RhymeTime wrote:OP here - thanks, this is helpful. I usually swap out the laces for bungee laces, which make it easy to lock down the fit. It’s good to know that the laceless cleats are not that hard to put on. My son often puts on his cleats in the car or in a parking lot because he goes straight from school to practice. The shoehorn is a good tip! Does anyone have experience with Nike laceless cleats?

Nike has not been known for laceless cleats. They had the phatom vision with ghost laces (laces covered by fabic). My middle kid loved those back in the day. I think they have just come out with a laceless Zoom Mercurial but not sure if its just meant for kids (under size 6Y)

If you want to look at other laceless options check out the puma ultra. My youngest actually has a pair and its slightly wider than the Adidas so he likes them. Also soccer reviews on youtube swear by the new balance tekela...they look sleek and slightly less expensive than top 2 brands.

Oh and another tip is to check out some grip socks. Helps with lockdown for laceless cleats...well cleats in general.

OP here - thanks, this is helpful. I usually swap out the laces for bungee laces, which make it easy to lock down the fit. It’s good to know that the laceless cleats are not that hard to put on. My son often puts on his cleats in the car or in a parking lot because he goes straight from school to practice. The shoehorn is a good tip! Does anyone have experience with Nike laceless cleats?

There are also bands you can get that go over the laces and keep them from coming untied.

My boys have been wearing them for awhile. They are made to lock around the foot but I do agree certain styles are for specific foot types. The speed flow and speed portals have been their cleat of choice. They sometimes use a shoe horn to get them on but its rather quickly. Not having to tie shoes constantly is a huge plus. Never had issues with cleat coming off mid game. 15 and 10yr olds.

My 10 year old has always had soccer cleats with laces for grass. He needs new ones, and I’ve noticed that so many cleats are laceless now. I feel like laceless cleats are not as stable as laced ones because they don’t look adjustable at all. What are your kids’ experiences with laceless cleats? They also look like a pain to put on.