The Nike Mercurial Soccer cleat featured some very nice lines, and this ad (part of a series of ads from Nike that aimed to focus attention on the athlete endorsing the shoes, key “weapon”) was very clean and forward thinking.

For those that don’t know (and don’t want to leave the page for a google search) Brian McBride is a retired soccer player that played at the 98, 2002, and 2006 FIFA World Cups. For you soccer fanatics that want to know much more about Mr. McBride head on over to his Wiki page. Take a trip back to 1998 below.