tribute to surrealist artist Ren\u00e9 Magritte<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt definitely was a little bit difficult whenever you do like a quick glance to tell which was which. It was almost like a 50-50 thing,\u201d American midfielder Weston McKennie said. \u201cSo you definitely have to maybe take a little more time on the ball before you made a decision or play one touch to a player.\u201d<\/p>\n
Both teams exchanged uniform plans well ahead of the match, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation, and the outfits were cleared before the game by the match officials. <\/p>\n
Belgium\u2019s home jersey in a solid red while the U.S.\u2019s other is dark blue with a subtle star pattern and red trim, which it plans to wear for Tuesday\u2019s friendly against Portugal.<\/p>\n
While the flawed fashions became apparent during the first half, neither team had different sets of jerseys on site they could switch to at the break.<\/p>\n
Decisions could depend on shorts \u2014 the U.S. wore blue and Belgium white. The Americans had white socks and the Belgians blue.<\/p>\n
Players hadn\u2019t been concerned about the game\u2019s sartorial aspects.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t know until we took off the pre-match, whatever, shirts and then saw it and I was like \u2014 everyone was a bit shocked,\u201d Pulisic said. \u201cA lot of times you get the ball, you look up, you can\u2019t really lock in on something. You only can base it off the color of the shirt. That\u2019s how it works. And when it\u2019s very similar, it\u2019s difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n
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