XBlades Sniper Speed – Boot Review

Sniper

Xblades aren’t a huge player on the market and I’ve never actually seen a pair in person. So, I was quite excited to hear that I would be getting a few pairs of Xblades in for testing. Seeing as more interest was expressed over the Sniper Speed, I made sure …

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Bootspotting: Balotelli Testing New Puma Silo?

Puma evoPOWER Prototype Boot

A little bit of bootspotting for a Monday afternoon. Checking out the Milan v Roma match and AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli took to the pitch wearing a boot entirely kitted out in newspaper headlines about himself. Super Mario, has been a long time Nike CTR 360 wearer (odd choice …

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Adidas F50 adiZero Samba Review

Adidas F50 adiZero Samba Edition

With their minds fully focused on next Summer’s World Cup in Brazil, Adidas has added a fresh new version of the F50 adiZero as part of their vibrant “Samba Collection“. There is a lot of exciting updates to this edition and with the likes of Luis Suarez and Gareth Bale …

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Nike Release A New Seasonal “Flash Pack”

Flash Pack featured

Nike is back with a new “Flash Pack” collection that brings reflective design to their four primary ranges. Each of the four boots features a very unique silver reflective blocking design that speaks to the boot’s silo and is inspired by some of nature’s most magnificent creatures. The Hypervenom’s reflective area …

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A Soccer Player’s Special Wishlist to Santa

Xmas Soccer

Hi again Sinterklaas, (I’ve chosen your Dutch holiday name because I like the spelling and sound of it) I should start my letter to you by apologizing because I believe it’s been quite sometime since we corresponded last. I know you didn’t write me back, but you did bring me …

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Where do you play? Staff Edition

I called on the other writers of soccercleats101 to deliver some pictures of the places they play soccer on a regular basis, and they delivered in a big way. I hope that this is just the first installment of an extended series that will showoff soccer fields, gyms, and other …

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Introducing the Nike Tiempo Legend V

With 2 and a half years of extensive research behind it, Nike has finally revealed it latest boot masterpiece – the Tiempo Legend V. For weeks, people have been asking when the new silo would finally be unleashed, and having seen the release colorway used in games across Europe this …

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Nike Vapor IX Supernova vs Adidas Adizero F50 Yamamoto

Over the last few weeks, we in the boot world have been treated to a quality game of one-upsmanship from Soccer’s two main brands. Back in October, the boot powerhouses graced us with a bevy of high profile and high visibility releases in Adidas’ Enlightened and Nike’s Hi-Vis Collections. The …

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Joma Top Flex – A Second Look Review

Joma Top Flex

As I mentioned about a month ago now, SC101’s Canadian HQ received a little pre-Christmas care package from Spanish outfit Joma. The first thing I spied in the package was Joma’s futsal party piece, the Top Flex. Now it’s been just shy of three years since Bryan took the Top Flex …

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