The story behind the Lincoln International FC kit: a city, a faith, a bird that refuses to come down, and a community that keeps rising.
20+ countries300+ players servedU9–U12 teams
01 / The club
One pitch. Many origins.
A club born from courage.
Lincoln International FC was founded by Hasan Khalil, a Yazidi refugee who fled persecution and built a new life in Lincoln, Nebraska. What he created is not simply a football club. It is a community built around the beautiful game.
Today, immigrants and first-generation Americans from more than 20 countries come together through shared values, shared purpose, and a football pitch. The club serves over 300 players through its camps and mentoring programs, running teams from U9 to U12.
Lincoln International FC works closely with the City of Lincoln and Lancaster County, giving the club strong community roots and extraordinary reach as it continues to grow. Beginning in 2027, the club will outfit its full mentoring program in Admiral kit, extending the partnership across the next generation of players it develops.
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Football is the universal language that brings people together. When a child pulls on this kit, they are not just representing their team. They are representing every country, every culture, and every story that makes Lincoln International FC what it is.
Hasan Khalil Founder & Executive Director
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02 / The crest
A bird that only goes higher
Built to ascend.
At the heart of the crest is the Ukrainian Skycutter, a remarkable breed of pigeon with a gift unlike other birds. The Skycutter climbs. It ascends to a kilometer above the earth and holds that height for extraordinary lengths of time, riding the thermals with quiet, unbreakable determination.
For a club founded by a Yazidi refugee, built by people who crossed borders and oceans and rebuilt their lives from nothing, the Skycutter is not merely a mascot. It is a mirror. The bird rises in royal blue, framed by green feathering that speaks of growth and of the land it has made its home.
The Yazidi faith deepens the symbolism. For Yazidis, the peacock is a sacred bird of extraordinary color and feathered magnificence. It has endured centuries of persecution and remained holy throughout. In choosing the Skycutter as their emblem, Lincoln International FC honors that tradition of sacred, persecuted, beautiful things that survive and soar.
03 / The design
Feathers, flight, and the Great Plains sky
Every seam moves upward.
The Admiral ID team took the symbolism of the Skycutter and built it into every seam.
The collection’s defining feather pattern sweeps across the shoulders, down the sleeves, and along the side panels of both home and away jerseys. It is not decorative flourish. It is the Skycutter in flight, translated into fabric.
The motif carries several layers of meaning: the bird, the peacock of the Yazidi faith, and a line that draws the eye upward and outward. Across the shoulder, along the arm, and down the flank, it gives the kit a sense of movement and elevation even at rest.
01 / Home
Nebraska blue.
Royal blue · Green · White · Teal
The home kit works in a deep, vivid royal blue that mirrors the crest and speaks directly to the wide Nebraska sky. It is the horizon that greets every Lincoln morning, the same open sky that means something profound to a person who has crossed the world to stand under it.
The feather pattern arrives in white and teal across the sleeves and side panels. A green collar, green cuff trim, and a green side stripe ground the blue in the club’s secondary color: the Great Plains, Nebraska’s grasslands, and new growth.
The blue runs slightly darker than the logo, giving the jersey a richer feel under floodlights and the Nebraska sun. The green reads brighter than the crest, giving the trim its own presence.
Complete home kit · Jersey, shorts, and socksSkycutter feather detailSKYLANDBlue feather detail on greenThe green of the plains
02 / Away
The green of the plains.
Bright green · Royal blue · White
The away kit inverts the palette to remarkable effect. Where the home kit is blue with green detail, the away runs in vivid grass green, bold, immediately visible, and unmistakably alive. The feather pattern returns on the sleeves and side panels in blue and white.
The home kit is the sky. The away kit is the land beneath it: the rolling green of Nebraska’s vast agricultural plains and the fields that make this part of America what it is.
Blue collar trim and side panel accents tie the away firmly to the home. On the pitch, the two kits are unmistakably from the same club. Off it, both state who Lincoln International FC is and where it plays.
04 / Beyond match day
Representing off the pitch
Ready for every moment.
The collection extends beyond match day into training and travel. Warm-up pants work in the same royal blue as the home kit, with a green pocket stripe and the club crest at the thigh. They are made for the bench, the training ground, and the walk to the pitch.
The quarter-zip training top completes the outerwear range, giving players, coaches, and staff a way to wear Lincoln International FC in every context. For a club that is as much a community organization as a football team, that visibility matters.
Warm-up / 01Royal blue · Green pocket trim · Club crest
A club only going higher
From every country. One crest.
Lincoln, Nebraska is not where most people would expect to find a football club with a story this rich. But Lincoln International FC is exactly why the game keeps surprising us. Founded by a man who lost everything and rebuilt, shaped by players who crossed the world to be here, and powered by a community of more than 20 nationalities competing as one, this club is everything football is supposed to be.
The Skycutter climbs to a kilometer above the earth and holds. Lincoln International FC, in Admiral, is just getting started.
