U.S. Soccer

Visual

---
bcp_version: "2.0.0"
file_type: visual
parent: https://registry.encodedbrands.ai/us-soccer-785/.well-known/brand.md
last_updated: "2026-10-19"
---

# Visual

Brand-declared rules come from the **Soccer Forward Storytelling Toolkit**: the Toolkit Brand Guide (8 pp, PDF created 2025-11-26; **GUIDE p.N**), the How-to Guide (52 pp; **HOWTO p.N**) and the Soccer Forward Foundation Logo PDF (7 pp; **LOCKUP p.N**). Encoded rendered and viewed every GUIDE page, LOCKUP p.3–6 and HOWTO p.4, p.17. These are campaign-toolkit rules for Soccer Forward and its partners. They are the only declared U.S. Soccer visual system in the sources; for federation-wide work treat them as the best available evidence, and see **Live surface** for how ussoccer.com differs. Values measured on ussoccer.com are labelled `observed`.

## Logo

```yaml
logo:
  primary:
    description: >
      No logo file was supplied. Two marks appear in the sources:
      (1) the Soccer Forward Foundation (SFF) lock-up: lowercase 'soccer forward foundation' wordmark
      inside a goalpost outline (left post shorter, crossbar rising to the right), descriptor
      'A U.S. Soccer Initiative' below; navy and white versions (LOCKUP p.3); and
      (2) the U.S. Soccer crest, which appears in templates only as a stand-in: '*U.S. Soccer crest is for
      placement only – add your crest where it is placed!' (HOWTO p.10). That slot takes the partner's own
      crest or logo. The GUIDE has no visible crest page (p.6 carries only a hidden text layer
      'Crest / Primary / Secondary'), so no rules for U.S. Soccer's own use of its crest are encoded.
    evidence_status: brand_declared
    variants: []   # gap: no SFF lock-up or crest file supplied; LOCKUP p.3 design-file link reads 'XYZ'.
    site_observed_crest:
      evidence_status: observed
      url: "https://cdn.sanity.io/images/oyf3dba6/production/523948c113ab21be02342645437bdbe6c2650fcd-31x56.svg"
      note: >
        Single-path vector crest, viewBox 30.67 x 56.07, served on the ussoccer.com Keeping Score toolkit page
        (fetched 2026-10-19, HTTP 200, 860 bytes). This is a site asset, not a supplied logo master and not a
        usage licence. Use it only to identify the mark; do not place it in partner assets (HOWTO p.10).
logo_usage:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  generation_policy: official_assets_only
  generation_instructions: >
    "Do not modify or use unapproved versions of the logo. Always use the official logo files provided
    by the brand team." (HOWTO p.17). Never typeset, trace or generate the SFF wordmark, the goalpost
    outline or the crest. Without a file, leave a labelled placeholder. Files: soccerforward@ussoccer.org.
  color_versions:
    - "White version: use on dark backgrounds (LOCKUP p.3)."
    - "Navy version: use on light backgrounds (LOCKUP p.3)."
  co_branding: >
    Partners may use their own logo alone, or the co-branded lock-up 'SFF | Your logo' — only the versions
    shown (LOCKUP p.3). The co-branded lock-up 'may be used in broader applications by those who are not
    official partners'. SFF first is preferred; partner agreements may specify otherwise (LOCKUP p.4).
    'Partners may choose their logo color, as long as it maintains sufficient contrast with the background'
    (LOCKUP p.4; HOWTO p.11). Keep 'a little space around each logo so they don't touch' (HOWTO p.11).
  lockup_geometry:
    divider_thickness: "equal to the SFF goalpost line thickness (X) (LOCKUP p.4)"
    divider_spacing: "space between divider and each logo = 8X (LOCKUP p.4)"
    partner_logo_height: "no taller than the SFF lock-up's maximum height (top of goalpost to baseline of 'foundation') (LOCKUP p.4)"
  minimum_size:
    rule: "Never smaller than 50 px or 0.6875 in tall, measured from the top of the SFF goalpost (LOCKUP p.4)."
    machine_value: { digital_px: 50, print_in: 0.6875 }
  size_rule_of_thumb: "Logo roughly 5–10% of the template width (HOWTO p.11)."
  placement: "Keep the logo in a corner of the asset at a legible scale (LOCKUP p.5); template final example places the lock-up bottom right (HOWTO p.4)."
  forbidden_modifications:
    - modify_or_unapproved_version   # HOWTO p.17
    - recreate_or_redraw             # HOWTO p.17 'official logo files'
    - us_soccer_crest_in_partner_assets   # HOWTO p.10: template crest is a placeholder for the partner's own crest
  clear_space: null   # gap: no clear-space rule beyond the 8X divider spacing.
```

