Id say about 80% of the players in a soccer match are just standing around until the ball comes their way. You go extremely long periods of the game where nothing really happens. They try and advance the ball. Stolen. Other team tries to advance the ball. Stolen. People stand around other than 2 or 3 near the ball. More standing around as they fight for the ball. Rarely do people actually shoot on the goal. This is why many Americans like myself find soccer extremely boring as opposed to the NFL.
I take offense to saying NFL players do not have skill. They are far more athletic than soccer players. Their specialties vary by what position they do but many players are extremely skilled at what they do particularly the "skill positions" like RB and WR. To say they dont have skill is just ignorant.