The sportswear giant says they’re aware of the strange seam behavior seen on some of its new shirts, and are investigating how to address it
I guess it makes sense since the Nike headquarters are in Portland, but I didn’t know the Timbers were the first club to wear Nike kits:
Nike has been making soccer kits since 1979, when they outfitted the Portland Timbers of the now defunct North American Soccer League. They entered the European market in 1983 when they partnered with Sunderland and rolled out their first national team shirt in 1994: a Nigeria strip that was used only once, in a friendly against England. By 1995, they’d expanded that operation to include many other national teams including the United States, who have used Nike ever since, and will remain with them until at least 2033, when their current long-term agreement ends.