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Nike have again raised the bar bringing another fabled release to the soccer cleat market! This time around it is the Nike CTR360 Maestri, and this cleat is being specifically driven to one market ‘the playmaker’! You just have to look at the players who will be wearing the CTR360 …

What a steal,  if you are a fan of the Nike Vapor V soccer cleats, you will love this deal of the day! Instead of paying $241.99 for the Nike Mercurial Vapor V Metallic Platinum/Hot Red/White/Max Orange you will only pay $169.99, a savings of $72. The Nike Vapor V …

Nicolas Anelka was one of the first to sport the new puma V1.10 in this weekends fixture versus Wigan Athletic. Chelsea lost the game, and Anelka failed to shine in Puma’s latest masterpiece. We currently have a pair and have been testing them for the past two weeks in games and …

Hearing what professional players think about the cleats that they are wearing is always interesting! Professional players need to be confident in what they wear. It is funny, but there is a lot of positive psychology behind feeling “right” in the cleats you are sporting. One player that recently shared …

Yes, we have all experienced it, the horrible stench of smelly soccer cleats that have been stuck in a bag for a week too long. Even though I should know better, there are times when I forget my boots and leave them in a bag for an extended time without …

You have got to love this latest Nike Tiempo release, specially designed to commemorate the US team of ’94. I remember when the 1994 World Cup took place here in the US, I was glued to a TV in Ireland throughout the tournament, as the Irish team battled to the first knockout stage. Ireland’s first …

Voting closed, and 10 finalists were selected on November 5th 2009!! There is a great competition involving designing a soccer cleat going on over at Umbro. Umbro is giving aspiring designers, or creative soccer players, the opportunity to design the soles of the Umbro Speciali. 11 lucky winners will have …

This has to be one of the strangest color combo’s I have seen on a cleat in a while! The newest color version of the Nike Vapor Superfly in an Orion Blue/Metallic Silver/Obsidian/Max Orange color has been released on the US market. All the cleats in the Superfly range have a …

I find it intriguing how different companies approach different market places. One example of this is Umbro. Back in Ireland (where I grew up), Umbro is seen to be one of the absolute leaders in terms of footwear and soccer gear. Yet, here in the US, the company has taken a …

Oh yes! The Puma V1.10 is set to be released in the US in less than 1 month, and we can not wait! In less than a week, we will start to review the eagerly anticipated release of the newest Puma soccer cleat, a cleat that Puma dub to be their “lightest and …

One question I have been meaning to tackle in recent times is whether or not FRS is suitable for soccer players. If you are not familiar with FRS it is the energy drink that athletes like Lance Armstrong and Derek Fisher swear by and use while competing at the highest …

That’s right, you can get your hands on the actual pair of cleats the Bendtner wore in the Champions put his notorious pink s League match between Arsenal FC and Dynamo Kiev at Emirates Stadium in London on the 25th of November 2008. Bendtner also scored the goal in that …

With only one month to go to the one year anniversary of SC101'S beginning, we wanted to use a post to give ourselves a personal shout out and let you know where and how to find us, and also tell you about some plans we have down the line.

Quick deal to watch out for this weekend to help you save if you are thinking of buying some gear/cleats. It is the Friends & Family Sale and you can save 15% on your entire order by using code: 1FF15 at checkout over at Soccer.com. The offer runs from 3 pm …