## Color

Values are as printed in GUIDE p.3 (screen) and p.4 (print). Approved palette only: "Do not use colors outside our approved palette" (HOWTO p.17).

```yaml
color:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  tokens:
    enduring_blue:
      hex: "#000D5E"
      rgb: [0, 13, 94]
      cmyk: [100, 90, 5, 50]
      pms: "2757 C"
      role: primary
      semantic_name: "Enduring Blue"
      usage_rule: "Primary. Dominant background of campaign assets (GUIDE p.5, p.7, p.8; HOWTO p.4). Navy logo version and body text on light grounds."
    unifying_red:
      hex: "#F20023"
      rgb: [242, 0, 35]
      cmyk: [0, 100, 98, 0]
      pms: "185 C"
      role: primary
      semantic_name: "Unifying Red"
      usage_rule: "Primary. Accent fields and labels (GUIDE p.8 annotations; HOWTO key-element markers). Large text only on Enduring Blue and White (see accessibility)."
    white:
      hex: "#FFFFFF"
      rgb: [255, 255, 255]
      cmyk: [0, 0, 0, 0]
      pms: "White"
      role: primary
      semantic_name: "White"
      usage_rule: "Primary. Headline and CTA text on Enduring Blue (GUIDE p.8). The goalpost graphic 'must always appear in white' (HOWTO p.17)."
    brilliant_blue:
      hex: "#005CFF"
      rgb: [0, 92, 255]
      cmyk: [100, 72, 0, 0]
      pms: "2728 C"
      role: secondary
      semantic_name: "Brilliant Blue"
      usage_rule: "Secondary. Second field colour; white text passes at all sizes."
    courage_teal:
      hex: "#6FF4F9"
      rgb: [111, 244, 249]
      cmyk: [50, 0, 10, 0]
      pms: "Blue 0821 C"
      role: tertiary
      semantic_name: "Courage Teal"
      usage_rule: "Tertiary. Small highlight; strong as text on Enduring Blue (13.1:1). Never text on White (1.3:1)."
    black:
      hex: "#000000"
      rgb: [0, 0, 0]
      cmyk: [0, 0, 0, 100]
      pms: "Black"
      role: tertiary
      semantic_name: "Black"
      usage_rule: "Tertiary. Text on White, Teal or Red; field colour with white text."
  hierarchy: "Primary (Enduring Blue, Unifying Red, White) > Secondary (Brilliant Blue) > Tertiary (Courage Teal, Black) (GUIDE p.3)."
  tints_and_gradients: null   # not addressed in the guide; do not invent tints.
  print_note: "GUIDE p.4 prints Brilliant Blue CMYK as '100 72. 0 0'; read as 100/72/0/0 (source typo, not corrected in print files without confirmation)."
```

### Accessibility pairings

GUIDE p.5: "Always test text and background colors to meet ADA standards." GUIDE p.6 is a cheat sheet of passing pairs, shown as "Large text" only or "Large text + Regular text". Encoded recomputed WCAG 2.x contrast for each pair.

```yaml
accessibility:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  pairs:   # foreground on background — cheat-sheet sizes (GUIDE p.6) — computed ratio
    - { fg: white,          bg: enduring_blue,  sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 17.22 }
    - { fg: unifying_red,   bg: enduring_blue,  sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.94 }
    - { fg: brilliant_blue, bg: enduring_blue,  sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.26 }
    - { fg: courage_teal,   bg: enduring_blue,  sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 13.11 }
    - { fg: white,          bg: unifying_red,   sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 4.38, note: "Regular size FAILS WCAG AA 4.5:1 by computation. Use white-on-red for large text (≥24 px, or ≥18.66 px bold) only." }
    - { fg: enduring_blue,  bg: unifying_red,   sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.94 }
    - { fg: courage_teal,   bg: unifying_red,   sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.33 }
    - { fg: enduring_blue,  bg: white,          sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 17.22 }
    - { fg: unifying_red,   bg: white,          sizes: [large],          ratio: 4.38 }
    - { fg: brilliant_blue, bg: white,          sizes: [large],          ratio: 5.28, note: "Computes as AA for regular text too; the cheat sheet shows large only." }
    - { fg: black,          bg: white,          sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 21.0 }
    - { fg: white,          bg: brilliant_blue, sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 5.28 }
    - { fg: enduring_blue,  bg: brilliant_blue, sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.26 }
    - { fg: courage_teal,   bg: brilliant_blue, sizes: [large],          ratio: 4.02 }
    - { fg: enduring_blue,  bg: courage_teal,   sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 13.11 }
    - { fg: unifying_red,   bg: courage_teal,   sizes: [large],          ratio: 3.33 }
    - { fg: brilliant_blue, bg: courage_teal,   sizes: [large],          ratio: 4.02 }
    - { fg: white,          bg: black,          sizes: [large, regular], ratio: 21.0 }
  never:
    - "Brilliant Blue on Unifying Red or vice versa (1.21:1)"
    - "White or Courage Teal on each other (1.31:1)"
    - "Enduring Blue on Black or vice versa (1.22:1)"
```

