diff --git a/apps/web/src/actions.ts b/apps/web/src/actions.ts
index 4fa7d6f..5bd10b6 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/actions.ts
@@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ export const registerActions = (app: Hono): void => {
           id: athlete.id,
           name: athlete.name,
           jerseyNumber: athlete.jerseyNumber,
+          // The shirt is what distinguishes #14 in white from #14 in black,
+          // so the picker needs both, not just a name.
+          team: athlete.team,
+          jerseyColor: athlete.jerseyColor,
           isFocal: athlete.isFocal,
           focalTrackId: athlete.focalTrackId,
         })),
@@ -686,9 +690,41 @@ export const registerActions = (app: Hono): void => {
     try {
       const root = await rootOf(c);
       const body = c.req.header('content-type')?.includes('application/json') === true
-        ? ((await c.req.json().catch(() => ({}))) as { trackId?: string; trackIds?: string[] })
+        ? ((await c.req.json().catch(() => ({}))) as {
+            trackId?: string;
+            trackIds?: string[];
+            name?: string;
+            jerseyNumber?: string;
+            team?: string;
+            jerseyColor?: string;
+          })
         : { trackId: field(await c.req.parseBody(), 'trackId') };
 
+      /**
+       * Who this is, if the picker asked.
+       *
+       * A number on its own does not identify a child: both teams have a 14 and
+       * they are regularly on court together. The shirt colour is the part a
+       * parent actually uses — "#14 in white" — and `jersey_color` has been on
+       * the athlete row since the first migration without anything ever writing
+       * it. Optional, because pointing at the right player remains the only
+       * thing scoring genuinely needs.
+       */
+      const identity = {
+        ...(typeof body.name === 'string' && body.name.trim().length > 0
+          ? { name: body.name.trim() }
+          : {}),
+        ...(typeof body.jerseyNumber === 'string' && body.jerseyNumber.trim().length > 0
+          ? { jerseyNumber: body.jerseyNumber.trim() }
+          : {}),
+        ...(typeof body.team === 'string' && body.team.trim().length > 0
+          ? { team: body.team.trim() }
+          : {}),
+        ...(typeof body.jerseyColor === 'string' && body.jerseyColor.trim().length > 0
+          ? { jerseyColor: body.jerseyColor.trim() }
+          : {}),
+      };
+
       /**
        * Several tracks, because the tracker splits one child into several.
        * A comma-separated list keeps the no-JS form working unchanged.
@@ -727,12 +763,15 @@ export const registerActions = (app: Hono): void => {
       const reusable = existing.find((candidate) => candidate.isFocal) ?? existing[0];
       const athlete =
         requested === 'new'
-          ? (reusable ?? (await addAthlete(root, { name: 'My athlete' })))
+          ? (reusable ?? (await addAthlete(root, { name: 'My athlete', ...identity })))
           : await getAthlete(root, requested);
       const athleteId = athlete.id;
       // Following and being bound to a track are different things; a picked
-      // athlete is obviously the one to follow.
-      await updateAthlete(root, athleteId, { focalTrackId: trackId, focal: true });
+      // athlete is obviously the one to follow. Any identity the picker
+      // collected rides along, so "#14 in white" replaces "My athlete" — on a
+      // reused athlete too, which is how a name reaches one created before the
+      // fields existed.
+      await updateAthlete(root, athleteId, { focalTrackId: trackId, focal: true, ...identity });
 
       /**
        * Add to the athlete, or set them, depending on what the caller knew.
diff --git a/apps/web/src/client/identify.tsx b/apps/web/src/client/identify.tsx
index bd25f83..b409a93 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/client/identify.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/client/identify.tsx
@@ -41,10 +41,27 @@ interface Athlete {
   id: string;
   name: string | null;
   jerseyNumber: string | null;
+  team: string | null;
+  jerseyColor: string | null;
   isFocal: boolean;
   focalTrackId: string | null;
 }
 
