By looking at the surfaces where you will be playing, you should be able to narrow your shoe needs to one or two shoe types. Finally, there are indoor shoes that come with a flat bottom, and turf shoes that come with a raised pattern on the bottom, meant to be used either indoors or on artificial turf. There's also the 'soft ground' shoe, meant to be used on soft, muddy grounds, which typically comes with removable cleats. The 'hard ground' shoe, meanwhile, is a shoe designed to be used on a hard field or artificial turf, and it comes with short blades or studded cleats. The 'firm ground' shoe, typically with screw-in or permanent cleats, is the most versatile, and players can use it on a harder or softer outdoor surface.
Soccer cleats come in a number of cleat configurations, depending on the surface on which the game is being played.
Determine where you will be playing soccer.
