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If you want to become a coach the best route imho is to take certification courses and volunteer coaching (or assistant coach) kids in one of your local clubs.

There's also /r/bootroom for your questions, I think it's more active.

If you like reading, the best intro overall coaching books that I know are:

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Coaching-Soccer-Systems-Tactics-ebook/dp/B0054RJSAC/

http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Soccer-Coach-2014-Dimensional-ebook/dp/B00GCEBBOM/

If you have the time, try to read Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid. This is a really great read on football tactics, formations, why certain formations evolved and then fell out of style. Wilson does a much better job explaining all of this than a redditor could do in a post-comment.

Here is the Amazon link to his book:http://www.amazon.com/Inverting-The-Pyramid-History-Tactics/dp/1568587384

Note: I am in no way affiliated with Jonathan Wilson or the publishing company. I am just a coach with an interest in understanding the game better to explain things to my players, and this is a good book to read to understand a bit beyond the basics.

I would highly recommend reading Jonathan Wilson's Inverting the Pyramid: A History of Football Tactics. This book is simply fantastic. Some other great introductory articles:

• Zonal Marking - What does a central midfielder do in 2010?
  
• Zonal Marking - Introducing… the central winger
  
• Michael Cox (ZM) on ESPN – Different types of playmakers
  
• Tom Williams (Football Further) – After the false nine, the ‘false 10′
  
• Tom Williams (Football Further) - Inside out full-backs find room to roam
  
• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian) - The concept of the false nine
  
• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian) – Is 4-2-1-3 the future?
  
• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian) - How did tactics develop in 2010?
  
• Jonathan Wilson (The Guardian) - Is the 3-1-4-2 formation on the rise?
  

I would venture that you need to get a more complete look of a game. Take your eye off the ball to see what movements are ahead of the ball carrier. Wherever there is space there is an opportunity and creating or blocking that space is kind of where most of the game is based on.

You can also read about that. Zonal Marking (Michael Cox) in his blog explained the tactics very well with idea + consequences of that however it has become almost defunct so you would need to read old matches reviews but it may help you better understand what is there and what isn't. Also I recommend the book "Inverting the Pyramid" by Jonathan Wilson; it is a very thorough compilation of the tactics/formations evolution throughout the years.

People have already told you but let me reiterate that watching more games more intently and even repeat viewing will let you start noticing patterns on the strategy of play.

simply put, movement to create space in between defenders.

As far as complicated goes, anything you can think of to be honest. From individual movements and positioning to specific areas on the field, time of the game, personnel, score, condition of the pitch, feel of the game, confidence etc.

Soccer can be simplified or it can be quite complex. When you read bout professional teams and attacking principles, they all break down to simple drills in 1v1 and 2v2 scenarios. They just get more specific with personnel and area of the field.

Great book to read on it: Modern Soccer Coach by Gary Curneen

If you want to start right at the bottom, Inverting the pyramid by Jonathan Wilson is a great book on the history of tactics from the 1900's all the way up to now. A lot of good stuff in there to make you think about why certain positions and tactics exist. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1409128644/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_L3NXDbSMFSTCP

Jonathan Wilson wrote a book called "Inverting the Pyramid" that does a nice job of weaving the strengths and weaknesses of different formations with their histories in world soccer. Here's a link to it: https://www.amazon.com/Inverting-Pyramid-History-Soccer-Tactics/dp/1568587384/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469839235&sr=8-1&keywords=inverting+the+pyramid

Which is named after a book which is an even better primer

http://www.amazon.com/Inverting-The-Pyramid-History-Tactics/dp/1568587384