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The soccer cleats worn by the 21^st century soccer player – amateur or pro – can be a technologically complicated as a shoe you might expect to see in a sci fi movie. Yet the very understated, seemingly very simple Adidas Copa Mundial continues to be a best seller over 25 years after it was first launched.

The Adidas Copa Mundial was first released in 1979, intended for players to wear during the 1982 FIFA World Cup. And they did. Anyone who was anyone in Spain that year was hitting the pitch in a pair of buttersoft kangaroo leather Adidas Copa.

Twenty five years after Spain 82 Adidas released a special collector's edition of the Adidas Copa which was an immediate hit. And even today, the Adidas Copa continues to be one of the most popular soccer cleats in the world, even though the technology involved in their creation really has not changed at all.

The reason? The amazing craftsmanship and incredible fit. You don't really ever have to break a pair of Adidas Copa soccer cleats in as you might with other choices, they seem to mold to your feet right out of the box. Then, as you wear them the K leather softens even further and if you ask players who are big Adidas Copa fans they will tell you that their soccer cleats feel like a second skin.  So whether you're playing in the backyard with your soccer rebounder or you're playing in the state championship game, the Copa is an excellent choice.

There are elements of the Adidas Copa that do change the way you play the game though. The Adidas Copa's flexible upper is fully lined with an unusual for today extended leather tongue. Additional leather supports extending from the heel of the Adidas Copa provide for increased durability and stability.

To look at the Adidas Copa are very different than the other big selling soccer cleats of today, but in a timeless classic kind of way. Their simple black and white colorway harks back to a different era of the game, yet they are still the soccer cleat of choice of many of the best soccer players playing in the 21^st century.

Buy the adidas Copa Mundial at Soccer.com