They don’t seem to be involved with Dynamo anymore as a sponsor, however.

I’m definitely not a fan of having corporate sponsors be the primary logo on a jersey. I can stomach a lot of things (and this is hardly egregious, given how some Swedish and Czech jerseys look), but that just feels like the total prostitution of the team in favour of Big Business. While that may be a reality of post-Soviet Russia, I sure as hell hope that sort of “captialist spirit” never finds its way over here.

Now you’ve got me curious about the feel of the material. I remember being stunned by how soft Nashville’s Godawful third jerseys are (the only selling point, really, at that colour), so I wonder if anyone can say how it compares.

Lutch’s actual Russian web site (not lutchamerica.com or russianjerseys.com) used to show all the different versions of the jerseys they manufactured for Dynamo, Spartak, etc., but I can’t get at the web site now. All I get is an “under construction” message, and can’t even tell if I’m at the right place anyway.

Most of what you need to know is: prior to 2001 or so, most Russian jerseys were really ugly, and made out of shitty coarse mesh material. So, if you’ve seen the Dynamo jerseys from ’03 and onwards, which I think you have, you’ve pretty much seen all that’s worth seeing.

Do you know of a site that has the Dynamo jersey history? I really want to know about the designs.

The insurance company that was the team’s primary sponsor didn’t like their logo as a small patch near the collar bone, so the team switched to jerseys with the sponsor’s full logo on the front.

Again, very soft and confortable material.