Footwear with fiber-reinforced fluid-filled bladder

A sole structure for an article of footwear, the sole structure comprising:

• a fluid-filled bladder comprising:
• a plurality of coextensive, stacked polymeric sheets including a first polymeric sheet and a second polymeric sheet;
• an anti-weld material disposed between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet within a central region of the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet, the anti-weld material operative to inhibit the first polymeric sheet from being able to thermally fuse with the second polymeric sheet at locations where the anti-weld material is present between the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet;
• wherein the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet are fused together in a peripheral region that surrounds the central region, the peripheral region forming a peripheral flange;
• and
• wherein at least one of the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet includes a plurality of reinforcing fibers that are integrally affixed to an outer surface of the at least one of the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet, the plurality of reinforcing fibers operative to increase a modulus of elasticity of the at least one of the first polymeric sheet and the second polymeric sheet in a direction parallel to the plurality of reinforcing fibers, and wherein the peripheral flange is devoid of the plurality of reinforcing fibers.