Of course, these sports are far more dangerous when there are other people involved, and contact sports like soccer are a prime source of injuries. The total for soccer is 226,142, which is quite high considering it’s a bit of a minority sport in America – there are just 11 teams in the professional league, the North American Soccer League. It’s unclear how many people play it at an amateur level, but those injuries have to come from somewhere – the 95,854 in the 5-14 age group suggest that a lot of them are due to kids having a kick-around rather than professional players. Those tackles can be quite vicious, even when it’s just a game in the yard!