Forge Athletic Club × Admiral | Forged in Colorado Springs

Admiral Journal / 2026 Colorado Springs, Colorado

Admiral ID / Forge Athletic Club

Forged in
Colorado.

Forge AC returns to the anvil for its deepest Admiral ID range yet.

Enter the story
Forge AC navy Advanced League home shirt resting on a working blacksmith’s anvil
01 / The molten line

Back to the forge

Strike. Cool.
Transform.

Two years after Forge Athletic Club’s first Admiral ID collection introduced the sparks-and-anvil visual language that would come to define its identity, the Colorado Springs club returns with its most complete range yet. Seven pieces are built from the same founding metaphor, refined, expanded, and pushed further into the details.

The new kits were photographed where the metaphor is literal, draped across a blacksmith’s anvil, and where it is geological, laid out on the red sandstone of Garden of the Gods with the Front Range rising behind. The collection tells Forge AC’s story with more precision than ever.

The mission has not changed: forging athletes into champions while celebrating the spirit of the Colorado Springs community. The club’s bold orange F, ringed in navy and stamped est. 2023, anchors every jersey in the collection.

01

Advanced League / Home

The Molten Line

Built on a navy base the color of a Front Range sky after dark, the home kit carries a single fine orange seam down each side, the narrowest possible echo of the molten line that spills from the forge before it is shaped. Everywhere else is kept deliberately quiet, so one thread of heat can carry the whole story.

Two Forge AC players showing the front and back of the navy Advanced League home kit
The Forge crest and Forge Fitness mark, side by side on the navy home shirt.

Advanced League / Away

The Cooled
Metal

Where the home shirt holds its heat close, the away kit shows the metal after it has cooled and set. A crisp white body carries navy raglan sleeves and the same fine orange trim. Against the red rock of Garden of the Gods, the pale shirt and rust-colored sandstone read as two versions of the same material at two different temperatures.

White Forge AC Advanced League away shirt laid on red sandstone at Garden of the Gods
Garden of the Gods / Colorado Springs
Two Forge AC players modeling the white Advanced League away kit
The away kit

Goalkeepers / Two temperatures

The full life
of the forge.

Across the same halftone canvas, Forge AC’s two goalkeeper kits carry the full arc of transformation: heat rising and heat falling.

Forge AC goalkeeper in the pink and teal Ember Fade kit leaping with the ball
Cooling / 01

Ember Fade

A halftone dot gradient dissolves from hot pink at the collar to cool teal at the hem, like sparks losing heat as they scatter away from the anvil.

Forge AC goalkeeper in the red and yellow Molten kit diving full stretch
Full heat / 02

Molten

The effect runs in reverse, red rising into yellow, the forge captured at full temperature.

Forge AC goalkeepers wearing Ember Fade and Molten together at goal
Ember Fade + Molten / The complete temperature range

Junior Academy

Built one
strike at a time.

Junior Academy navy home kit with evenly spaced orange hoops
Review image / supplied artwork
Home

The Hammer’s Rhythm

Evenly spaced orange hoops run across a navy body, each landing like a hammer strike on the anvil: steady, repeating, and building the shirt one blow at a time.

Junior Academy white away kit with orange hoops and navy shoulder details
Review image / supplied artwork
Away

After the Hammer Falls

A clean white body, navy raglan details, and orange hoops mark the quiet moment after the hammer falls, when the metal has cooled and the shape is set.

Forge AC player training in the black kit on a Colorado Springs field
Training beneath the Front Range foothills
05

Training / Colorado Springs

The Forge at Rest

A black body keeps the training kit low-key on the practice field, while an orange collar, sleeve trims, and a single center-chest pinstripe supply the thread of heat that never fully cools.

Polos, full-zip jacket + hoodie

Sparks carried
into the city.

Two Forge AC polos photographed among the sandstone at Garden of the Gods
Polos

Sparks off the anvil

One polo scatters orange sparks across a navy chest in a burst from the crest; the other renders the idea in reverse, with jagged orange marks across white.

Two people wearing Forge AC navy full-zip jackets on a downtown Colorado Springs street
Full-zip jacket

Mountain to main street

A navy shell with an orange sleeve panel, built for the walk from the parking lot to the pitch and everywhere in between.

Beyond the kits

Opportunity,
forged together.

Forge AC is more than a soccer club. It is a movement to level the playing field for athletes from all backgrounds, with merit- and need-based scholarships ensuring every athlete has the opportunity to grow and succeed.

The club’s Forge Operators program provides personalized coaching, performance training, recruitment support, and highlight video production as a pathway toward collegiate and professional opportunity.

Leadership that inspires

Under Executive Director Kris Miller, Forge AC has continued to build itself into a progressive force in youth soccer development, with ambitions extending beyond competitive success into character building and community engagement.

“Our mission is to give every athlete the tools they need to succeed, no matter where they come from. At Forge AC, we believe in the power of transformation, both on the field and in life. These kits are a celebration of that journey.”Kris Miller / Executive Director

Community at the core

Forge AC’s identity remains deeply intertwined with Colorado Springs. Its focus on grassroots development, camaraderie, and inclusivity creates an environment where athletes and families thrive together, from soccer tennis tournaments to the everyday work of building a club from the ground up.

Follow the journey / @forgeathleticclub

Admiral ID / Bespoke by design

One club.
One unmistakable identity.

Admiral ID tailors every piece to the unique story of the club and its athletes. For Forge AC, that meant capturing the spark, heat, rhythm, aftermath, and full range of temperature in the forging process, all set against the mountains and red rock the club calls home.

Forge AC players together in home, away, Ember Fade, and Molten kits
The full Advanced range together

A new era for Forge AC

Transform.
Inspire.
Forge ahead.

With its expanded Admiral ID collection, Forge AC enters the season with kits that speak to every part of the club’s founding metaphor: the strike, the cooling, the raw material, and the full heat of the forge itself.

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