Trying Tampons?

I might be starting soccer in the fall this year for the first time since 2014. But the soccer shorts are white and I'm don't ever want to stain them w blood. I'm a strict pad person. I don't like the idea of sticking anything up in "there". How did I get through playing soccer in my previous years? I didn't have my period. Are pads going to be enough or should i use tampons?