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As part of the ongoing World Cup build-up, Nike and Adidas have been releasing colorways and new boots at a breakneck speed. Ever since the start of 2014, those companies have slowly picked up the pace. And now, it may seem as if there is a new colorway introduced everyday! …

US company Just Play Cleats are a recent addition to the boot market landscape, as of current they offer two pairs of boots the ‘Free’ and the ‘Laser’. The start-up market’s their boots as being just as good quality wise as the top tier releases from companies like Adidas, Nike, …

Several of Nike’s latest Vapor IX colorways were inspired by the Mercurial boots of the past. The idea of a release inspired by previous colorways is something very common in sneaker and clothing releases, but this is one of the first times we have seen it in an accessible form …

There are a variety of turf options out on the market and a fair amount of leather boots at that. I have had a very wide sample of leather turf boots so I’m immediately wondering if the Legacy will turn out to just be more of the same. The Legacy …

Within two weeks of releasing a fresh Blue/ Red Gambler colorway, Warrior Sports has been back at work making a few big signings. About a week ago, Warrior announced the signing of a new kit deal with Stoke City. Warrior will design Stoke City’s home and away kits along with all training …

With El Clásico coming up this weekend, a big tip of the cap to the folks over at Soloporteros for the above image profiling the boots of El Clásico, which will occur on Sunday at the Bernabéu. Personally I’d love to see more images profiling who’ll be wearing what in the big matches, and …

The draw for the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal match ups has just been completed. We’ve got an all Spanish pair, and a few giants facing what are considered the weaker teams. The battle on the field is sure to be fierce, but how will the players look from the ankle …

Gareth Bale grabbed two assists and a solid player rating while debuting the Adidas adiZero f50 Crazylight in Champions League action last night. Real Madrid won 3-1 on the night versus Schalke and a whopping 9-3 over both legs, but it was definitely Bale’s boots that stood out in the …

Much of the hype surrounding this weekend went to Lionel Messi and his record breaking goal effort. His hat trick in Barcelona’s 7-0 rout of Osasuna broke the club goal record of 370. This prompted Adidas to drop a special fresh and highly limited “Messi 370” edition. But at the …

Often in European leagues there are cases of players wearing custom made colorways to match their kits, especially as they can’t always wear what they want since most of them have contracts to wear a specific boot so they turn to NikeID or miadidas. Those players in the MLS that …

As of late, the World Cup build up has been astonishing. There are less than 100 days remaining until kick-off, and we have been treated to a bit of everything recently. We have seen boots such as the Magista and the Primeknit revealed. Plans for the Primeknit FS Concept were also released …

Leo Messi is one of if not the best football players to have ever played the beautiful game and if anyone deserves their very own signature series it is the man from Argentina. The new Adidas adiZero F50 Messi boots feature a sleek rainbow color scheme of green, blue, pink, orange and white, …

On March 6th, Adidas lifted the curtain and revealed designs for the Primeknit FS Concept boot. Following the release of the Samba Primeknit, they decided to take the knit football boot design further, and make a sock/boot hybrid. Basically, Adidas designed these boots to act as a second skin. Although …

We are fresh off the full introduction of the Nike Magista and yet a lot of questions still remain as to how they actually perform. It is the sockliner that has players wondering just what they can expect in play and if it will stand the test of wet/muddy conditions. …