{"product_id":"pt-crewneck","title":"Army Navy Crewneck","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eIn 1945, the world was still at war and college athletics reflected it. World War II had stripped campuses of full rosters and regular seasons as the majority of college-aged men were drafted or volunteered into service. Competition continued in fragments, reshaped by absence, urgency, and national priority rather than parity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThat year, there was no formally recognized Men’s Soccer National Champion declared by the ISFA. Instead, several institutions stepped forward on their own terms. Haverford College, alongside Army, Navy, and Yale, each claimed championship status for the 1945 season. It was less a consensus than a collection of assertions made in a moment when normal rules no longer applied.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eThis piece sits inside that tension. On one hand, the claim reads as patriotism: institutions tied directly or symbolically to military power standing firm during global conflict, projecting strength and continuity when uncertainty dominated. On the other, it raises harder questions. Questions about authority, about who gets to declare victory, and about whether dominance is earned, assumed, or simply narrated into existence. After all, in a world at war, the idea that service members could lose was not one many were willing to entertain.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSangre Real doesn’t resolve that contradiction. This garment holds it. Strength, pride, force, and belief all coexist here. Because history isn’t neutral, and championships, like wars, are ultimately remembered according to who tells the story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pl-2\"\u003e360 gsm\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pl-2\"\u003e10.6 oz\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sangre Real","offers":[{"title":"S","offer_id":43628847300686,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":43628847333454,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":43628847366222,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"XL","offer_id":43628847398990,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":43628847431758,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7073\/3646\/files\/ArmyNavyCrewneck_Regular_Front.png?v=1776441823","url":"https:\/\/sangre-real.com\/products\/pt-crewneck","provider":"Sangre Real","version":"1.0","type":"link"}