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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Second, there are lots of time when soccer players aren't really engaged in the action, which is fine, its the nature of the sport. And its their job. So a defenders job may be to creep up the field, but do they really have a "critical" assignment when the ball is on the opponents zone? Not really.[/quote]

Luckily my son's travel team is not very good, so he's generally pretty busy as a defender.  In all seriousness, though, soccer is also a rough-ish sport.  He's had a ton of injuries (none to his head, fortunately) and is only 14. [/quote]

Agreed.  It's very rough.  And a real risk of head to head contact.

Honestly, if you wouldn't let your kid play football, you probably shouldn't let them play soccer either[/quote]

You have to look at injuries as per hour played - youth football is estimated at 9-40 injuries per 1000 hours played. Youth soccer is around 4-8 injuries per 1000 hours played. Anecdotes are not useful. My kid plays soccer and we know about 50-75 kids who also play youth soccer. We know exactly 1 kid who plays youth tackle football. He broke his leg playing football. We know of 2 sprained ankles and a broken arm among the soccer players. But it’s just anecdotal. [/quote]

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