With most of the soccer balls at that time being just plain white with just a logo, Adidas stepped up their game with their colorful pentagonal design for the Atlanta Games. The Olympic ...

It wasn't until 1855, when Charles Goodyear patented vulcanized rubber, that soccer balls started taking shape. Literally.

Whether you’re a football fanatic or a more casual soccer fan like me (a very ... orange, or white boots. And obviously he got plain black Nike Jr. Tiempo Legend 9 Academy ones instead!

Up to then, soccer balls were leather and came in one color, often dark in hue, which made them difficult to see on television. The Telstar, with its black-and-white pattern, was so easy to follow ...

Picture a soccer ball and the image that comes to mind is probably a sphere made up of 32 smooth panels – 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. But this conventional ball is oh so passe.