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Washington Diplomats 1974 Home
Dips 1974 Home Jersey Roy Willner Dips 74 Home Jersey Roy Willner Back Dips 74 Home Jersey Roy Willner Umbro Tag
Diplomats Toros 1975 Home Leroy DeLeon Derek Watts Dips 74 Home Back Tom McConville

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo:  Sewn On.  The '74 logo is smaller than the '75

Name on Back: Screened on.

Numbers:: Sewn on, the '74 numbers are smaller than the '75.

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1974 Road
     
Diplomats Lancers 1974 Home Leroy DeLeon Metros 74 Home Brian Rowan, Dips Morrie Diane

Manufacturer: Unknown

Logo: Sewn On.  The '74 logo is smaller than the '75

Name on Back: No

Numbers:: Sewn on, the '74 numbers are smaller than the '75.

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1975 Home
     
Brian Pillinger  

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo: Screened on.  The '75 logo is significantly larger than the '74.

Name on Back:  Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  The numbers on the '75 are bigger than the '74

Other: 

Washington Diplomats 1975 Road
Dips 75 Road Jersey Roy Willner Dips 75 Road Jersey Roy Willner Back Dips 75 Road Jersey  Roy Willner Umbro Tag
Dips 75 Road Karl Minor 

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo: Screened on.  The '75 logo is significantly larger than the '74.  The '74 was a sewn on patch.  This one is screened on.

Name on Back:  Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  The numbers on the '75 are bigger than the '74

Other: 

Washington Diplomats 1976 Home
     
Diplomats 1976 Home Gary Darrell Cosmos Diplomats 1976 Keith Eddy Gary Darrell, Alan Spavin

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo: The Dips wore the Bicentennial patch in 1976 instead of the Dips patch

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.  

Other: 

Washington Diplomats 1976 Road
Dips 76 Road Jersey Roy Willner Dips 76 Road Jersey Roy Willner Back  
Diplomats rowdies 1976 Road Paul Cannell Alex Pringle Dips 76 Road Back Roy Ellam

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo: The Dips wore the Bicentennial patch in 1976 instead of the Dips patch

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on.

Other:  The '76 Jersey has white and red stripes around the bottom of each sleeve.  This not present on the '75. 

Washington Diplomats 1976 Road Logo Missing Variation
Dips 76 Head Gary Darrell  
Dips 76 Road Roger Minton

Manufacturer: Umbro

Logo:  Bicentennial logo is missing in this variation.  Originally, I thought these were just preseason head shots, with the logo to be sewn on later.  However, the other two pictures are from two different games, so the jerseys must've been worn more than once.  In the advertisement, the guy in the foreground is sporting a jersey without the logo; the guy in the background is wearing a jersey with it. 

Name on Back:

Numbers: 

Washington Diplomats 1977 Home
     
Dips 77 Home Jim Steele, Alan Spavin  I

Manufacturer: Adidas logo above the "i" in "Dips".

Logo:  Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other: This is the classic Dips jersey every one remembers.  They wore this style from 77-80.  The jerseys look the same at first glance.  However, they were different each year.

In '77 Dips jerseys were a cotton T-Shirt style.

Shoulder striping of later years is not prsent. 

 

Washington Diplomats 1977 Road Red Collar
     
Dips 77 Road Kenny Hill  

Manufacturer: Adidas logo above the "i" in "Dips".  The Adidas logo appears to be a little smaller on this variation than on later variations.

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: This is the classic Dips jersey every one remembers.  They wore this style from 77-80.  The jerseys look the same at first glance.  However, they were different each year.

In '77 Dips jerseys were a cotton  T-Shirt style.  They had 2 versions of the red jersey.  In the first part of the season they had a simple shirt with simple lettering.  This jersey had a red collareThe font is smaller and little more rounded. 

The Shoulder striping of later years is also not present. 

Washington Diplomats 1977 Road White Collar
     
  Dips 77 Road Back Jim Steele

Manufacturer: Adidas logo above the "i" in "Dips".

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other: This is the classic Dips jersey every one remembers.  They wore this style from 77-80.  The jerseys look the same at first glance.  However, they were different each year.

In '77 Dips jerseys were a cotton  T-Shirt style.  They had 2 versions of the red jersey.  Half-way through the season the Diplomats  moved to a nicer cotton jersey.  This jersey had a white collar.

The Shoulder striping of later years is also not present. 

Washington Diplomats 1978 Home

Dips 78 Home Jersey Roy Willner Wesco Tag

   

Manufacturer: West Coast Soccer Equimpent Co. "Wesco: is the manufacturer.  The Adidas logo is above the "i" in "Dips" but it is not an Adidas shirt.

Logo: Screened on.  The Adidas logo and the Dips are all screened on together.

Name on Back: Yes

Numbers: The '78 jerseys had drop shadows on the numbers.  The numbers are sewn on. 

I've avoided describing shoulder numbers  because they are so varied.  The Dips shoulder numbers deserve a special mention though.  The left number is always white and the right number is always lblack.  This makes them visable since they have black and white stripes. 

