Rugby and American football are manly sports. But I will give the soccer players merit for being incredible fit and skilled. I just do not like their sport. It bores the hell out of me.
A 50 yard run on a kickoff return followed by a series of plays and then the goal line defense is real sport. Green Bay verses the Cowboys in the Ice Bowl was the finest game every. Green Bay defended the goal from the 1 yard line 4 times and won the game. It does not get any better than that.
In the 70s, it was a rough sport. Things that would get a straight red card today were not even called fouls.