Synopsis
Goal! The Dream Begins (Goal!) (2005) Santiago's father, Hernan Munez, smuggled his penniless Mexican family over the US border to seek a better, albeit modest future in L.A. Eldest son Santiago dreams of more, like native Angelinos, then joining Hernan's gardening firm. His change arrives when a British ex-pro spots him as an exceptional soccer natural and promises he can arrange a real British talent scout to check him out. Although that falls trough and dad forbids it, Santiago accepts grandma's savings to try out with English premier league club Newcastle. Despite his asthma, he gets in and befriends the freshly transferred, desperately undisciplined bad boy star scorer, party animal Gavin Harris, who becomes his bothersome house-mate, a recipe for trouble and yet each's salvation. ??KGF Vissers

Awards: 1 win & 6 nominations
Budget: $10,000,000 (estimated)
Worldwide Gross: $27,610,873
Soundtrack: Playground Superstar (Written by Shaun Ryder, Gary Wheelan, Kavin Sandu, Dave Parkinson)


Danny Cannon, Michael Winterbottom
Kuno Becker, Alessandro Nivola, Anna Friel
2006-05-12 (United States, United Kingdom)
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