when it comes to sports.
9. Real Betis Third Jersey 25/26
Out of all the one-color uniforms, I’m a sucker most of all for an all-black or all-white kit. In this case, I’d love for the Legacy to do an all-black jersey with either their pink or green electrically running through the design for a great psych-out look.
10. Real Betis pink and green striped kit
Similar to the Inter Miami kit, this design features vertical stripes but in two colors. This is perhaps the closest example to showcasing the pink and green palette that the Legacy has been sporting and could serve as a solid jersey — as long as the third kit is a bit more fun. With the clean and classic stripes, there’d be no mistaking the Legacy for anything but a soccer club ready to play.