This year, things are just a little different when it comes to Black Friday and the huge holiday deals. We have been lining up details over the past few weeks to ensure you get the best deals and it looks like SoccerLoco want to ensure they have the craziest one …
Read More »Up Close and Personal With the Nike Vapor Supernova
Seeing as Cristiano Ronaldo had the Week of his Life* by scoring all 4 goals in Portugal’s Home/Away World Cup playoff versus Sweden, fully profiling his new personalized boots seems quite fitting. There are not many players in the world that get their own fully personalized pair of boots, but we are …
Read More »KickTV Hit Up Portland and the Samba Collection Release
The legend that is Jimmy Conrad hit up Adidas HQ last week to check out their collection of boots and jerseys being launched for next Summer’s World Cup. On top of it all, he got to jump in a game and somehow won “Defender of the Match”, which got him …
Read More »Latest F50 Adizero and adiPure 11Pro Get miAdidas Upgrades
After a brief delay following the highly publicized release of the new F50 Adizero and adiPure 11Pro 2, Adidas have made both boots available for customization on their miadidas website with some fun added bonus add-ons. As if the boots from Adidas’ new Samba collection weren’t ebullient enough, over the …
Read More »The Soccer List, Midweek Edition – Electric Bugaloo
So after a pretty crazy couple of international World Cup qualifiers it’s time to bring up a rare mid-week “The Soccer List“. I’ve boiled the kettle and am ready to dive into the biggest and weirdest stories from the last 48 hours. 1. Ronaldo Pretty Much Seals Balon d’Or I …
Read More »Mizuno Morelia “Made in Japan” – Boot review
The Mizuno Morelia is my favourite football boot of all time, in my opinion they are the ultimate football boot offering supreme comfort, touch on the ball and are as durable as boots come. I really didn’t think I could like a boot more but I have been told the …
Read More »The Soccer List – The Legend of the Drunken Linesman
Hello and as CBC Radio One host Jian Ghomeshi is prone to saying “Happy Monday”. Welcome to a shorter than usual edition of The Soccer List, thank you International Break! Rest assured SC101 universe I’ll be throwing up a celebratory “Zlatan is in the World Cup” edition Wednesday morning, or …
Read More »Mercurial Mentality; Boot and Brand Bias, Signs and Symptoms
The Nike Mercurial; since their initial introduction in 1998 gracing the feet of Ronaldo (not Cristiano), they have been the most popular series of boot on the market – only rivaled by the Adidas Predator in terms of success. As far as I can see, there are only a few …
Read More »Diadora Italica K Pro MG 14 – Boot Review
Diadora are a boot company who’s products I have often liked the look of, but I’d never had the opportunity to get a pair to have a run out in. That was remedied when I received the Diadora Italica K Pro MG 14 (try saying that three times fast) and I …
Read More »Warrior Superheat Released – A New Type of Speed Boot
Warrior Sports has just unveiled their latest boot release that completes their full category sub-set. The Warrior Superheat is a new type of speed boot, adding another choice for players who like things lightweight and designed for acceleration. With the likes of Vincent Kompany, Marouane Fellaini and Tim Cahill part of …
Read More »The Nike Vapor IX Dilemma – Ronaldo or Ibrahimovic
When news of the big Sweden vs Portugal World Cup playoff match-up was announced, I’m sure the folks at Nike had some pretty mixed emotions. On one hand, they got the hottest match-up prior to the World Cup with 2 of the worlds biggest stars on show, but on the …
Read More »SoccerSavings Gets a Serious Upgrade and Rebranding!
Over the past few months, you might have noticed us mentioning SoccerSavings a little more on our site. Remember the slightly outdated logo and white-wash design? Well, the Kansas based company decided the time was right to give their on-line website a serious face-lift, with a cleaner visual appearance and …
Read More »Diadora Brasil Classic – Boot Review
Finally readily available in North America, the Diadora Brasil Classic is designed to be a top competitor to the Adidas Copa Mundial. Just by looking at them, you can tell that they are a heritage boot. They have the good old conical stud pattern and the long tongue. And considering …
Read More »Warrior #Superheat – Can You Handle the Heat?
We are on the verge of being introduced to Warrior Sports 3rd boot silo, and going of the advertising campaign we have a feeling it is going to be called the Superheat! In all of their release campaigns to date, Warrior has been very successful in keeping things underwraps, while …
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