SE -- some of it seems like just dumb-arse stuff from him. I mean, how long / consistently could he have kept up the 'I-know-nothing-about-soccer' facade? To me, stuff like that would just piss me off because it would feel like an insult to my intelligence.

Some other stuff though could just be clumsily handled standard issue therapeutic boundaries (hating dogs etc).

To me, the bigger issue is that you clearly seem to need a therapist who 'bends' and can be warmer / more attuned -- his inability (or unwillingness -- I'm not entirely convinced that it's not his inability that he's simply hiding behind a facade of unwillingness) to do that tells me that he's actually failing you therapeutically. The actual act he may engage in to make you feel more cared for might be different than the one(s) you have in mind but there needs to be some discussion / conversation / forward movement on it.

Or, you are just going to remain stuck with neither of you changing and at that point, yeah, I don't see how anything other than quitting would work.

In your place, I'd probably cut down the frequency of sessions with him -- say, once a week rather than twice a week (or, if you can handle it, once every two weeks) -- and simultaneously consult someone else (finding a suitable someone else might take a while and give you a whole different perspective in the process as well).

So, that way, you're not forced to make a final decision and consequently, twist yourself into a knot because you'll keep second-guessing yourself but at the same time, you're not cutting yourself off from better possibilities.