Goal! The Dream Begins

Are you ready for some football?! No, not the version played with helmets, shoulder pads and pigskin. As the "goal" of title implies, this cliched but rousing sports drama is about the game that's popular everywhere except in America, and the one at which Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) excels. A Mexican immigrant living in L.A., Santiago spends his days working for his father's landscaping business and his nights washing dishes in the back of a Chinese restaurant. But whenever he has a spare moment, he can be found on a soccer pitch, confounding other players and dazzling onlookers with his fancy footwork. One of these spectators is Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane), a former...