Nike Soccer Cleats

About Nike Soccer Cleats

Nike soccer cleats are among the most popular soccer shoes in the world. Why? Even the lower-priced versions have a lot to offer. Nike's cleats are designed with innovative, high-quality materials and are available in a variety of colors and styles. They provide excellent traction and performance and many are equipped with high-tech cushioning systems. Additionally, Nike soccer cleats are also lightweight, durable, comfortable, stylish, and available in a range of prices that can meet every player's needs, from the pros to beginning soccer players and children.

Soccer cleats from Nike are available in various cleat styles that meets a player's needs regarding what type of field she/he plays on most frequently. Styles are available for men, women, and children.

Features

Nike prides itself on exclusive high-tech features to give their athletic footwear the aid in performance and durability athletes need at every level. Some of the technology and features you'll find in Nike soccer cleats may include:

• NikeSkin: A high-quality microfiber upper material used in some of Nike cleats that is very thin, soft, and lightweight, but also very durable.

• Peeva Foam: A soft foam layer for the sockliner, engineered for comfort.

• Poron: Dense, flexible inserts that assist with impact absorption.

• Lacing systems: Asymmetrical, integrated, or retro lacing systems for a close fit and a stylish appearance.

• Outsole Structural Bars: Stiff but flexible thin plates lie on the side perimeters of the cleat to provide support and stabilization.

• TPU: TPU, or thermoplastic urethane, is used on the outsole of some Nike soccer cleats for excellent durability.

• NikeFrame: An innovative outsole plate made from nylon offers a high level of stabilization.

• Speedtrack Plate: The Speedtrack plate, as the name implies, is engineered to assist the quick movements and bursts of acceleration often necessary in soccer.

• Molded Sock Liners: With a high priority of comfort, high-tech molded sock liners in Nike cleats offer ease and cushioning.

• Heel Air Zoom Unit: Designed for highest level of maneuverability.

• Carbon Heel Wrap: Stabilizes and protects the heel during movement.

Nike soccer cleats are typically made from high-quality synthetic materials or full-grain leather. Kangaroo leather is another choice for some high-performance cleats.

Cleat Placement

Nike also offers innovation in the standard placement of cleat studs on the front perimeter and heel of the sole. Some of these innovations include:

• Incorporation of circular perimeter studs and bladed center studs in the same shoe
• Strategic arrangements of circular studs to alleviate and evenly distribute pressure
• Blade studs arranged for multi-directional traction

Popular Cleat Styles

Some of Nike's most popular soccer cleats are upwards of one hundred dollars, but they also make variations in materials to provide popular, higher-priced styles at lower costs. Popular styles whose costs exceed the one hundred dollar mark include:

• Nike Tiempo Ronaldinho
• Nike Mercurial Vapor III
• Nike Tiempo Brasileiro
• Nike Air Zoom Total 90 Supremacy
• Nike Air Legend

For those whose budget requires lower priced soccer cleats, rest assured Nike has other options as well. Styles like the Tiempo Natural, Total 90 III, Total 90 Shift, and Nike Stream, are available for under fifty dollars.

Where to Buy

You can purchase Nike soccer cleats from most sporting goods and athletic shoe stores such as:

• Dick's Sporting Goods
• Sports Authority
• Paragon Sports
• The Finish Line
• MC Sports

You can also purchase soccer cleats by Nike from soccer shops like World Soccer Shop and WeGotSoccer, comprehensive online vendors such as Amazon.com, or directly from the Nike website.