I occasionally shoot my grandchildren's soccer games. Unless you walk up and down the sidelines, which I find difficult with so many spectators and players on the sideline that I usually set up as close as I can to mid-field without being in the way of others, put my 200-500 lens on with a tripod...it gets heavy after shooting for a bit. Granted you'll miss some shots that are too close to you, but you'll get some really good shots otherwise. Remember, it will probably be a sunny bright day so set your exposure and shoot away. My setup is usually ISO 200, an F stop somewhere around F8±, and keep my shutter speed around 1/640 to 1/800. That pretty much stops the action and I got some good shots. Good luck...don't get caught up trying to take every picture you'll miss the game as I did. When you see the action in your lens it is sometimes really fun to shoot a "blast" and then pick out the best action shot. Good luck, we look forward to seeing the results.