Ever wonder what it would be like to play through the eyes of a soccer star? The new Nike commercial "Take it to the Next Level" does just that. Take a look. Nike - Take it to the Next Level Technorati Tags: nike take it to the next leve commercial,nike commercial,nike 2008 commercial,soccer commercial Share This Click to continue reading...

Before we press on with other matters, here's a final word on the subject of football kits.

Just before the current domestic football season started here in the UK, we carried out some research to see which kit manufacturers were the most popular among the 92 league clubs, and duly compared our findings to those of last year. Click to continue reading...

Vamos a ver otros comerciales relativos a los Olímpicos, en este caso un poco de "Marketing de Emboscada", siendo Adidas uno de los patrocinadores oficiales, Nike no se queda fuera del juego, veamos lo que hicieron con este comercial adicionado con la música de The Killers llamada "All These Things That I've Done". Click to continue reading...

Just love this Nike advertisement video with Luis Figo have a look for yourself enjoy Click to continue reading...

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I've posted the greatest soccer commercial ever made on the blog, done by Nike soccer. Here is a video of behind the scenes. It lets you see a little of the personalities of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Wesley Sneijder, and Cesc Fabregas. Click to continue reading...

Timbo Howard and Duece Dempsey on the CONCACAF haters. But you know what they say, "if no one hates you then no one cares"...so it's nothing but nice to hear tales of vitriol and spite aimed at our boys. I guess when you are on top so it has to happen just to keep the world turning.

You know, someone should really cut a video of US soccer footage to that song by "Haters Everywhere We Go" by B.

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Ever since Cesc Fabregas took all the plaudits with his very own TV show, fans across Europe have been wondering who'll be next to hit the silver screen. Now the wait is over, as the lovely Giorgia Surina and comic trio The Three Medusas kick off part one of The Fabio Cannavaro Show. First up, Il [. Click to continue reading...

Ever since Cesc Fabregas took all the plaudits with his very own TV show, fans across Europe have been wondering who'll be next to hit the silver screen. Now the wait is over, as the lovely Giorgia Surina and Italian comic group Trio Medusa kick off The Fabio Cannavaro Show. Note that unlike Fabregas', this show was a one-night [. Click to continue reading...

The news wires are now full of player profiles, match reports, you name it, as the US women's soccer team gears up for its gold medal match versus Brazil on Thursday morning. This team is living up to the Nike Women's World Cup hype of several months ago ... the greatest team you've never [...]SHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

Yes folks, as sure as night follows day and Great Britain follows Swaziland in the Olympic medals table, it's now time for Part 3 of our look at the new shirts being worn in the Premier League this season. Before we start, a quick 'hello' to all of you joining us from Fifastadt.de who, like us, enjoy finding out about the latest garments being worn in the world of football. Click to continue reading...

"The rain may be coming down but keep your heads up boys," booms out the voice across the astroturf pitch as a group of young men trudge towards the goal at one end of the pitch. Except this goal is a little different from the type you'd normally expect on an inner-city rubber crumb pitch [...] Click to continue reading...

It is Sunday. A couple of football fields in Islington have over 100 players packed on to them, running through different drills and coaching sessions. It's a grey day. A few people in coats are stood on the sidelines watching their son, friend or brother. The heavens open. The spectators and officials all dash for cover, [. Click to continue reading...

The latest in Nike soccer technology brings you the all new Nike Mercurial Vapor IV FG - White with Blue. What a crazy looking shoe! The TEIJIN synthetic leather that makes it both lightweight (8.1 ounces) and durable. But it wouldn't be a Nike if it wasn't comfortable! Available at SoccerPro for $190. Click to continue reading...

And so we arrive at Part 2 of our saunter through the exciting landscape that is the Premier League shirts for 2008/09. Today we have five more teams to concentrate on, and this being an alphabetical list of sorts, we continue with...

Everton
Say what you like about The Toffees - when it comes to their home shirts, they don't like to change things around too much. Click to continue reading...

Tottenham's £20 million Russian target has been likened to a slave, continuing the ridiculous claims that were started by the oh-so-wise head of world football Sepp Blatter. Are YOU Nike's Most Wanted? As talks between Spurs and Zenit St Petersburg roll on, Russian Euro 2008 star Andrei Arshavin has been likened to . Click to continue reading...

Hamburg, looking to regroup after suffering the loss of Rafael van der Vaart to Real Madrid, enquired about one of Liverpool's squad players, but were scared off by Rafa Benitez's ridiculous valuation. Are YOU Nike's Most Wanted? As Anfield co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett are still refusing to bail Rafa out . Click to continue reading...

This time last year, SPAOTP brought you pictures of some of the new shirts being released for public purchase by each of the Premier League clubs, and we asked you to tell us what you thought of them.

This year, we've back again for more of the same and we've got even more new designs to show you, so let's crack on and see what the twenty clubs of the Premier League will be wearing this season. Click to continue reading...

In my ongoing, and possibly ill-fated quest to personally affect the viewership of this week's final USL showdown between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders on FSC this Thursday I'd like to big up the PDX players from Above The Clouds. They do Hypebeast-caliber custom designs for sneakers and trainers that are just about flawless. Click to continue reading...

I'm a big fan of good commercials and despite my global humanist leanings, I still have a thing for Nike. That being said, I found this video on the Guardian to be interesting. It's no secret that Arsenal's kits this... Click to continue reading...

The headline might have misled you into thinking that this post was about a large spherical object made of porcelain - visible from the moon.No it's not.It's about this football which apparently is going to be the official football of the Beijing Olympics.If so it is going to be kicked around by Messi and other shortly.

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Fourth episode in Nike's "What the Pros Know" series. After What Ruud Knows, What Wayne Knows, and What William Knows, it's Chelsea and England winger Joe Cole's turn to dispel wisdom. And indeed wisdom it is, because this episode is by far the best of the series yet. It may seem as simple advice but as Joe [. Click to continue reading...

The headline might have misled you into thinking that this post was about a large spherical object made of porcelain - visible from the moon.No it's not.It's about this football which apparently is going to be the official football of the Beijing Olympics.If so it is going to be kicked around by Messi and other shortly.

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midfielder Joey Barton. Nike have today pulled the plug on their sponsorship deal with Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton. The England international recently received the backing of Magpies boss Kevin Keegan following his release from prison yesterday.

Barton, 25, has a long history (so long I can't even remember) of off field trouble and it comes as no surprise to me that (scum bag) Barton has finally lost the sponsorship deal. Click to continue reading...

Especially in this cartoon by Chris T. over at Studs Up.

Oh the Newcastle thug has also been dropped by Nike. Click to continue reading...