My mom wouldn't let me play soccer...er, footie, because she thought it was too dangerous. Same goes for American football. Basketball has far less injuries, so I'd tend to agree, my experience notwithstanding. Did sprain one ankle a lot, but I originally sprained it playing tennis (walking backwards just to retrieve a ball, no less).

I absolutely love soccer now though...I did play a little as a teen, even played "black top" soccer a lot, which is hella fun.

I tutored for a long time and one of my students was a CF for one of the Chelsea sponsored American club teams, and they got thrashed often, especially playing abroad.

As a funny aside, I won $680 one time at halftime of an indoor soccer league match by scoring against two goalies (who were two old guys from a radio station morning show). I was in college at the time, and a bunch of guys (including a few friends of mine) from my college were coincidentally at that game, and I could hear them ragging on me from the stands. I really tucked the ball away. :)

A soccer coach that tried after me missed THREE times (yeah, we had three chances...it was WAY too easy). Good times. :)