I thought the whole point of soccer was to get the little ones to smash their brains to mush with the ball so they'd grow up to be good little commies like the countries where soccer comes from.
Headgear will defeat that whole object.
This will never stand.
I'ld just to say that football (no-one calls it soccer over here) is a superb game. We wear shinpads, but generally no other body armour.
Helmets make sense for batsmen in Cricket, but not for football.