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Film Story
Santiago Muñez is askilled footballer. The son of a gardener who lives in a barrio section of LosAngeles, Santiago works as a busboy in a Chinese restaurant and helps with hisfather’s gardening business. His ultimate dream is to play footballprofessionally. Due to his poverty and the fact that he plays solely for a clubmade up of Hispanics from a local car wash, he feels his chances are slim.
Santiago is noticed by Glen Foy, a former Newcastle United player who works as a car mechanic butstill has ties to his old team. Glen arranges to get Santiago a trial withNewcastle United, who recently signed talented new player Gavin Harris. Needingto get to England, Santiago begins to save his money in an old shoe, but hisfather finds the stash and takes it to buy a truck to allow them to work forthemselves, believing that Santiago’s dreams are hopeless. His dream is notlost though, as his grandmother sells off her jewelry to buy him a ticket toEngland.
Glen warmly welcomesSantiago to his home and takes him to the tryout. Unfamiliar with the Englishstyle, he performs poorly. Glen convinces the team’s manager that Santiagoneeds a month’s trial to show his full potential. Santiago does not tell clubnurse, Roz Harmison, that he has asthma. After a month, a jealous teammatecrushes Santiago’s inhaler before a reserve game. An asthma flare-up preventshim from being able to run hard, and his coach lets him go. While on his way tothe airport Santiago meets Gavin Harris, who was late to arrive to the team.Harris finds out what has happened and makes Santiago explain it to themanager. The manager allows Santiago to stay, provided he gets treatment forthe asthma. Santiago earns a contract for the reserves team and moves in withGavin.
Finally he gets onto thefirst team as a substitute in a match against Fulham. There he wins a penaltyfor Newcastle, which is taken by Gavin winning them the match. Unknown to anyoneelse in his family, his father watches the match on TV in the USA, and afterfinally watching his son play, he leaves a proud father. Despite the victory,the manager informs Santiago that his weakness is that he does not pass theball off. That night, he and Gavin go out partying. A picture of the two windsup in the tabloid The Sun, causinganger from the manager. At the same time, Santiago’s friend, Jamie, suffers acareer-ending injury that only causes him additional grief.
Meanwhile, back in LosAngeles, Santiago’s father dies of a heart attack. Devastated, Santiago plansto return home. While in the airport waiting for his flight back to LosAngeles, he decides not to return and reports back to training. Believing hemay not make it to the playing eleven, he goes to St James’ Park and practicestill late in the evening, and is informed by the manager that he has beenselected to play against Liverpool F.C. On match day, Gavin puts Newcastle intothe lead. Before half-time, Liverpool makes a comeback with two goals. In thefinal minutes of injury time, Santiago assists Gavin in scoring the equalizerby finally passing the ball to him, to make it 2–2. However, a draw will not beenough to earn Newcastle a place in next season’s UEFA Champions League. Mereminutes before the end of the game, Gavin is tripped and Newcastle gain a wide freekick, which Gavin gives to Santiago. Santiago, with the hopes and prayers ofthe whole city of Newcastle resting on his shoulders, scores, and Newcastle win3–2. Glen reveals to Santiago that his grandmother is trying to call. Shementions that his father did watch his first match against Fulham, afterlearning this from a fellow supporter. Santiago shouted to Glen that his father saw him play and was proud of him before he died. Glenreplies: “He’s probably watching you right now.” The film happily ends with Santiago shedding tears of joy while embracing his dream.
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