| An Adidas soccer ball has dominated the pitch at the | | | | the Adidas soccer ball revolution was the... |
| World Cup, and on most local soccer fields as well. | | | | Adidas Fevernova |
| The soccer ball changed drastically over its lifetime. | | | | The colors, color usage, and the design were taken |
| But the greatest change has been in the last 40 | | | | from Asian culture, as Korea - Japan prepared to |
| years. Let's go back to 1970 with... | | | | host the 2002 World Cup. |
| The Adidas Telstar | | | | - Criticized openly as being too light. |
| - First soccer ball to use the bucky ball design. 12 | | | | - Some say early round upsets were because of the |
| black pentagons, and 20 white hexagons. | | | | ball. |
| - This 32 panel design became the standard for | | | | - Was a 3 layer design that provided more accurate |
| soccer balls. | | | | and predictable flight. |
| - The black and white panels were to see the ball | | | | - First ball to have a foam layer. The next change |
| easier on tv. | | | | came when Adidas introduced the... |
| - Official match ball of the 1970 and 1974 World Cups. | | | | Adidas +Teamgeist |
| - Telstar = Television Star | | | | Adidas added the "+" for trademark reasons, as the |
| - Completely made of leather. Synthetics have not | | | | word "teamgeist" means "team spirit" and was not |
| yet appeared. Then along came the... | | | | allowed to be used for a trademark. |
| Adidas Tango | | | | - First ball to have 14 panels instead of the standard |
| Little did anyone know that it would become the | | | | 32. |
| official World Cup ball for the next 20 years. It's triad | | | | - Those 14 panels were curved. |
| design provided the impression that the ball had 12 | | | | - The panels were bonded together, not stitched, |
| circles on its face that were identical. The triad design | | | | making it almost perfectly waterproof. |
| would then be adjusted for the country that played | | | | - Uniformly round to improve accuracy of flight even |
| host to the World Cup. | | | | more. |
| - Official match ball of the 1978, World Cup. | | | | - Developed by the cooperation of Adidas and the |
| - Most expensive ball in history. | | | | Molten Corporation. It doesn't matter which one you |
| - Most popular soccer ball design ever. The Tango ball | | | | prefer, Adidas can provide a high quality ball for your |
| had a long and useful life-span. But eventually it had | | | | soccer game. |
| to change too. As most things do. The next step in | | | | |