Other:  Shoulder striping is added.

In '78 the home jersey was a polyester.  The Road was a mesh.

Dips 78 Home Collar x This is an interesting photo from a '78 Dips program.   It advertises West Coast Soccer Equipment Company as the manufacturer of Dips jerseys.  The jerseys have collars on them.  There are no photos of the Dips ever having played in collared jerseys. Perhaps these were just prototypes.  Need more research.
Washington Diplomats 1978 Road
Dips 78 Road Jersey Alex Pringle Dips 78 Road Jersey Alex Pringle
Dips 78 Road Carmine Marcantonio  Dips 78 Road Back Sakib Viteskic 

Manufacturer: The Manufacturer's tag says Fred's Soccer Shop.  The Adidas logo above the "i" in "Dips".  The Adidas logo and the Dips are all screened on together. 

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn on

Numbers:  The '78 jerseys had double tackle twill numbers with drop shadows.  The numbers are sewn on.

I've avoided describing shoulder numbers  because they are so varied.  The Dips shoulder numbers deserve a special mention though.  The left number is always white and the right number is always left.  This makes them viewable since they have black and white stripes.

Other:  Shoulder Striping is added.  In '78 the home jersey was a polyester.  The Road was a mesh jersey.

 

Washington Diplomats 1979 Home
 
Dips 79 Home Bob Iarusci   

Manufacturer: Adidas logo above the "i" in "Dips".

Logo:  Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on a patch.  This is the only year the Dips used a patch.

Numbers: The '79 numbers are screened on with out the drop shadow. 

Other: This is the classic Dips jersey every one remembers.

 

Washington Diplomats 1979 Road
     
Dips Cosmos 1979 Road Bobby Irascu Giorgio chinaglia Dips Aztecs 1979 Road Back Joszef Horvath Thomas Rongen

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on

Name on Back: Sewn

Numbers:  I've avoided describing shoulder numbers  because they are so varied.  The Dips shoulder numbers deserve a special mention though.  The left number is always white and the right number is always left.  This makes them viewable since they have black and white stripes.

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1980 Home
Dips 80 Home Jersey Don Droege Dips 80 Home Jersey Don Droege Back Dips 80 Home Jersey Don Droege Adidas Tag
Dips Cosmos 1980 Home Johan Cruyff 3   Manufacturer: Adidas logo moves to the upper right.

Logo: Screened on.  This jersey is identical to the 77-79 version except the Adidas logo moves from over the "i" in "Dips" to the upper right chest.  The "I" in "Dips" also becomes the same size as other letters.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers:  Screened on,

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1980 Home 79 logo on an 80 jersey variation
Dips 80 Home Jersey Wim Jansen 79 Style Dips 80 Home Jersey Wim Jansen 79 Style Back  
   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo:  Screened on

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  This is a very interesting jersey.  The Dips logo still has the shortened "i" and Adidas logo that was used from 1977-79.  However, the Adidas logo is also on the upper right of the chest.  This is the 1980 style.  It would have been sewn into the jersey.  It appears the '79 logo was screened on an '80 blank.  Wim Jansen only played in '80.  I have no game photos of this variation.

Washington Diplomats 1980 Road
Dips 80 Road Jersey Johan Cruyff 3 Dips 80 Road Jersey Johan Cruyff 3 back  
Dips 1980 Road Sonny Askew 2 Dips 80 Road Back Lineup

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on.  This jersey is identical to the 77-79 version except the Adidas logo moves from over the "i" in "Dips" to the upper right chest.  The "I" in "Dips" also becomes the same size as other letters.

Name on Back: screened on

Numbers:  Screened on

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1980 Exhibition Home
     
   

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Washington Diplomats 1980 Exhibition Road
Dips 80 Exhibition Jersey Nick Mijatovic Dips 80 Exhibition Jersey Nick Mijatovic Back.jpg   

I borrowed this Mario Luna photo from his page:  http://www.marioluna.net/?page_id=7&album=2&gallery=16

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: Screened on  "Dips" becomes Diplomats and moves to the upper left

Name on Back: None

Numbers: Screened on

Other:  It is unclear  how many  games the Dips played in this jersey.

 

 

Washington Diplomats 1981 Home
Diplomats 1981 Home Jersey Paul Cannell Dips 81 Home Jersey Paul Cannell Back Dips 81 Home Jersey Paul Cannell Adidas TAg
   

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: The screened on "Dips" becomes "Diplomats" and sits at an angle.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other:

Washington Diplomats 1981 Road
Dips 81 Road Jersey Paul Cannell  Dips 81 Road Jersey Paul Cannell Back  Dips 81 Road Jersey Paul Cannell Adidas TAg
Dips Cosmos 1981 Road Trevor Hebbard Bob Iarusci Dips Cosmos 1981 Road Back David McGill Jeff Durgan

Manufacturer: Adidas

Logo: The screened on "Dips" becomes "Diplomats" and sits at an angle.

Name on Back: Screened on

Numbers: Screened on

Other: