WEST HAM AWAY 15/16 BY UMBRO

Inspired by one of the first claret and blue kits worn by the club, West Ham and Umbro unveil their 15/16 away kit that takes inspired traditions to a whole new level of chic.

Mixing performance with tradition Umbro have given the jersey a contemporary feel with a disruptive graphic across the front and sleeves as well as a v neckline featuring a rib placket. Very much holding true to their tailored roots, this kit has several touches of perfection that make those fine details ever more powerful.

Umbro has again paid homage to the momentous final season by including the ‘Boleyn Ground 1904-2016’ sign-off underneath the club crest as well as on the back neck area.

The blue shorts with claret trim have a tailored silhouette with a reduced volume waistband for optimum fit and comfort. The mesh back yoke offers ventilation. Umbro’s attention to design detail is illustrated by the claret coloured internal drawcord.

A celebration of football design, it's a real cut above. Umbro are holding no prisoners with fresh thinking creativity flowing, the West Ham kits for the 15/16 season pay due respect for the legacy taken from the Boleyn Ground. Heroic.

West Ham United’s 2015/16 away kit is available for pre-order now and is available to buy from July 29th from various stockists including Pro Soccer SA.

Best Premier League signings of the Summer

With the Premier League Season less than a month away we look at 5 of the Top signings of the Summer and how they can improve their teams.

Lets start this off with a familiar name to the Premier League and London specifically,

Petr Cech - Arsenal FCCech was signed by Arsenal in June, Jose Mourinho was reluctant to let his back up shot stopper go to a rival club.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich granted Cech the move as he had been a fantastic servant to the club helping them win their first Premier League title back in 2005.

What Cech offers Arsenal that their other goal keepers don't is proven Premier League consistency.

He played the fewest games last season of his Chelsea career but still managed 4 clean sheets in 7 appearances which is one more than Arsenals Wojciech Szczesny managed in 17 games.

Cech's first Arsenal appearance comes against his old club Chelsea on the second of August in the Charity Shield.

Toby Alderweireld - Tottenham HotspurAlderweireld agreed to join Tottenham from Athletico Madrid on a five-year contract which runs until summer of 2020 at White Hart Lane despite Southampton threatening legal action over the transfer.

The transfer fee is estimated to be £11.5 million. He will be reunited with former Ajax teammates Christian Eriksen and Jan Vertoneghen who previously joined the North London side from Ajax.

Spurs will be hoping he can replicate his form he showed for Southampton last season which resulted in them having one of the best defenses in the league.

With centre back Younes Kaboul only managing 21 appearances in the Premier League in the past three seasons the hope is Alderweireld can replace him at the heart of the Spurs defense.

James Milner - LiverpoolMilner, who will wear the No.7 jersey at Anfield, turned his back on Champions League football with the deposed Premier League champions plus a more lucrative contract extension at the Etihad Stadium to become Liverpool’s first Summer signing on a £150,000-a-week deal.

Milner agreed to the Anfield move after being assured Rodgers would remain Liverpool manager following an end-of-season review conducted by the club’s owner, Fenway Sports Group.

The 29-year-old has admitted he was convinced to leave City by Rodgers’ willingness to hand him the central position that Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini could not offer on a regular basis at the Eithad.

Bastian Schweinsteiger - Manchester UnitedThe Red Devils agreed a fee of around £15million with Bayern Munich for the German World Cup winner's services and he will join the squad on their Pre-season tour of America.

The 30-year-old made more than 500 appearances for Bayern Munich, winning over 20 major honours and said that he wouldn't have left the Bundersliga champions for another other team other than the Red Devils.

Schweinsteiger worked with manager Louis van Gaal during the Dutchmen's 2 years stint at the club from 2009 till 2011.

The hope is his winning mentality and experience can push Man United into title contenders.

Andre Ayew - Swansea CitySwansea City announced that Ayew had joined the club on a free transfer, signing a four-year contract with the Swans in June.

