I won't make this a back and forth soccer debate, but I will just try and clear up the ignorance regarding the "prissy little twit getting fouled" comment.
The average men's soccer player runs about 7 miles in a game, more for your midfielders who are constantly on the move between possessions. In a game with no timeouts, only three allowed substitutions, and no natural clock stoppages outside of the half and final whistle, taking and selling a foul at times is a strategic attempt at gwtting your entire team a few seconds (sometimes minutes) of rest. Coaches will signal in to players to "take a fall" so to speak if he sees major signs of fatigue, especially in overly hot and humid conditions.
There is also an element of strategy in trying to gain an advantage through referee discipline, especially in tournament settings. A red card for a blatant, dangerous foul will give your team a one-man advantage for the rest of the game, and that player is then suspended for the next game of competition. Two yellow cards equal a red, and yellow cards accumulate from game to game. So if you can force a ref to make a decision on whether to card a player, even if it's only a yellow card, you take away that player's ability to be aggressive defensively at the risk of collecting a 2nd yellow and being sent off and/or suspended fr the following match.
None of that isn't to say that their isn't some obvious flopping from time to time, and it irritates the hell out of me to see it as a soccer fan, especially when it draws a card for the offending player (refs don't have the benefit of replay). All that said, that same fake outrage over manufactured injuries happens in football and basketball as well, it just isn't used as a reason to hate the sport like it is for soccer.
Sorry for the length, and my apologies to the TL;DR crowd.
