I have had this discussion with a lot of my friends and we all agreed soccer is probably the most athletic major sport, but also the least skillful. This contrasts with baseball, where you can be relatively unathletic but you need a large amount of skill play.
Well I suppose the statement is POSSIBLY true for say a central defender. They just need to be bruising fucks who can make recovery runs if need be, but take a look at people like C. Ronaldo. You really think that it takes no skill to control the ball with your feet like players do? It's not something you can just do.