27 January 2024 , 22:55
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EA FC 24 displayed over a dozen unreleased Major League Soccer kit designs on Saturday in the Ultimate Team Web App, in what appeared to be an accidental leak of the new shirts.
MLS preseason training camps started earlier this month, and clubs are now playing friendlies with the regular season beginning in under a month. Several teams have yet to reveal their kits for the 2024 season, with past announcements sometimes coming days before the competitive matches start.
Inter Miami are an exception, releasing their new ' La Noche ' away kits on Tuesday aboard the world's longest cruise ship at the Port of Miami before departing for two friendlies in Saudi Arabia. Lionel Messi and his teammates christened the new liner as part of Royal Caribbean becoming the team's new front-of-shirt sponsor.
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For at least 18 of the league's 29 clubs - San Diego does not debut until 2025 - any grand plans to unveil their kits for the upcoming season have been undermined by EA FC 24, the first instalment of the EA Sports FC series succeeding the FIFA franchise.
In the Eastern Conference, Charlotte FC, DC United, CF Montreal, Nashville SC, New England Revolution, New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, Orlando City SC, Philadelphia Union and Toronto FC have graphics displaying one of their new kits in the web app.
Over in the Western Conference, a kit apiece from Austin FC, Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy, Real Salt Lake, San Jose Earthquakes, Seattle Sounders FC, Sporting Kansas City and Vancouver Whitecaps FC feature.
The kits appeared as gold and silver cards in FC 24
LA Galaxy were the biggest team impacted by the 'leak'Of the unreleased designs, ten are home kits, and eight are away kits. Items went on the Ultimate Team Transfer Market, with screenshots of the various designs spreading across social media on Saturday.
No clubs, MLS, EA Sports, or Adidas have commented on the leak. The apparel company is the league's official supplier and manufactures all 29 team's kits.
They extended that deal, which began in 2004, last February for another six years to 2030 for £653 million. Adidas also supplies all training gear and the league's official match ball.
Here is a list of the 18 kits made available in EA FC 24:
- Austin FC (away kit)
- CF Montreal (away kit)
- Charlotte FC (home kit)
- Colorado Rapids (home kit)
- DC United (home kit)
- LA Galaxy (home kit)
- Nashville SC (home kit)
- New England Revolution (home kit)
- New York City FC (away kit)
- New York Red Bulls (home kit)
- Orlando City (away kit)
- Philadelphia Union (home kit)
- Real Salt Lake (home kit)
- San Jose Earthquakes (away kit)
- Sporting Kansas City (away kit)
- Seattle Sounders (home kit)
- Toronto FC (away kit)
- Vancouver Whitecaps (away kit)
New kits from Atlanta United, Chicago Fire FC, FC Cincinnati, Columbus Crew, FC Dallas, Houston Dynamo FC, Los Angeles FC, Inter Miami CF, Minnesota United FC, Portland Timbers and St Louis City SC are not known to have featured. The MLS regular season starts on Thursday, February 22, when Inter Miami hosts Real Salt Lake at their DRV PNK Stadium.