| Soccer players are gifted athletes with
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| | and Eusebio performed at the world cup
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| physical strength and agility that would
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| | wearing Puma soccer shoes - however, shoe
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| put many other sportsmen and women to
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| | sponsorships would reach a much larger
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| shame. The finely-tuned, committed
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| | scale in the 80s and 90s. Shoes become
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| professionals that we see playing in the
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| | lighter and more supple, made primarily
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| World Cup Finals and in leagues across
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| | from kangaroo skin and are designed
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| the globe have access to the most
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| | specifically to accommodate hard, firm
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| advanced designs of soccer shoe to
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| | and soft ground.
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| enhance their performance. Since the
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| | The Copa Mondial, released by adidas in
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| first ever pair of soccer shoes were
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| | 1979, went on to become the best-selling
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| produced for King Henry VIII in 1526 for
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| | soccer shoe with its synonymous
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| a cost of four shillings, this vital
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| | three-stripe design and fold-down tongue.
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| piece of a player's equipment has evolved
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| | The Puma King continued to sell well as
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| into a multi-billion dollar business.
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| | other sportswear companies entered the
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| In the late 1800s, the heavier boot style
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| | market including Umbro, Lotto and
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| gradually became replaced with a more
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| | Diadora. But more was yet to come.
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| lightweight shoe as the game changed from
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| | In 1994, adidas released the
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| hobby to sport. In 1891, a revision to
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| | much-anticipated, revolutionary adidas
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| the Laws of the Game allowed projection
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| | Predator. This soccer shoe broke the
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| on the soles of the shoe for the first
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| | mould, almost literally, with its
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| time. This pioneering move introduced
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| | 'polymer extrusions' and bladed studs.
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| studs and saw the first incarnation of
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| | Designed by ex-Liverpool FC soccer player
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| the modern-day soccer shoe. Weighing half
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| | Craig Johnston, the adidas Predator took
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| a kilogram, this thick leather ankle boot
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| | the soccer shoe world by storm as it
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| would not offer the most flexibility but
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| | claimed to increase swerve and power with
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| offered much-needed progression from the
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| | the rubber moulds on the top of the boot.
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| steel-toe-capped work-boots.
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| | With player endorsements from such global
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| The twentieth century saw a little
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| | stars as Zinedine Zidane, Paul 'Gazza'
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| progress and various soccer shoe
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| | Gascoigne and David Beckham, the brand
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| manufacturers starting mass-production
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| | continues to develop and evolve the
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| including Gola, Valsport and Hummel. In
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| | design with such releases as the Predator
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| Germany, the industrious Dassler brothers
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| | Precision (2000) and the Predator
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| introduced the interchangeable studs to
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| | PowerSwerve (2007).
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| give wearers the opportunity to adapt to
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| | Nike were one of the last global
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| different playing surfaces and
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| | super-brands to begin marketing its own
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| conditions. This developed further in the
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| | soccer shoes but the company's designs
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| 1950s when soccer shoes were equipped
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| | and player endorsements have forced Nike
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| with screw-in metal or plastic studs.
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| | to the top of the soccer shoe ladder.
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| The Dassler brothers were to play an even
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| | Nike Total 90s and Mercurial are their
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| larger part in the evolution of the
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| | biggest selling designs and have been
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| soccer shoe then their previous work
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| | advertised by players of the ilk of
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| suggested. After a bitter dispute the two
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| | Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and
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| separated and went on to form Adidas and
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| | Wayne Rooney as well as Brazil
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| Puma, now two of the leading names in
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| | international Ronaldinho.
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| soccer shoe manufacturing. In 1948 when
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| | The turn of the millennium also saw the
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| the brothers split their business, Adi
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| | introduction of soccer shoes of various
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| Dassler formally registered Adidas while
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| | colours, with players often wearing
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| Rudolph Dassler's company would become
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| | designs that were colour coordinated with
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| Puma. These two companies were to become
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| | their team's uniform. Various new designs
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| massive soccer shoe manufacturers
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| | have also been launched including the
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| producing classic designs like the adidas
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| | Craig Johnston P.I.G (Patented
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| Copa Mondial (1979) and the Puma King
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| | Interactive Grip) and the Lotto Zero
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| (1968).
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| | Gravity laceless shoe but none has yet to
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| The 1960s and 1970s brought international
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| | make the impact of the Predator. However,
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| superstars like Pele, George Best and
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| | it will only be a matter of time before a
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| Eusebio to the world's attention - so
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| | new style takes the world by storm, and
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| soccer shoes evolved to accommodate the
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| | the soccer shoe that Henry VIII ordered
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| increasing pace and skill with which the
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| | in 1526 becomes an even-more distant
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| sport was being played. Players began
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| | memory.
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| wearing a particular brand of boot, Pele
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