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Brasil's famous yellow jersey - called 'Amerelinha' or 'Little Yellow One' - is recognizable all over the world. Add blue shorts and white socks and you have all four colors of the Brasilian flag. What you may or may not know is they haven't always worn yellow. In fact, the team's current colors were first worn in 1954. They won zero World Cups before the change and five since. Coincidence? Here's the story behind one of the most recognizable kits in soccer... The 1950 World Cup It all began with millions of broken hearts. Brasil hosted the 1950 World Cup but lost 2-1...

The adidas Predator is one of the most iconic and revolutionary soccer cleats in history. Over the last 24 years, soccer legends like David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane, Steven Gerrard (and many more) have laced up and made names for themselves in the Preds. Heck, I wore them back in the day and, if you are reading this, you probably did too. Born in 1994 and re-born in 2017, here is the story of adidas' most famous boot...  1994 - The Predator In the early '90s, soccer cleats were boring and in desperate need of innovation. Enter former Liverpool player, Craig Johnson......

The Beautiful Game is full of long-standing, bitter rivalries. The matches between rivals are known as derbies. Why is London important in this conversation? Well, some of soccer's top teams and biggest rivals call London home. Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Millwall, and Charlton Athletic (among others) play their home matches in the Greater London area. In fact, many of the grounds are just a few miles apart. This proximity, along with varying levels of success, is what ignited and still fuels the London derbies. Alright, let's get into the top four, starting with the most famous and fierce......