Feb. 15, 2023 — Outdated uniforms, new wrinkle

Social media posts have hinted that the U.S. subject hockey groups will likely be getting new uniforms in time for the subsequent Olympic qualifying cycle.

The revealing is at 10 a.m. Jap time, however a video teaser hints at what’s, at first blush, a uniform of little change. The U.S. staff brand is unchanged, with a defend that includes three stars and the profile of an eagle sheltering below its wing.

As well as, the gear seems to be made by Osaka, the corporate that has supplied uniforms for the groups in current instances.

There may be, nonetheless, one main wrinkle. In a number of the video clips, you may see a sponsor brand peeking out from below crossed arms.

The little bit of brand being proven appears to be like remarkably like that of Financial institution of America, an organization whose headquarters simply occurs to be in Charlotte, N.C., the place the U.S. staff is predicated.

It portends to be the primary main package sponsor for the U.S. since CitiBank’s settlement with the staff — and likewise the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee — resulted in 2016.

Financial institution of America, by means of a collection of mergers within the final 30 years, has turn into the nation’s second-largest banking firm. It’s headquarters are simply three miles north of Queens College, which hosts the U.S. girls’s nationwide staff.