The thing that sucks about soccer is, that compared to the other big sports (except baseball) it's god damn boring. 90 minutes on the field, and maybe 10-15 minutes of those are of any significance. Plus, the flopping of course, I can't understand how these guys can call themselves men after diving like that (see: Quagliarella vs Slovakia). It's just sad really.
The good part is that those particular 10-15 minutes are beautiful, in my opinion no other sport produces such exciting scoring except american football. And we all know that is the king of all sports.
All things considered, you gotta watch the world cup. I've watched every game fully except a few in the first round and only half the games in the third round (because the games occured simultaneously).