## Typography

```yaml
typography:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  families:
    ussf_unity:
      family: "USSF Unity"
      weights: ["Medium", "Wide Black Italic"]
      styles: ["normal", "italic"]
      source: "GUIDE p.7–8. 'U.S. Soccer's brand font, USSF Unity, is a custom typeface born from the spirit of the game … It reflects the circular essence that connects players, fans, and communities alike.'"
      usage_rule: >
        Headlines: USSF Unity Wide Black Italic, 'should always appear lowercase'. Subheads and straplines:
        Wide Black Italic. Body copy and CTAs: USSF Unity Medium, sentence case (GUIDE p.8). The guide's own
        samples capitalise the first word; see voice.md mechanics.
        Punctuation (GUIDE p.8): 'Punctuation should only be omitted from headlines if there is a % sign at
        the end of the sentence. The rules for punctuation can be discretionary and be adjusted on a use-case
        basis.' So a headline ending in a percentage drops its full stop; every other headline keeps it.
      license_note: >
        Custom, proprietary. No font file or licence was supplied. HOWTO p.8: 'If you would like to use U.S.
        Soccer's font, please reach out to soccerforward@ussoccer.org.' ussoccer.com serves USSFUnityDisplay
        web fonts (observed); public serving is not permission to download, embed or redistribute them.
        Without a licensed file, use a fallback below and say so.
    league_spartan:
      family: "League Spartan"
      weights: [700]
      styles: ["normal"]
      source: "GUIDE p.7 Canva substitute: Headline 'League Spartan - Bold, Size ~ 90–140'; Strapline 'League Spartan - Bold'."
      license_note: "Open-source (SIL Open Font License, distributed via Google Fonts — Encoded's general knowledge, not re-checked on 2026-10-19). No italic is published; do not synthesise one for brand work unless the user accepts it."
    manrope:
      family: "Manrope"
      weights: [400, 500]
      styles: ["normal"]
      source: "GUIDE p.7 Canva substitute for CTA and body (regular–medium)."
      license_note: "Open-source (SIL Open Font License, Google Fonts — not re-checked on 2026-10-19)."
    open_sans:
      family: "Open Sans"
      weights: [400, 500]
      styles: ["normal"]
      source: "GUIDE p.7 alternative to Manrope for CTA and body."
      license_note: "Open-source (SIL Open Font License, Google Fonts — not re-checked on 2026-10-19)."
    arial:
      family: "Arial"
      weights: [400, 700]
      styles: ["normal", "italic"]
      source: "HOWTO p.8–9, p.13 alternative for free Canva: impact statement Arial Bold/Italic 275, strap line Arial Bold/Italic 130, CTA Arial Regular 90 (letter spacing 0, line spacing 1)."
  roles:
    display: ussf_unity
    strapline: ussf_unity
    body: ussf_unity
    cta: ussf_unity
  fallback_roles:
    display: ["League Spartan Bold (GUIDE, Canva)", "Arial Bold Italic (HOWTO, free Canva; the only sourced italic fallback)"]
    body: ["Manrope", "Open Sans", "Arial"]
  source_conflict: >
    GUIDE p.7 names League Spartan / Manrope / Open Sans for Canva; HOWTO p.8 says 'For an alternative font,
    please use Arial.' Both are U.S. Soccer documents and both are scoped to Canva. Encoded inference (not a
    source rule): for web and HTML, League Spartan + Manrope sit closer to USSF Unity's wide geometric forms,
    but League Spartan has no italic, so if the italic headline treatment matters more than letter width,
    use Arial Bold Italic as HOWTO does. State which fallback was used.
  size_ratios_from_howto: "Impact statement : strap line : CTA = 275 : 130 : 90 in the 1080-class template (HOWTO p.8, p.9, p.13); keep the ratio when scaling."
```

