For Adidas soccer, light equals fast. First announced as a concept in 2013, Adidas will now make the sub-100-gram soccer cleat a reality with the launch of the adizero 99g as part of its Soccer ...

Despite the Italian brand’s best intentions, the design didn’t catch on, and it would be a full decade before laceless soccer cleats hit the mainstream. In 2016, adidas arrived with its ACE 16 ...

So that begs the question: what exactly is the point of these sock-like ... popular mid-cut soccer cleats, such as the Nike Mercurial Superfly 4, Nike Magista Obra and the Adidas Ace Purecontrol ...