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▪️And if your club missed our nominations, it’s not because we don’t love you! (but let us know and we’ll try to fit you in our Honorable Mentions)

🤝 Due to popular demand, we’ve added a few more nominees to bring our total to 50. 🫵 But now you all have to wait a little longer because our 10 panelists from @FTCUTD, The Shea Butter FC Podcast, The USL Show, KITSZN_uslshow et all, have lives too!

With New Year’s right around the corner, Dan takes a look back at lower league soccer 2024 and highlights the highs and lows. What do you think he should have added to his list? protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/the-y…

🤝 Thank you to the panelists who ranked 50 shirts: ▪️ Black Mother Dorthy 🍉 - Openly Vaxxed from The Shea Butter FC Podcast ▪️Brett Mullinex from KITSZN_uslshow ▪️“The Walk” is Cookin / Chris Walker from Seek & Strike Collective ▪️Panama Jackson from @FTCUTD ▪️Kaylor Hodges from The USL Show ▪️@toeswiggle ▪️MLS Snob But W/Glasses ▪️Nicole Hack ▪️Joshua Duder

👑 Now we start the countdown from 14 to the Number 1 ranked shirt in this year’s Top Tops! protagonistsoccer.com/coverage/top24…

👕 Number 14 ▪️ Newcomer to the lower league soccer scene, Richmond Ivy SC , already dropped a classic with this top by hummel North America . It finished 14th with an average ranking of 19.3

👕 Number 13 ▪️Voted Number One by Nicole Arias, “I love this retro style of kit. Reminds me a lot of the old Serie A Kappa kits.” Des Moines Menace ’s 30th Season White Jersey by hummel North America finished number 13 with an average ranking of 19.2

👕 Number 12 ▪️ One Knoxville Sporting Club hits the Top Tops at Number 12 with their “Sunsphere Kit” by hummel North America , which features Knoxville’s most iconic landmark - it averaged 18.7 by our panelists

👕 Number 11 ▪️Ballard FC’s masterpiece by INARIA finished just outside the top ten with an average ranking from the panelists of 18.2 ▪️Black Mother Dorthy 🍉 - Openly Vaxxed of The Shea Butter FC Podcast voted this Number 1 ▪️Brett Mullinex of KITSZN_uslshow also voted Number 1 (Read article for full comments)

👕 Number 10 ▪️ Sioux Falls City FC ⚽️ come into the Top Tops at Number Ten with the colorful “Elevate Jersey” by hummel North America . It averaged 18 by the panelists.

👕 Number 9 ▪️ PlayerLayer ’s shirt for Vermont Green FC is made from 100% recycled plastic and was designed by the club’s co-founder, Matthew Wolff. It breaks in at Number 9 in this year’s Top Tops and averaged 17.7 in the rankings

👕 Number 8 ▪️ San Francisco Glens SC rocked an Irish heritage pattern on their goalkeeper shirts, Guinness Away, and Guinness Home tops that resulted in one of the year’s most celebrated kit trios - this shirt by Lexa Sport earned an average ranking of 17.6 and slots in at Number 8.

👕 Number 7 ▪️ This year, Union Omaha smashed USL League One and looked great doing it! Their “Black Glow” shirt by hummel North America comes in at Number 7 with an average rank of 17.2

👕 Number 6 ▪️ Capelli Sport turned more than a few heads with this effort for Loudoun United Football Club which earned a Number 6 spot with an average ranking of 17 from the panelists.

👕 Number 5 ▪️ @ChicagoHouseAC.bsky.social comes in at Number 5 with their “Ultimate” Home Jersey by Diaza . This amazing shirt averaged 14.9 in the rankings.

👕 Number 4 ▪️ Carolina Ascent FC rocked these colorful shirts by Capelli Sport and made their way down to Number 4 in our Top Tops list. The shirt had an average ranking of 13.2 from our guest panel.

👕 Number 3 ▪️ San Francisco City FC’s “Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill” shirt by Icarus Football received Number 1 votes from Joshua Duder & @toeswiggle; it comes in 3rd with an average ranking of 11.4

👕 Number 2 ▪️ Minneapolis City SC ’s shirts by Stimulus Athletic always come correct - this year’s “feather-ific” entry into the Top Tops flew high didn’t let us down. It comes in at number two with an average ranking of 10.8

Minneapolis City SC Stimulus Athletic Hoedeman 👕 Number 1 ▪️ Greggo from @FTCUTD made Oakland Roots home shirt by Charly USA his number one shirt of 2024. ▪️Seven out of nine panelists gave it a Top 10 ranking and this remarkably beautiful and vibrant shirt won Top Top of 2024 with the best average rank of 8.4

🎬 Aaron Jay and I are filming an ep of Away Days in Seattle on 03/19 when Ballard FC host Spokane Velocity FC 🍔 Lunch at Dick’s with Benji Wade? ❓Is there an SG we should meet? Where should we stay? What else should we visit while in Seattle?