the strips , produced by sportswear giants nike , have caused a bit of stir across the pond , because of the decision to go with a black and white colour scheme rather than the traditional red , white and blue .
but striker alex morgan hailed nike 's design as innovative .
she said , before adding , ` you know it 's not a lot of red , white and blue in the white one because they wanted a clean look .
there has been some controversy surrounding the decision to use a black and white colour scheme .