North American Soccer League Jerseys

Los Angeles Aztecs

1974     1975     1976     1977     1978     1979     1980     1981
Los Angeles Aztecs 1974 Home
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1974 Road Team         NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Sounders 1974 Road Back Pedro Martinez John Rowlands

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: 

Name on Back:
   1974-No Name on Back
   1975-Name sewn on to a patch of cloth

Numbers:

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1975 Road
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1974 Home Jose Lopez NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Toros 1974 Home Ricardo DeRienzo Back Warren Archibald

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:

Name on Back: Some jerseys have names some don't. I'm not sure if they got added during the season.

 

Numbers:

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1975-76 Home Number above the stripe variation
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best, Elton John NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 75 Home Back Bob McAlinden    

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back: Name sewn on to a black patch of cloth

Numbers: Sewn On above the stripes.

Other: This style adds 2 horizontal orange stripes to the front.  The front number goes above the stripes.

The Aztecs wore the Bicentennial Patch in 1976.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Home Number above the stripe variation
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Home George Best         

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Sewn on

Name on Back:  Name sewn on to a black patch of cloth

Numbers: Sewn On in the middle of the  stripes.  It appears the number is wider also.  The '75 style numbers were also worn in '76.

Other: The stripes also appear to be closer together than the 1975 version.

The Aztecs wore the Bicentennial Patch in 1976.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1976 Road
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Cosmos 1976 Road George Best Brian Rowan    NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road Back George Best

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:  Sewn on

Name on Back: Sewn on Patch

Numbers: Sewn on

Other:  Unlike previous years, the '76 Road style matches the '76 home. 

The Aztecs wore the Bicentennial Patch in 1976.
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 76 Road George Best, Elton John These pictures are from '76.   The players  are wearing the '74 jerseys.  It is unclear if this is just an early season photo opportunity.  All the pictures seem to be taken at the same time with Elton John in many of the pictures.  There are no people in the stands.  Need more research to verify whether these jerseys were actually worn in '76.
 
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Orange and Black Numbers
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Jersey Steve David NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Jersey Steve David Back NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 77 Home Jersey Steve David Sokka Tag
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home George Best NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Timbers 1977 Home Back George Best Clyde Best

Manufacturer: Sokka

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn on to a patch of cloth

Numbers: Sewn on.  The numbers in this variation are orange on black.

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Black Numbers
     
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Whitehead, Mancini Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Home Black Num Bob McAlinden

Manufacturer: Sokka

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn on to a patch

Numbers: The numbers on this variation are black

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Two Color Numbers
     
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Ron Davies NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 78 Road Back Franz Smuda, Wolfgang Suhnholz.jpg

Manufacturer: Sokka

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn on to a patch

Numbers: Sewn on, there appear to be two sets of road jerseys, just like the home jerseys.  One set has 2 colored numbers, one set has just black numbers.

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road One Color Numbers
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Rowdies 1977 Road George Best Stewart Jump Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Back Charlie Cooke

Manufacturer: Sokka

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn on to a patch

Numbers: Sewn on, there appear to be two sets of road jerseys, just like the home jerseys.  One set has 2 colored numbers, one set has just black numbers.

Other:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Big Number Variation
 
Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Big Num George Best.jpg Los Angeles Aztecs 1977 Road Big Num Back Ken Whitehead

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo:  There is a logo on the upper right

Name on Back:

Numbers: Notice the large front numbers.

Other:   This is from a 1977 playoff game. This is the only time they wore these jerseys.  I was told by a former Sounders employee that the Aztecs came to Seattle with their white jerseys.  The Sounders were the home team and had the right to choose.  They chose white.  So the Aztecs had to scramble and have these jerseys printed up. 

