Do soccer players play every day?
No, but when the season is in full swing they can play every 3rd or 4th day. I agree that basketball players are well-conditioned, but at the elite level soccer players have to be able to play two 45 minute halves (again, no time-outs, and you can't be subbed off and then back on), with 15 minutes in between, and run over 10K per game. Individual basketball players generally don't average more than 35 min per game.