I do update and freshen the lists of players with current players while still keeping old famous examples. I happen to take numbers very seriously, to me they have meaning. I have strong ideas about what should be worn and by whom. I think they are important. Or names for that matter. Over time numbers were added to jerseys so fans and media could tell who players were from high in the stands. The earliest soccer numbers were handed out based on the lineup. The starting eleven players wore numbers 1 to 11, starting with the keeper as the 1 and moving from the back to the front and right to left.
To make a long story short, the most common formation when numbering was beginning to be used was the Every sport has a history with numbers.
In the early days of baseball, the batting order wore numbers 1 to 9 based on the place they hit in the order. Babe Ruth wore 3 and Lou Gehrig 4 because they hit 3rd and 4th in the Yankee order. In college basketball — less so in the pros — numbers are mostly combinations of 0 to 5 like 5, 11, 23, 32, 41, etc. In American football, numbers indicate what position you play.
In soccer as the shape of formations changed and evolved over the years the numbers moved in certain patterns depending on the country in which the evolution was taking place, particularly on defense chaos sometimes reigned.
Numbers took on a positional meaning that could slowly change over the decades and might have different meanings depending on in which country you are asking.
When substitutes were allowed in soccer originally there was no subbing the subs would wear numbers starting at 12 and going up to 17 or so, depending on how many bench players were allowed. People have written entire books on the evolution of tactics and you can spend a lifetime studying it.
In the modern era with the advent of television, the marketing of players, and the sales of jerseys, teams began to assign specific numbers to players for an entire season. Numbers began to become synonymous with players and names started appearing on the back of kits.
In general terms, 1 to 11 remain the most coveted numbers. They are the pure, classic numbers of superstars and the soccer gods. In modern times the numbers in the teens and low 20s have become sought after due to 23 man world cup rosters. Only in the last ten to fifteen years with the advent of the massive squads of large teams have we begun to see numbers in the 30s and 40s come into play.
As examples, Spain by rule uses numbers 1 to 25 and France 1 to With the more recent aberrations of media hype and marketing strangeness, we see numbers like 66 and 99 in countries without number rules. The old school starting numbers, the most coveted and sought after numbers from the history of the game. Probably the most pristinely ubiquitous number in soccer is the 1 for the keeper. The 1 is the keeper, period. In the 70s, a few countries wore jerseys numbers based on their alphabetical roster, notably Argentina and the Netherlands, so you saw field players with the 1 in the World Cup.
I shudder to think of it. Pretty much any first-choice keeper. Usage that makes my head hurt : Any field player wearing 1. Colin Clark decided that rather than picking someone for the 1 he would let neither have it until one of them won the job outright. Sala stayed with his higher 48 and then 44 even when Cassar was gone. Almost always a defender, and almost always the right back. The 2 has been the right-sided defender since numbers were added to the game and never moved.
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Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. As Dempsey explained on Monday, he had a chance to choose No. The list of players who wore the No. Then I realized my mom told me when I was young the very first jersey I had was No. So when I went to the Revs I had a chance to go with 10 or 2 and went with 2 again because supposedly 10 was unlucky for payers with the Revs that wore the number So I went with the only other number that was kind of available that similar, and that was But when I was with the national team I wanted to go with No.
Since I scored a goal in the World Cup in with No. Before you laugh at all this No. No fewer than five U. Michael Bradley is the U. As he explained on Monday, Bradley wears No. Cancel Reply. Contact Us. GDPR Compliance. Writer Awards. Tech Blog.
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