I find “soccer” (football) way more masculine than what you call “football” (Rugby for cowards than need to wear armor).
...I suggest you volunteer to run a typical crossing route against even a high school opponent coming at you full bore to deny you the catch...
...then you can have some credibility to talk about cowards...
I suggest NFL players/gridiron players run without any of their padding at 15 rugby players nonstop for 80m, then we can talk about REAL toughness and cowardice.