These photos came from  http://goalseattle.com/.  Jenni Conner has a ton of great Sounders photos there.  It is well worth the visit.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Home
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 78 Home George Best, Pele (2) NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 78 Home Franz Smuda 2

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Sewn On

Name on Back: Sewn on to a patch of cloth

Numbers: Sewn on

Other: This is the same jersey except Adidas makes it.  The Adidas logo replaces the Sokka logo in the upper right portion of the shirt.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1978 Road
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Sting 1978 Road Bob McAlindon Gary Rensing Aztecs 78 Road Back Wolfgang Suhnholz, Surf 

Manufacturer: Adidas Logo on upper right

Logo: Sewn On

Name on Back: Sewn directly on to jersey

Numbers: Sewn on 

Other: This is the same jersey except Adidas makes it.  The Adidas logo replaces the Sokka logo in the upper right portion of the shirt.:
Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Home White and Blue
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Jersey Wim Suurbier NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Jersey Wim Suurbier Back NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Jersey Wim Suurbier Adidas
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Johan Cruyff 3 NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Back Johan Cruyff'                   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on and arched. Previous years had a straight name tag on a patch.

Numbers: Screened on, '79 numbers use 3 stripe Adidas style.

Other: The Aztecs had  2 home jerseys in '79.  One is blue and white with the 3 striped Adidas numbers.  The other is orange and white with solid numbers

 
Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Home White and Orange
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Jersey Sanchez Galindo NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Jersey Sanchez Galindo Back  
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Home Johan Cruyff vs Birmingham City  

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on  This version has the Aztecs logo on the left.  The other '79 versions have the logo on the right.

Name on Back: Screened on and arched. Previous years had a straight name tag on a patch.

Numbers: Screened on, '79 numbers use 3 stripe Adidas style.

Other: The Aztecs had 2 home jerseys in '79.  One is blue and white with the 3 striped Adidas numbers.  The other is orange and white with solid numbers
Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Blue
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Jersey Sammy Llewellyn NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Jersey Sammy Llewellyn Back  
   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on and arched. Previous years had a straight name tag on a patch.

Numbers: Screened on, '79 numbers use 3 stripe Adidas style.

Other: The Aztecs had 2 road jerseys in '79.  This blue one is less common than the orange one below.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Orange V-Neck Collar
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Johan Cruyff NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Sounders 1979 Road Back Bobby Sibbald Paul Crossley 

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on and arched. Previous years had a straight name tag on a patch.

Numbers: Screened on, '79 numbers use 3 stripe Adidas style.

Other:  The Aztecs had 2 road jerseys in '79.  This blue one is less common than the orange one below.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1979 Road Orange T-shirt Collar
     
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 79 Road Hubert Smeets                                                        

Manufacturer: Adidas, the Adidas logo appears to be smaller in the T-shirt version than the v-neck version.

Logo: Screened on. Moves from right side in '79 to the left side in '80.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  They are also solid instead of the 3 striped Adidas style of 1978.

Other:  This variation has the t-shirt style collar.  The v-neck is more common.  In this photo, Cruyff and Smeets are wearing the 2 varations.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1980 Home
     
Aztecs 80 Home Bobby Sibbald 5   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on. Moves from right side in '79 to the left side in '80.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  They are also solid instead of the 3 striped Adidas style of 1979.

Other: 

Los Angeles Aztecs 1980 Road
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 80 Road Jersey Bob Sibbald NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 80 Road Jersey Bob Sibbald Back NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 80 Road Jersey Bob Sibbald Adidas Tag
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Rowdies 1980 Road John McGrane Oscar Fabbiani                                                                   

Manufacturer: Adidas logo sewn on the upper right.

Logo: Screened on. Moves from right side in '79 to the left side in '80.

Name on Back: Screened on, Name returns to straight style instead of the arched '79.

Numbers: Screened on.  They are also solid instead of the 3 striped Adidas style of 1978.

Other: 

Los Angeles Aztecs 1981 Home
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 71 Home Jersey Chris Dangerfield.JPG NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 71 Home Jersey Chris Dangerfield Back.JPG

 
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 1981 Home Luis Fernando NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Earthquakes 1981 Home Back Todd Saldana George Best

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on.  There are two versions  of the name.  One had the name screened in a line.  The other in an arc.

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  The color scheme completely changes.  Blue and yellow are now the main colors.

Notice the Dangerfield jersey is missing the front number.
Los Angeles Aztecs 1981 Road
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 81 Road Jersey Luizinho Luiz Rangel NASL Los Angeles Aztecs 81 Road Jersey Luizinho Luiz Rangel Back             
NASL Los Angeles Aztecs Sounders 1981 Road Dave Shelton Roger Davies     

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  The color scheme completely changes.  Blue and yellow are now the main colors.