Now I've seen that I can't unsee it and now I hate that badge
Yeh Sam, you've just ruined it for me too now. Like the straight CITY on the new Man City badge I'll never be able to look at it again without seeing the deliberate mistake
Yes, I think it's because the yellow Catalan stripes in the top-right quarter of the badge are no longer discrete from the yellow border of the shield, so there's now no obvious curve – or, indeed, boundary – to the inner side of the border there. If they curved the St George cross's on the opposite side, and hence the shield border with it, it would unbalance/asymmetrise (I know that's not a word) the overall look I guess.
Not the most radical or noteworthy crest design perhaps, but I have noticed that these new US clubs really like to push the significance of every element...
I understand that with the clubs having no history they really need to create some sense of tradition but can it get more spurious than 'Wing: 3 seasons of play before joining MLS'?
And how does that mane represent seven hills anyway? There are only four spikes, or six if you count the ones on either side. Does that one under the jaw count?
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