Andre, son of African Football favorite Abedi Pelle had been linked with a move to the Premier League for years.

He could end up being the steal of the transfer as Ayew brings energy and goals to Swansea having only once failed to hit double figures during his time at Marseille.

Article by Bradley Sisson

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PUMA AND ARSENAL UNVEIL 15/16 HOME KIT

'Powered by the fans', PUMA and Arsenal enter their second season together dressed for the occasion.

A shirt that is always going to be red and white takes to the finer details to offer smart differentiation. A modern approach using the most innovative materials from the house of PUMA, it doesn't hug quite so noticeably tight as the 14/15 kit which has gone down well. Equipped with a 'grandad collar', gold piping lines the shirt and it blends contemporary with traditional approach in fine fashion.

Revolving around the Gunners faithful, the 'Powered by the fans' campaign shows the desire from the club to express just how important the lifeblood of the supporters is. Refreshing. Using the passion from the fans, PUMA have tried to translate this into a wholesome kit and delivered in the process.

Met with a launch like no other; players past and present were on hand to showcase the kit. More to follow on that later as we went behind the scenes.

The 2015/16 Arsenal home kit by PUMA will go on sale, along with a full collection of fan wear from 25th June. You can pre-order it now from various stockists including Pro Soccer SA.

REAL MADRID 15/16 KITS BY ADIDAS

In search of perfection, adidas and Real Madrid have unveiled their ultra clean, sharp new kits for the 2015-2016 season.

Real Madrid, a powerhouse of football excellence. Their history and heritage is showered in glory. Anything less than victory is deemed as not good enough. Arguably, they are their own biggest rivals. 

Starting with a blank canvas, this iconic white shirt gives the team a clean slate to work from as they go in search for trophies. The will to succeed and passion that surrounds the club is marked in the inside the neck, with the club crest and the inscription “hala madrid y nada más” (“Come on Madrid and nothing else”, from the club anthem).

Silver grey stripes and trim gives the shirt an all round sense of class. Super clean, super smart. A traditionally modern design is finished off with white and grey shorts and socks. The goalkeeper’s kit is black with grey stripes. The neck is different and fresh, and there is a grey edge at the bottom of the shirt that creates a contrast with the black.

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Triangle Soccer Drill by Louis van Gaal

Louis van Gaal is the coach of Manchester United and former coach of clubs like Ajax and Barcelona. During the World Cup 2014 he finished 3rd with the Dutch national team. One of the most well known soccer drills of Louis van Gaal is known as the triangle, as shown in the diagram below. Even if Louis van Gaal is not the coach anymore of the Dutch National team, they still do this exercise regularly. In this article we will discuss this soccer drill and four variations.

In this drill we have 2 players at cone B and C and players with ball at cone A. Player 1 passes to player 2, player 2 controls the ball and passes to player 3, who controls the ball and dribble back to the starting position. Please make sure to do this soccer drill clockwise too (so players have to pass with theur left foot)

Variation 1
From this drill we can have several variations. The first variation is to play a 1-2 combination between players 2 and 3 at cone C. Instead of moving outside (like in the original drill), player 3 will move towards the ball now.

Variation 2The second variation is to play a 1-2 combination at cone B as well. Again notice that player 2 is now moving towards the ball too, instead of outside. After the pass back to player 1, player 2 has to run around the cone (to make space for the pass that completes the 1-2).

Variation 3Instead of a 1-2 combination at cone B, player 1 now plays the ball directly to player 3. At cone C we still have the same 1-2 combination as in variation 1 and 2.

Variation 4In the 4th variation we play a 1-2 combination at cone B and then we play a through pass to player 3 who dribbles the ball to the starting position.

See this drill done by the Netherlands team below:

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A STADIUM LIKE NO OTHER: THE OLYMPIASTADION BERLIN

Photographer Markus Tiemann captures the Olympic Stadium and host of the 2015 Champions League Final in powerful fashion.