## Layout and composition

```yaml
layout:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  hierarchy: >
    Communication hierarchy (HOWTO p.5): 1 Impact statement → 2 Strap line 'Keeping score of what matters'
    → 3 CTA → 4 Logo. Final graphic example (HOWTO p.4), on Enduring Blue: impact statement top-left in
    large white Wide Black Italic over 3–4 lines; strap line directly below, smaller; QR code bottom-left
    with the CTA ('Join the legacy') to its right; photograph in the Soccer Forward goalpost shape filling
    the right and lower area; logo lock-up bottom right over the photo; stat source small and legible in
    the bottom-right corner (HOWTO p.8).
  template_variants: >
    Social carousel (HOWTO p.21): frame 1 full-bleed photo with a white goalpost OUTLINE (line graphic) and the
    impact statement in white inside it; frame 2 photo with strap line and 'Join the legacy'; frame 3 solid
    Unifying Red with the white SFF lock-up and partner logo. Email (HOWTO p.39–40): hero photo with white
    goalpost outline and white headline, SFF lock-up top-left; white body with Enduring Blue italic section
    heads and small inset photos; Enduring Blue footer with an outlined white 'Join the legacy' pill button and
    social icons. The goalpost therefore appears either as the photo cut-out shape or as a white outline over
    a full-bleed photo — one per visual plane either way.
  alignment: "Flush-left text block; no centred headlines in toolkit examples (observed GUIDE p.8, HOWTO p.4)."
  resizing: "'Maintain original logo, tagline, and CTA placement when resizing.' (HOWTO p.25)"
  page_citation_note: "HOWTO p.N citations are PDF page indexes; from p.37 onward the printed folio is one higher."
  qr_code: "QR to the partner's site, the Soccer Forward site or the Resource Hub (CTA p.2, p.4); pair with 'Scan to join the legacy.' on print."
  formats_available: "Social 1x1, social 16x9, digital banner, pamphlet, table poster, merch, newsletter, email (initial + follow-up), event display, out-of-home, field banners (toolkit page; HOWTO p.6)."
  forbidden_compositions:
    - "Goalpost graphic in any colour other than white (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "Goalpost angle or orientation altered (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "More than one goalpost in a single visual plane (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "Colours outside the approved palette, e.g. a green field colour (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "Hard-to-read script or decorative fonts (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "Health or body stats on youth-facing formats (field banner, merch, event signage) — boundaries.md."
extensions:
  goalpost_photo_frame:
    evidence_status: brand_declared
    description: >
      'Photography in Soccer Forward shape' (HOWTO p.4, p.12): photos are cut to the goalpost outline — a
      quadrilateral with a flat bottom and vertical sides whose top edge rises from left to right. In the
      nine supplied PNGs (measured by Encoded) the top edge runs from about 35–48% of image height at the left
      to about 3–15% at the right; the bottom edge sits at 87–99%; outside the shape is transparent.
      Subjects may break above the top edge (power-soccer, youth-soccer-1, celebration).
    rules:
      - "Use the supplied pre-cut PNGs where possible; a partner's own photo 'will not be in the same shape' unless cut (HOWTO p.12)."
      - "Only one goalpost shape per visual plane; do not rotate or mirror it (HOWTO p.17, inference for mirroring)."
```

