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Bryan Byrne

The mastermind behind the revolution that is SoccerCleats101. Bryan started this website back in 2008 and has been testing boots on a daily basis ever since. Check out our About Page for more details on Bryan and the website.

Umbro SX Valor II review and Deco underwater

The Umbro SX Valor is worn by players like John Terry and Deco of Chelsea. Made from Supersoft kangaroo leather for excellent touch, great feel, durability and water resistance. Add to this the PU Touch Control system and you have a cleat with optimal ball control for passing and shooting. Weighing …

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Adidas Powerswerve DB review

Adidas latest release in the Predator range is the Powerswerve DB. DB stands for David Beckham, one of the greatest set piece takers ever to grace a soccer field. And this is no doubt the reason Adidas have made the alterations that they have to this latest release. The Powerswerve is …

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Clint Dempsey Personalized Mercurial Vapor SL

USA versus Mexico is always one of the biggest games in the US Soccer calender. This weeks World Cup Qualifier was no different. Michael Bradley turned out to be the USA hero, scoring both goals in an excellent 2-0 win. But Fulham’s Clint Dempsey was sporting the classiest cleats on …

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Robbie Keane Scores for Ireland

After our recent article discussing Robbie Keane’s move back to Tottenham Hotspurs, he had Irish eyes smiling by scoring two goals in a key World Cup Qualifier. After going 1-0 down to Georgia in the first minute of the game, Ireland left the goals until late on, with Keane bagging …

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Robbie Keane makes his second Spurs Debut

Following in the footsteps of Jermain Defoe and Pascal Chimbonda, Robbie Keane made his second debut for Totthenham Hotspurs. And although it did not have a fairytale ending , Spurs still claimed a point against local rivals Arsenal and the Spurs fans will no doubt have been happy to see Keano’s …

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Stoke battle with Beattie and his Puma v1.08

Stoke City won a huge 3 points in an enthralling encounter with Man City at Brtittania Stadium over the weekend. For all the money Man City have paid on players, results are just not coming for Mark Hughes men. And in a game against one of the leagues bottom 3 …

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Nike Mercurial Vapor IV Winner

The competition has finished, and the winner has been chosen! Just to let you know we chose the winner the ‘old fashioned’ way. We wrote all the email addresses on a piece of paper, crumbled them up and put them in a hat. From there we chose one piece and …

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Scoring Debuts: Heskey and Bellamy in Nike

In mid-week Premier League games, Emile Heskey and Craig Bellamy scored on their perspective debut! Heskey made the move from Wigan to Aston Villa early in the week for a bargain $5million, a big signing for the Villains as they look to break into the top 4. Man City also stated …

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Beckham keeps Ronaldinho on the bench!

In front of Fabio Capello, David Beckham put in another excellent performance for AC Milan, scoring his second goal in 2 games. Not only that, but it is Beckham who is keeping former world player of the year Ronaldinho out of the team! Only one year ago, Beckham was dropped …

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Spurs chase Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones

Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia has been left unimpressed by Tottenham Hotspurs pursuit of Trinidad & Tobago international Kenwyne Jones. Jones has been a huge hit in his two years of Premier League football. Last season Jones bagged 7 goals and 10 assists. This season started off a little indifferent as …

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Beckham scores for AC Milan

David Beckham scored his first goal for AC Milan in this weekends win away to Bologna. The Los Angeles Galaxy player, who is on a short loan move to the Italian giants, go the fourth goal in a 4-1 win. It could also be clinical to Beckham’s international career as England manager …

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Why clean your cleats?

It happens all the time; you finish your game, put your cleats in your bag, and the following week you take them out for the first time! Cleaning and drying your cleats is the ultimate way to ensure you get the best out of them. And it really does not …

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Diadora LX K Pro Tested

USA 1 IRELAND 3 This was the result of the first game I got to test out the Diadora LX K Pro. It was a Christmas Challenge game, and being Irish, taking the win on a warm December 28th Sunday morning made the experience even better! I even managed to …

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Late Goals Help Title Contendors and Adidas Adipure II

Manchester United and Chelsea left it really late to claim all 3 points in their games with Bolton and Stoke respectively. United’s goal came in the 90th minute scored by Dmitar Berbatov and assisted by Carlos Tevez. It looked like the game was going to end in a boring stalemate, …

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