Collaborations are best when there’s a story to be told, even when you’ve got to read between the lines and find the story in the collab’s existence itself. It’s for that reason that Kids Of Immigrants (KOI) stands out as one of Nike’s most exciting partnerships going at the moment, a reputation earned through community empowerment, immigrant heritage, and deeply inspired projects that champion cultural intersections relevant to the brand and its founders. Following a surprisingly good Total 90 Mule earlier this year, Daniel Buezo and co. are back at it again, this time diving further into “the beautiful game” with a collab on Nike’s iconic Tiempo line.

Unveiled on the feet of Brazilian soccer star Matheus Cunha, the KOI x Nike Tiempo Maestro Elite FG SE draws from the mountainous topography of Honduras and Liberia, the homelands of KOI founders Daniel Buezo and Weleh Dennis.…