![]() ![]() “I will always advise everyone to try leather shoes,” he says. Ivanov says when he used to play, he would “blow through cleats by wearing out the top of toes by dragging them.” Compared to synthetics, he says, “good leather will hold up for a longer period of time, so when I finally get a boot that feels like part of my foot, I don’t blow through and have to break in another pair.” Stefan Markovic, a coach at West Loop Soccer Club in Chicago, agrees. Synthetic shoes are typically lighter than leather, but they don’t last quite as long or mold quite as well to an individual’s foot. I always look for a soft durable leather that feels like a second skin, so if I curl my toes or angle my foot,” the shoe moves with him. If a pair of cleats adhere well to my feet, they’ll be comfortable and give me confidence in my control of the ball.” Alex Ivanov, a former semi-pro soccer player in the Empire State league and decathlete, and the current head coach of Nitehawks Sport Club in Massachusetts, says he “wants a cleat to feel like a part of my foot. “For me, I find that the material and the fit are most important. ![]() “Some people are looking for lightweight shoes, some people like the quality of material, and some people prioritize the fit,” he says. Once you know what surface you’ll be playing on, the rest is up to personal preference, says Scott Caldwell, a professional midfielder for the New England Revolution. And then there are indoor shoes that have flat bottoms with a little bit of tread and stick, almost like basketball shoes.” Multi-ground shoes, which are good for turf or firm ground, are somewhere in the middle, with cleats that aren’t super-short or as tall as they would be with firm-ground shoes. As Halle Bissen, assistant coach of the University of California San Francisco’s women’s soccer team, explains, “there are firm-ground shoes with hard plastic cleats for your run-of-the-mill grass field and soft-ground shoes with metal stud cleats to prevent slips on soggy grass fields and mud. Determining which shoe is right for you will depend on many factors, but the primary factor is the surface you play on. Whether you play soccer in a formal league or use backpacks to mark the goals for a pick-up game in the park, appropriate footwear can improve your play and help limit injuries. Before every last Samba disappears, scroll down and shop 2023's most-wanted kicks.Photo: Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Don't let that happen in the black option, too, without snagging a pair for summer. That is why it was such a big, huge, major deal when I popped onto yesterday to check on available sizes and found the entire selection to be in stock. But that was 12 hours ago, and already, smaller sizes in the white OG Sambas are gone. Whether it's a third-party stockist or Adidas itself, retailers simply cannot seem to keep these old-school sneakers in stock. In 2023, classic black or white Sambas are some of the hardest shoes to get your hands on, and that's in comparison to viral designer heels and limited-edition releases. But no one could have predicted just how buzzy they'd become. With an affordable price tag, a minimal appearance, a handful of cool collaborations (from Gucci to Wales Bonner), and a long history of being worn by interesting people, there really was no other option but to be majorly successful. ![]() Their allure is no big mystery or anything. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past three years, you probably already know all about the phenomenon that is Adidas's Samba sneakers and the hold the retro soccer style has on fashion people. ![]()
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