## Imagery

The nine photos below are the toolkit's photo bank ("Keeping Score of What Matters - Photography", Google Drive folder `1ZZ2dV2mGbH77vuFdRLDZYr2J5RoK3Z21`, created 2025-11-29, linked as "Photography" from the toolkit page). Encoded downloaded and viewed each file on 2026-10-19. All are RGBA PNGs pre-cut to the goalpost shape with transparent surrounds. No captions, credits, model releases or licence terms were found. **File names do not always match content:** "Beach Soccer" shows a hard red court in a city; "Keeping Score 8" is the beach image.

```yaml
imagery:
  evidence_status: brand_declared
  photographic_style: >
    Observed across the nine files: real-looking action photography of everyday players, not national-team
    or stadium imagery; natural daylight or arena light; mid-action dribbles, tackles and celebrations at
    eye level or slightly low; diverse ages, genders, abilities, ethnicities and dress (including a player in
    hijab and adaptive players); bright kit colours (red, orange, blue) that sit well against Enduring Blue.
    Toolkit direction: partners should 'use your own photography that reflects your players, teams, or
    events' (HOWTO p.41).
  assets:
    - file: "Amputee Soccer.png"
      drive_id: "1BKxw-8ThyLeUNsjL2jcVIzCCii_kIJVR"
      pixels: "7952x5304"
      sha256: "1fc17a2d4c512b72174d39c56d7b37b6d21b4442f15a1e89c48972f7ae2ab74e"
      subject: "Four adult men playing amputee soccer on forearm crutches on an outdoor artificial-turf pitch at golden hour; one in a lime bib on the ball."
      use_for: "Adaptive and disability soccer, inclusion, adults."
      do_not: "Caption as the U.S. Amputee National Team or a named program; frame as tragedy."
    - file: "Beach Soccer.png"
      drive_id: "1GwXqtlbktY8myIE4mjWVBTYvEyGWBjFV"
      pixels: "6720x4480"
      sha256: "8ec033785b343e1b5c446662241e74e170bd8cad36925f002d59e3c36a43d264"
      subject: "Five adult men in casual sportswear in a pickup game on a red hard court beside apartment blocks; NOT beach soccer despite the file name."
      use_for: "Adult pickup, community and urban soccer, 'you can play soccer just about anywhere'."
      do_not: "Label as beach soccer."
    - file: "Celebration.png"
      drive_id: "1RrdRzHyEsMN0Q8D3MRH-hH7lXf1ARpnZ"
      pixels: "7722x5045"
      sha256: "850a8374c643848879dbad3283543da30257766e12fb2e57139b3fe7c73b3bc0"
      subject: "Five young girls in red-and-white kits hugging and laughing on a grass field at sunset; heads break the frame top."
      use_for: "Joy, belonging, girls staying in the game; youth-facing positive messaging."
      do_not: "Pair with body or mental-health stats where children see it; name the girls or a club."
    - file: "Futsal.png"
      drive_id: "1X_etFh_3-lr-VmDNKOteVjLNn1zTVXLJ"
      pixels: "7008x4672"
      sha256: "031966735ed5e4a56505f700eb774cb09b18ea8f54c085bbc1d477ffc31fa77a"
      subject: "Two young women dribbling a futsal ball on a smooth concrete court under a covered structure, cones behind."
      use_for: "Futsal, women's game, small-sided play."
    - file: "Indoor Soccer.png"
      drive_id: "1mY4cBySYfu8dUZUdtJ5X9U58BONH2BJD"
      pixels: "6000x4008"
      sha256: "837b9c12fd3a3ea55d224bf6a8da5bbdf889355d6f5b6eee9b3c6ff80770ec65"
      subject: "Teen boys in orange and blue bibs contesting the ball on artificial turf under a large roofed structure, other players in background."
      use_for: "Youth training, year-round play, mini-pitch and facility stories."
    - file: "Keeping Score 8.png"
      drive_id: "1qBI1lEw34KoDUtcrXqAPPx0HlAjAPOiy"
      pixels: "5188x3459"
      sha256: "b1034ffb7bbfde5f14671950421493b51b478bebca2c46ed7901c9de6803bea7"
      subject: "Two young players in royal-blue kits playing beach soccer on sand by the sea, yellow goal frame behind; one juggles an orange ball."
      use_for: "Beach soccer (this is the beach image)."
      do_not: "Caption as a U.S. Beach National Team."
    - file: "Power Soccer.png"
      drive_id: "1qHONTJcDKoHsp9wVlT9KKDlvSw20rfw5"
      pixels: "7952x5304"
      sha256: "2dd699ce2fde0c10c5de3bbf2eb3139d621017d6e3b70e4d5e9569527c78b562"
      subject: "A young man in a power wheelchair with a guard frame and lime bib driving a large power-soccer ball on a gym floor; spectators and a referee flag behind; head breaks the frame top."
      use_for: "Power soccer, adaptive soccer, indoor community events."
      do_not: "Caption as the U.S. Power Soccer National Team; inspiration-porn framing."
    - file: "Youth Soccer 1.png"
      drive_id: "1Y8dSzqApBmwIpyCr-3N0EhzW3NchsYgY"
      pixels: "7087x4724"
      sha256: "77a348ed8549be36b75d1494891585b2a008e88abc07ef8e5d68e12f54eb54d8"
      subject: "Boys about 10–13 in red and sky-blue kits chasing the ball on an outdoor turf pitch; lead player breaks the frame top."
      use_for: "Youth soccer, recess and school play, concentration and teamwork headlines."
    - file: "Youth Soccer 2.png"
      drive_id: "1tbQCM0glrEww3pSwUTILLlnbTBu19hBQ"
      pixels: "7040x4693"
      sha256: "6bdaf16c5f6cec32953f484d1a079a18a5a1e9f21de294da0ee55daf9fcd2ebd"
      subject: "Teenage girls in orange bibs and a player in white kit and hijab dribbling on an indoor-dome turf pitch. Same photo as the toolkit's final graphic example (HOWTO p.4)."
      use_for: "Girls' and inclusive youth soccer; the canonical campaign example image."
      do_not: "Make the hijab the subject of the caption."
  crop_guidance: "Keep the pre-cut goalpost shape; place on Enduring Blue so transparent areas show navy; keep faces clear of headline text and logos (HOWTO p.12 'you may need to adjust location of logos to be most visible')."
  usage_scope: "Provided by U.S. Soccer to toolkit users for Keeping Score of What Matters materials. Licence, credit and release status unknown: confirm with soccerforward@ussoccer.org before paid media or non-campaign use."
  forbidden_treatments:
    - "Recolouring, heavy filters or colour casts outside the palette (HOWTO p.17 palette rule; inference for filters)."
    - "Placing two goalpost-cut photos in one visual plane (HOWTO p.17)."
    - "Identifying people, places or teams in the photos (claims.md)."
    - "AI-generated people presented as real community members (SAFE p.5 'Do not use production techniques that could mislead the audience')."
```

