I'm no soccer fan. But the sport of soccer is a tough.
I coached kids a few years. We had a few other coaches that played in college and two other guys that played in minor pro leagues.
We had a coaches game a couple of years. Those guys could run like deer. Fast and if you got in their way, you got hit similar to a hockey check or fighting for position in the paint in basketball. Baseball is a much much easier sport to play.