+/**
+ * "#14 in white" — how a parent actually points at their own child.
+ *
+ * A number alone is ambiguous: both teams have a 14 and they are frequently on
+ * court at the same time. The colour is the part you can see in the footage.
+ */
+const describe = (athlete: Athlete): string => {
+  const parts: string[] = [];
+  if (athlete.name !== null && athlete.name.length > 0) parts.push(athlete.name);
+  if (athlete.jerseyNumber !== null) parts.push(`#${athlete.jerseyNumber}`);
+  if (athlete.jerseyColor !== null) parts.push(`in ${athlete.jerseyColor}`);
+  if (athlete.team !== null) parts.push(`(${athlete.team})`);
+  return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(' ') : '(unnamed)';
+};
+
 const clock = (seconds: number): string => {
   const total = Math.max(0, Math.round(seconds));
   return `${Math.floor(total / 60)}:${String(total % 60).padStart(2, '0')}`;
@@ -94,6 +111,11 @@ const Identify = ({ base }: { base: string }) => {
   const [scores, setScores] = useState<Record<string, Match>>({});
   const [finding, setFinding] = useState(false);
   const [found, setFound] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  /** Who this is, collected alongside the picking rather than in a second form. */
+  const [name, setName] = useState('');
+  const [jerseyNumber, setJerseyNumber] = useState('');
+  const [jerseyColor, setJerseyColor] = useState('');
+  const [team, setTeam] = useState('');
   /** What just happened, said here rather than via a redirect and a flash. */
   const [saved, setSaved] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
@@ -113,7 +135,14 @@ const Identify = ({ base }: { base: string }) => {
       setCandidates(body.candidates ?? []);
       setAthletes(body.athletes ?? []);
       const focal = (body.athletes ?? []).find((a) => a.isFocal) ?? (body.athletes ?? [])[0];
-      if (focal !== undefined) setAthleteId(focal.id);
+      if (focal !== undefined) {
+        setAthleteId(focal.id);
+        // Seed the identity fields so they read as an edit, not a blank form.
+        setName(focal.name ?? '');
+        setJerseyNumber(focal.jerseyNumber ?? '');
+        setJerseyColor(focal.jerseyColor ?? '');
+        setTeam(focal.team ?? '');
+      }
       // Reopen with the existing choice selected, so adding a fragment is an
       // edit rather than starting over.
       const already = body.assignedTrackIds ?? [];
@@ -199,7 +228,7 @@ const Identify = ({ base }: { base: string }) => {
       const response = await fetch(`${base}/athletes/${target}/track`, {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { accept: 'application/json', 'content-type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ trackId: picked[0], trackIds: picked }),
+        body: JSON.stringify({ trackId: picked[0], trackIds: picked, name, jerseyNumber, jerseyColor, team }),
       });
       const body = (await response.json()) as { ok: boolean; athleteId?: string; error?: string };
       if (!response.ok || !body.ok) throw new Error(body.error ?? 'Could not save that choice.');
@@ -260,14 +289,52 @@ const Identify = ({ base }: { base: string }) => {
           >
             {athletes.map((athlete) => (
               <option key={athlete.id} value={athlete.id} selected={athlete.id === athleteId}>
-                {athlete.name ?? '(unnamed)'}
-                {athlete.jerseyNumber === null ? '' : ` #${athlete.jerseyNumber}`}
+                {describe(athlete)}
               </option>
             ))}
           </select>
         </div>
       )}
 
