If we were wearing a cap we'd duly doff it in the general direction of the Colorado Rapids, who hands-down won April Fool's Day on Tuesday with a brilliantly bogus report that the MLS side were due to take to the pitch for their next home game wearing the strip of their NASL predecessors, the Colorado Caribous -- specifically the infamously dreadful 1978 rodeo-themed jersey which came complete with a leather fringe across the midriff.
An article on the Rapids' official website claimed that the "world famous" kit, which was long thought to have been lost (or more likely destroyed for the good of mankind), had been found in storage at the ranch of the Caribous' former owners, the Guercio family.
As such, the Rapids announced that they were therefore planning to pay homage to the Caribous by wearing the fringed kit on a one-off basis for their next home game against San Jose Earthquakes this week -- even having several of their players pose in the strip for a series of photos posted on the club's official Twitter feed.
NEWS: The fringe is BACK! Rapids to wear Caribous kits. http://t.co/18FMB3UYPB #CaribousofColorado pic.twitter.com/X9dAlVEaTe
— Colorado Rapids (@ColoradoRapids) April 1, 2014
Alas, it was all a ruse - a hideous, hideous ruse.
Well played, Colorado Rapids. Well played indeed.