This is the shape of the classic soccer ball, originally called the Telstar ball and used in the official FIFA World Cup ...

Most people know that a traditional soccer ball is black and white and that the black and white panels are in a pattern. You might even know that there are 32 total panels on a traditional soccer ...

The Telstar 18, the official Adidas soccer ball of World Cup 2018 looks like a ball from 1970. ... It features a black-and-white design in a pixelated digital design and includes just six panels.

Since about 1970, soccer balls have been stitched or glued together from 32 patches of material—12 of them five-sided and 20 of them six-sided. These patches are arranged so that each pentagon ...

Picture a soccer ball and the image that comes to mind is probably a sphere made up of 32 smooth panels – 12 black pentagons and 20 white hexagons. But this conventional ball is oh so passe.

But if you're like us, you also have strong opinions about what makes a soccer ball great.. ... Everything is classic: the subtle black-and-white design, the Adidas trefoil, the splashes of color.