Various world renowned venues across Europe have witnessed a feast of football brilliance. From Wembley to Istanbul, the elite history of this trophy and it's finale is hard to rival.

Markus Tiemann has presented just how unique the Olympic Stadium in Berlin is. It's architecture is truly symbolic and powerful and Markus has captured what makes THIS final just so special.

Host of the 1936 Olympics, few stadiums carry such history as this.

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ORLANDO PIRATES 15/16 AWAY KIT

Orlando Pirates and adidas have combined to reveal the armour that the Mighty Buccaneers will don next season.

"Every war has its battle; every battle has its victory; every victory has its hero; and every hero has his weapons and armour." That's how the Orlando Pirates are championing their latest away kit from adidas.

The 2015/16 away shirt offers a modern and stylish v-neck alternative while retaining the fans' favourite red colourway. Commenting on the kit, Adrian De Souza - Senior Category Manager at adidas Football South Africa - explained, "This year we are excited to #bethedifference and together with Orlando Pirates have developed what we believe will be a trendy jersey, that further entrenches a strong emotional connection with the club and stimulates a pride in the jersey, particularly amongst the young supporters."

Other than returning to a V-shaped neck, the power red away jersey has a lighter red grading on the chest, giving it a brighter and more vibrant look. The collar and sleeves have mesh inserts giving the jersey a dotted fashionable look. The badge is 3D and as before, the back of the jersey is embossed with the skull and crossbones. 

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NIKE 15/16 NETHERLANDS AWAY KIT

Nike reveal another classic away strip using the country's evocative national colours. The simplicity of the shirt amplifies the classic enlarged crest and graphic shorts, which complete the clean but stylish design.

The combination of innovative graphics with the iconic Dutch color palette of orange and white creates a one of the most instantly recognisable national team strips in the game. Nike have a history of beautiful Holland jerseys but for the 15/16 away strip it's all about those shorts. The gradient speed graphics of orange and white light rays are where it's at and they continue to flow up the side panels of the shirt.

The graphic on the shorts is used to create a strong sense of motion and a blur of color and light when the Dutch players are in action (top image may be slightly exaggerated). The renowned Dutch graphic designer and typographer Wim Crouwel has created a special font for the names and numbers on the kit. The bold and modern font also maintains a retro appearance, reminiscent of the style seen throughout football during the 1970s.

The away shirt continues to feature the enlarged lion symbolizing Dutch football values of simplicity, honor and unity. A tab inside the back of the neck displays the crown that sits upon the lion’s head on their association’s crest. The perfect blend of retro feel and modern design, together with the new Portugal away shirt Nike have kicked off their 2015 replica game bang on point, we eagerly await what the Swoosh have planned for the England shirt. 

The new Netherlands away kit will be available from selected online stockists including Pro Soccer SA from March 21.

NIKE UNVEIL PORTUGAL 15/16 AWAY KIT

Nike kick off their 2015 European replica game in electric style with the new Portugal away kit. Inspired by the team's fast-paced style of play the shirt goes back to black and features a unique speed graphic on the chest using vivid green and red light ray flashes.

There's always something special about a black kit for us and the green & red flashes taken from the Portuguese flag are the perfect finishing touches to give the shirt a sleek but distinct feel. The two colours creep in from opposite sides and are elevated on top of the black canvas, a popular colour previously worn by Portugal, most recently in the 2013/14 season.

A new Nike-specific streamlined, modern V–neck collar in black with a red ribbed band at the back adds a secondary pop of colour and inside the back of the neck is a pennant tab that features an armillary sphere, an ancient navigational device, to represent Portugal’s seafaring history. The tool has been a national symbol for more than 500 years and rests behind the Portuguese shield on the national flag.

The new Portugal away kit will be available from selected online stockists including Pro Soccer SA from March 21.