Altidore pays tribute to school shooting victims

United States forward Jozy Altidore paid tribute to the 26 victims of the Connecticut school shooting by wearing their names on his cleats during an Eredivisie league match for the Dutch team AZ Alkmaar.

Altidore scrawled the names in black ink across his yellow cleats, plus wore a black band across one of his arms to represent mourning. The 20 students and six teachers at a school in Newtown, Conn. were killed Dec. 14.

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Saint-Étienne striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang recently turned heads during a Ligue 1 match earlier in the week by wearing diamond-encrusted soccer boots, this according to the Mail.

The Gabonese-French football customized his green Nike Vapors which contained 4,000 Swarovski crystals. Aubameyang’s cleats reportedly cost over $4,000. Wowzas!

No word yet if the fashion police hit Saint-Étienne’s headquarters during the week.