Olympic Boots

The USWNT debuted their Olympic boots at their send-off match in Sandy, Utah. Most of the team is represented by Nike and will wear the Nike Clash Collection. The Clash Collection features the Mercurial, the CTR360, the Tempo, and the T90. These four cleats are not new models, but are in a different color and style. The collection is called Clash because the back of each boot is a color and the front is white. The back of the Mercurial is a vibrant red and Tobin Heath, Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd, and Sydney Leroux will wear them during the Olympics. The CTR360 is in a bright blue color. Abby Wambach and Amy LePeilbet will wear them. Alex Morgan and Kelley O'Hara will sport the neon green T90 boots, while Hope Solo, Shannon Boxx, and Rachel Buehler are in the more subdued black Tempo cleats. Nicole Barnhart is in all black cleats with a white Nike swoosh. She is the only Nike athlete who is not wearing the Clash Collection.

Lauren Cheney, Heather Mitts, and Becky Sauerbrunn are Under Armour athletes and they are also outfitted in new cleats. Cheney and Mitts tweeted pictures of their Olympic boots before the send-off match. Under Armour has given each player cleats in two colors, presumably a home and an away pair.   Cheney's are turquoise and Mitts' are blue. Sauerbrunn did not tweet a photo of her cleats, but she was wearing white and red versions of Cheney's cleats in the last match against Canada.

Heather O'Reilly and Christie Rampone wear Adidas cleats. O'Reilly will wear pairs that are red, white, and blue and it is unclear what cleats Rampone will wear.

Amy Rodriguez is the only player who is sponsored by Puma. Along with O'Reilly, she will wear red, white, and blue cleats. This is surprising since the Olympics stir such nationalistic pride. I would have thought a majority of the players would be in red, white, and blue cleats.

Whichever company or color cleats the players will wear, they will be taking the field at the Olympics in brand new boots.    

Photo Credit: Nike, Lauren Cheney Twitter, Heather Mitts Twitter.