## Live surface (observed, not brand-declared)

ussoccer.com production CSS, fetched 2026-10-19:

```yaml
extensions:
  live_site_observed:
    evidence_status: observed
    fonts_served:
      - "USSFUnityDisplay — weights 400 (Regular), 500 (Medium), 600 (Bold), 700 (Black); woff2/woff/ttf under /_next/static/media/. No Wide or Italic cut was observed."
      - "USSF90MinDisplay (Light/Medium/Bold) and USSF90MinText (Medium)"
      - "Druk Wide Super, Druk Text Medium; Inter"
    color_tokens:
      ussf-dark-blue: "#000D5E (matches Enduring Blue)"
      ussf-red: "#C2001C (darker than the toolkit's Unifying Red #F20023)"
      ussf-gray / off-white: "#F7F7F7"
      ussf-light-gray: "#E5E5E5"
      ussf-gray-copy: "#5B5B5B"
    note: >
      The federation site and the toolkit share Enduring Blue but differ in red and in type. Use the toolkit
      values for Soccer Forward and campaign work. For federation-styled work, flag the red difference to
      the user rather than picking one silently.
```

## Open issues in the source (not corrected)

```yaml
open_issues:
  - id: OI-1
    issue: "Cheat sheet (GUIDE p.6) shows White regular text on Unifying Red as passing; it computes 4.38:1, below WCAG AA 4.5:1."
  - id: OI-2
    issue: "GUIDE p.8 says headlines 'should always appear lowercase'; the guide's own samples capitalise the first word."
  - id: OI-3
    issue: "Fallback fonts conflict: League Spartan/Manrope/Open Sans (GUIDE p.7) vs Arial (HOWTO p.8)."
  - id: OI-4
    issue: "Brilliant Blue CMYK printed '100 72. 0 0' (GUIDE p.4)."
  - id: OI-5
    issue: "Crest page absent from GUIDE: the rendered p.6 shows only the ADA cheat sheet; the words 'Crest / Primary / Secondary' exist as a hidden text layer, with no visible crest artwork (Encoded re-checked the p.6 render on 2026-10-19). The only crest vector Encoded found is the site SVG under logo.primary.site_observed_crest."
  - id: OI-6
    issue: "LOCKUP p.3 design-file link reads 'XYZ'. HOWTO refers to a 'Photography section' with guidelines that is not in the supplied PDFs."
  - id: OI-7
    issue: "Photo file names 'Beach Soccer' and 'Keeping Score 8' do not match their content."
```