Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins! in the United States) is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon.
This is the first installment of a trilogy named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the movie. The second installment, Goal! 2: Living the Dream..., was released in February 2007. The third installment, Goal! 3: Taking on the World, was released...
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Goal! (also known as Goal! The Dream Begins! in the United States) is a 2005 film directed by Danny Cannon.
This is the first installment of a trilogy named Goal!. This film was made with full cooperation from FIFA, which is one of the reasons actual teams and players are used throughout the movie. The second installment, Goal! 2: Living the Dream..., was released in February 2007. The third installment, Goal! 3: Taking on the World, was released straight to DVD in June 2009.
The film starts with a clip showing Santiago Muñez playing football as a child in Mexico. The same night, his family illegally enter into the United States to find a better living. Santi grows up in the USA and works with his father as a gardener. At night he works as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant. He also plays football for a small local team called AJFC. He goes to play a match one day after his work with his father, where he is forced to use a pair of cardboard pieces as shin guards as he cannot afford any....
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