Saw this late but I'll chime in. First off, being half German/half American . . . soccer runs in my blood. I flew to Germany for the 2006 World Cup and its an experience I will never forget. No Super Bowl, World Series, Stanley Cup or NBA championship can compare to the insaneness of the World Cup, and this is coming from somebody who was at Game 7 in 1997 when the Marlins won it all. The streets of Center City Berlin had over 1,000,000 people for a damn round of 16 match with Sweden. So much strategy, most countries have soccer teams for every city, including cities with less than 1,000 people. It is religion.
I can understand the "soccer" is boring notion you can get when you haven't grew up watching it. There is alot of possession involved, but alot of it is strategy. Think football, except you can't use your hands. You need to march down the field, without using your hands, and get by a goalkeeper who can use his hands. It is like defending the triple option in football . . . assignment football . . . one slip and a team takes advantage. Also remember, almost everybody in these countries played soccer from birth so it is a respect factor involved as well. To see guys do things on the soccer field its sort of like watching a great golfer. Golf can be boring to watch to many but when you see a guy hit a ball 230 yards from the rough and land it over the water 8 feet from the hole, you gotta enjoy stuff like that.
I don't watch much EPL to be honest with you, I love international soccer more . . . however I love Champion League soccer as well. Champion League pretty much takes the 32 best club soccer teams in Europe and they have a tournament that spans around 9 months or so. Some incredible soccer gets played. My favorite team is Bayern Munich. I'm actually a member of the club and I have already emailed them inquiring about Champions League final tickets for May 2012, which happens to be in Munich this year. If Bayern makes it to the final, I wanna be there. Then the atmosphere is incredible. While Stephen Ross is wanting fans to be comfortable in the stadium . . . these guys stand the entire time and sing and drink. Nothing beats being in a soccer stadium, nothing like it.
For you, watch the midfield play. If you get to watch a team like Barcelona, they are sometimes unbelieveable. There midfielder Xavi and Inesita are 2 of the greats in the world today. Incredible passes, creativity and then when you have forwards like Messi and Villa who can both finish like no others in the world, it can make for very exciting soccer.
Its hard to explain the love for it but you are living the life with all of your women loving soccer in the house. I would kill for that.