Made on a modest budget of just $6 million the movie was a hit on release, as well as finding an audience in America, and went on to take $50 million at the box office.
Goal: The Dream Begins
Goal: The Dream Begins is another movie that has been released in recent years which was directed by Danny Cannon and followed the story of Santiago Muñez, who was searching for success in the beautiful game.
When Santiago Munez is given the chance of a lifetime, he must leave his family, his life in Los Angeles and everything that he knows to travel halfway around the globe to England and into a completely foreign world, the exciting, fast-paced and glamorous world of international soccer.
As an underprivileged Mexican-American immigrant growing up in the poor section of Los Angeles, Santiago seemed destined to follow his father's path in life: labouring at menial jobs to earn just enough money to support his family.
Naturally gifted, his amazing talent on the soccer field was wasted in recreation league games while he could only dream of playing on the world stage of professional soccer.
But when a British scout discovers his talent and gets him a tryout with one of England's premier soccer clubs, Newcastle United, Santiago must choose between his father's fate and his own destiny.
A whole host of soccer stars graced the big screen for cameos in the movie including Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, William Gallas and Alan Shearer.
The movie has gone on to spawn two sequels.
Ladybugs
Sidney J. Furie brought us football comedy back in 1992 with his movie Ladybugs, which starred Rodney Dangerfield.
Chester Lee, a salesman gunning for a promotion, tries to butter up his boss by agreeing to coach his daughter's soccer team.
One problem: the team is terrible, and it doesn't look as if they're going to have a winning season, until Chester comes up with the novel idea of dressing up his fiancee's very athletic son in drag and having him join the team.
The movie has gone on to gain cult status, despite the harsh treatment it received at the hands of the critics when it was released.
Other football movies include What Saturday Comes, Kicking And Screaming, The Cup, Fever Pitch and Shaolin Soccer.
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