+      {/* Collected here rather than in a separate "Add an athlete" form, because
+          this is the moment the user is looking at the child and knows the
+          answer. All optional: pointing at the right player is the only thing
+          scoring actually needs. */}
+      <div class="row identity-fields" style="margin-bottom:.75rem;gap:.5rem;flex-wrap:wrap">
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Name (optional)"
+          value={name}
+          onInput={(event: Event) => setName((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
+          style="font:inherit;padding:.35rem;border-radius:.4rem;max-width:11rem"
+        />
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="#14"
+          value={jerseyNumber}
+          onInput={(event: Event) => setJerseyNumber((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
+          style="font:inherit;padding:.35rem;border-radius:.4rem;max-width:5rem"
+        />
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Shirt colour, e.g. white"
+          value={jerseyColor}
+          onInput={(event: Event) => setJerseyColor((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
+          style="font:inherit;padding:.35rem;border-radius:.4rem;max-width:12rem"
+        />
+        <input
+          type="text"
+          placeholder="Team (optional)"
+          value={team}
+          onInput={(event: Event) => setTeam((event.target as HTMLInputElement).value)}
+          style="font:inherit;padding:.35rem;border-radius:.4rem;max-width:11rem"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <p class="muted" style="margin-top:-.35rem">
+        Both teams have a #14. The shirt colour is what tells them apart — and what
+        the matcher uses when it looks for the same child elsewhere in the game.
+      </p>
+
       {error === null ? null : <p class="pill reject upload-error">{error}</p>}
       {saved === null ? null : <p class="notice">{saved}</p>}
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/athletes.ts b/packages/core/src/athletes.ts
index 6d1b0d1..87ef2b1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/athletes.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/athletes.ts
@@ -177,10 +177,21 @@ export const removeAthlete = async (root: string, reference: string): Promise<At
   return athlete;
 };
 
+/**
+ * How a person refers to their own child at a game: "#14 in white".
+ *
+ * The number alone is ambiguous — both teams have a 14, and on a school court
+ * they are frequently on screen together. `jersey_color` has existed on the
+ * athlete row since the first migration and nothing has ever written or shown
+ * it, so the picker could only offer names, which is the one thing a detector
+ * cannot help you match against.
+ */
 export const describeAthlete = (athlete: Athlete): string => {
   const parts: string[] = [];
   if (athlete.name !== null) parts.push(athlete.name);
   if (athlete.jerseyNumber !== null) parts.push(`#${athlete.jerseyNumber}`);
+  // Colour before team: it is what you can actually see in the footage.
+  if (athlete.jerseyColor !== null) parts.push(`in ${athlete.jerseyColor}`);
   if (athlete.team !== null) parts.push(`(${athlete.team})`);
   return parts.length > 0 ? parts.join(' ') : athlete.id;
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/whichfourteen.test.ts b/packages/core/src/whichfourteen.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58d0eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/whichfourteen.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+
+import { describeAthlete } from './athletes.js';
+import type { Athlete } from './types.js';
+
+/**
+ * "#14 on white, not #14 on black."
+ *
+ * A jersey number does not identify a child — both teams have a 14, and on a
+ * school court they are regularly on screen together. The shirt colour is the
+ * part a parent actually uses to point, and `jersey_color` has been on the
+ * athlete row since the first migration with nothing ever writing or showing
+ * it. So the picker could only offer names, which is the one attribute a
+ * detector cannot help you match against.
+ */
+
+const athlete = (over: Partial<Athlete> = {}): Athlete =>
+  ({
+    id: 'ath_test',
+    projectId: 'prj_test',
+    name: null,
+    jerseyNumber: null,
+    team: null,
+    jerseyColor: null,
+    focalTrackId: null,
+    isFocal: false,
+    createdAt: '',
+    updatedAt: '',
+    ...over,
+  }) as Athlete;
+
+describe('naming an athlete the way a parent would', () => {
+  it('says which shirt, so two number 14s are distinguishable', () => {
+    const white = describeAthlete(athlete({ jerseyNumber: '14', jerseyColor: 'white' }));
+    const black = describeAthlete(athlete({ jerseyNumber: '14', jerseyColor: 'black' }));
+    expect(white).toBe('#14 in white');
+    expect(black).toBe('#14 in black');
+    expect(white).not.toBe(black);
+  });
+
+  it('reads naturally with everything filled in', () => {
+    expect(
+      describeAthlete(
+        athlete({ name: 'Fred', jerseyNumber: '14', jerseyColor: 'white', team: 'Triton' }),
+      ),
+    ).toBe('Fred #14 in white (Triton)');
+  });
+
+  it('still works with only a name, which is all it used to have', () => {
+    expect(describeAthlete(athlete({ name: 'Fred' }))).toBe('Fred');
+  });
+
+  it('falls back to the id rather than an empty label', () => {
+    expect(describeAthlete(athlete())).toBe('ath_test');
+  });
+});