Why do soceer goalies wear different color shirts than thier team mates?
447187
So they can know he is the goalie and don't pass to him and expect him to come out and help them. So the referee can know he is a goalie when he is far away.
1011625
So the other team would not confue the goalie as one of the other players, also, it's easier for the referee to see who the goalie is, since the goalie  is the only one that can touch the ball with his hands.
15964
wear both, are you kidding - show your team love
445472
Because they're wearing a cup, and cups aren't all that comfortable.  Now, with that said, I guess baseball players just have less self-restraint than football, hockey, and soccer players.
1018907
I have heard that the reason that Germany wear green as an away strip is as a mark of respect to Ireland.  \n\nIreland were the first non-German speaking country that would play an international against West Germany following the war (in 1950).  As the national colour for Ireland is green, Germany said that they would have their 2nd strip in this colour as a thank-you.\n\nThis year Klinsman has changed this strip to red as wearing a red strip  statistically produces better results across the sporting world.
1004922
No.\nColours for the match\nItaly: Blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks. \nUkraine: Yellow shirts, yellow shorts and yellow socks.
1019451
yes its called 'red-shirting'  just go to try-outs.. if you're on the team without a scholorship you're a red-shirt.  good luck!
1048155
Because that is the color of the National Team, called "Azzurri".\nThat is an historical tradition: before the creation of the Italian Republic, the Italian Regal Family (Savoia) had color "azzurro" (kind of blue) in their flag and that color was adopted by the soccer National Team to respect the Regal tradition.\nSince then the color has been kept in the Italian shirt, even though it is not a color present in their National flag.\n\nNOTE: the Italian flag is green - white - red and NOT red - white -green
534300
Long before the present squad number of players were printed on shirts, players simply wore the numbers 1 to 11 on their shirts. Only one sub was allowed and he wore the number 12 shirt. In those days, the number represented the position the player played in - for example.... 1 Goalkeeper, 2 right full back, 3 left full back. 4 Right half, 5 Centre Half, 6 left half, 7 Right wing, 8 Inside right, 9 Centre forward, 10 Inside left, 11 left wing.  I'm pretty sure Charlie George wore the No 8 shirt.
1054766
When you have two teams on the same court, both sides need to be able to distinguish at a glance who they're passing to so that's the reason for the different colors between teams.  \n\nTo help limit confusion, a rule has been established that when you are playing on your home court you will wear white and when you play away from home you wear the dark colors.\n\nThe different colors between teams such as red, black, orange, etc. are determined by the teams and usually have something to do with their home towns colors, but not always.
669669
If you saw the games there was so much paper and debris on the field it looked more white than green.It was done to provide contrast for officials of the game to make sound dicisions and for the goal keepers to help prevent injury.
302516
Well their away kit is a royal blue with small elements of red trim.\n\nFootball teams here in Britain don't tend to wear uniforms, they are reserved for the armded forces, police and fire etc.
1100696
a team's uniform must not interfere in color with the opposite team
1086489
Usually stick side....but i have played against some goalies that are weaker on their glove side, but i guess it just really depends on the goalie.
170518
Because their team colours are black and white.
1132653
Their jersey's are blue because their team name is Azzurri meaning "The blues" in Italian, hence the blue jerseys.FORZA ITALIA!!
1132047
I can't give you a helpful answer but only my humble opinion.  I thnk thier present colour is fine. I think the colours of a teams national flag should be reflected on their jerseys and shorts whenever possible.  Brazil have perfect jerseys and shorts. Portugal, not really -- the wrong red and no green at all.