Rapids Kit Rankings - Aways 17-11

Ok, it took me a bit to get back to this, but let's start with the bottom of the away kit rankings.

#17 - 2003-2004

You're going to see a lot of the black & blue era at the bottom of these lists and the worst of our road kits are from that period.  You're also going to see a lot of mainly plain white kits tonight.  This was the first year we went to black and blue and the alternate kit was a white shirt with some blue highlights.  There's nothing that stands out about this one.

#16 - 2015-2016

I expect this next group is going to be controversial for many, but I do not like the flag kits.  I appreciate taking the big swing with them but IMO it didn't work.  I also have a general aversion to messing with the badge like they did on these, the blue/red coloring didn't work.

#15 - 2017-2018

The blue sleeves and collar and the sponsor (honestly) make this look better than the prior version of the flag kit, but all the prior issues apply here too.

#14 - 2011-2012

Originally I had ranked this behind the flag kits but when I pulled the pic from CFS I was reminded that this was our kit with our Scudetto and then eventually our first star.  For that it got a boost above the yellow kits, but otherwise this was another white shirt with the "Arsenal" sleeves.  Meh.

#13 - 2013-2014

The first attempt at a flag kit, and the best one.  The blue is better than the yellow as the base color and the C design in the center leans more into the flag.  The badge is still not great though and this one looked far too much like FSL colors, something exacerbated by the decision to wear them at home in a Rocky Mountain Cup match (which we lost).

#12 - 2019-2020

Ah, the almost all-white 'Black Diamond' kit.  I mean, what are we doing here?  Otherwise this is a white t-shirt with some burgundy iron-ons.  There's nothing to get excited about but also there's nothing wrong with it.  It just is.

#11 - 2005

(This was actually a hard one to find an image of)

White shirt with blue highlights. This would be the last away kit with the blue and I liked the general design.  The following year they would use the same design with a different color scheme and that one is going to be pretty high on the list.

Next up, 18-11 of the home kits.