I just got into Major League Soccer this year. I've been loving it, I feel like I've missed out not having soccer in my life all these years. Obviously the sport isn't complicated per se - just put the ball in the goal. But I'd like to know more about the basics. Like, I don't even really know all the positions or what these formations are. Or like, how to tell if a team is doing good/bad when they aren't scoring at rhat moment. Any videos or whatever is appreciated.
For books go right now and get The Game of Our Lives, The Ball is Round and The Age of Football. The first one is a History of Football in UK, the second is the evolution of the soccer, us football, rugby, Australian Rules Football and others on every continent, and the last a look at state of league football today. He analyzed literally every country on earth. He's a lefty so you'll get some socialist perspective as well