How the soccer cleat evolved from hardware nails to engineered fabric

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Nobody watches the World Cup to think about footwear. But the shoes on the pitch at the 2026 tournament are the end result of about 500 years of iteration, and the story is stranger than you’d expect. It involves a family feud, kangaroo leather, and at one point, someone […] The post How the soccer cleat evolved from hardware nails to engineered fabric first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.