Such a frustrating disappointment

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It is believed that replicating the action and thrill of any sport on the big screen is a very difficult task. Over the years, many movies have tried to do just that. But, they always had quite a few shortcomings. 'A Perfect Game', 'Goon' and 'Hoosiers' are very good examples of this phenomenon. So, it was really refreshing to see a sports movie that actually delivers what people expect from it.GOAL! THE DREAM BEGINS is a sports drama about an underprivileged young man chasing his dream. Santiago is born with a love of football (Soccer, for all my North American readers). As a Mexican immigrant living in Los Angeles, Santiago was destined to follow his father's path to work at menial jobs to earn money to support his family. All this changes, when a scout gives him chance to showcase his footballing talents in England, against his father's wish. Santiago gets to England and goes through a series of ups and downs to achieve his dream of playing professional football.GOAL! is a delightful and morally uplifting movie. For a football fan this movie is a must watch. There are a couple of very famous football players who make cameo appearances in the movie. Even though this movie is a little slow at times, the positive elements by far outnumber the negative ones.To sum it up, GOAL! is very engaging. Viewers can easily identify with the plight of all the characters.

This movie talks about a young kid named Santiago Munez, who lived his childhood in Mexico, and then moved to America. His dream was to become a professional footballer, but he faced a lot of problems trying to achieve that dream, one of them was his father. During his teenage life, he played for a local team in Los Angels, and had two part-time jobs. During one of his matches, a former footballer who played for Newcastle United, named Glen Foy attended his match and witnessed the young man's talent. After the match, he promised him to get an agent to watch his next match, but unfortunately he couldn't make it. The next day, Glen Foy had a phone call with Newcastle manager to give the young man a trial, which he accepted. here came the turning point of the movie which was his dad. He saw him collecting money to go to Newcastle, and decided to take away all his money in-order for him to not go, which made the young completely upset. The next day his Grandma came up to him and gave Santiago the ticket to Newcastle without his father knowing. The next day he was in Newcastle where he faced millions of problems. On the day of his first and only trial game, he played in a muddy pitch which he was not used to in America. His performance was bad and was rejected by the manager. On the same day, Glen talked to the manager in personnel and convinced him to give the kid a 1-month trial for the club, Newcastle United. After 3 weeks of hard work, he mad it to the reserve squad. The only problem he had was that he suffered from breathing problems. On his first match, he lost his inhaler on the time he needed it. He played terrible during his match which made the club decide on letting him go. During his training sections a first-squad player was playing with him and noticed his talent. On the day he was leaving back to Los Angels to the Airport, for coincidence, the first-squad player. Gaven Harris was with him. Santiago explained his problem with Gaven and told him he'll talk to the manager, When he arrived to the training ground, Gaven had a talk to the manager and explained Santiago's situation, the coach agreed on letting him continue. The young man had no excuse now,where he had to prove himself,which he did. He played and worked harder everyday until he reached the first-squad. The team had only three matches left and had to win them all to qualify for the Champions league. He played his first two matches as a substitute. On the third and last game, the coach decided to play Santiago from the beginning, where Santiago manged to score the winning goal and qualify his team to Champions League.

Santiago is a young man from Mxico who tries hard to make a life for him and his family in the USA, but the prospects of playing football (soccer) prove to be too strong, as he leaves home to pursue his dreams in England...for New Castle, of all teams.When I first heard about this, I was put off by the story line...a little far-fetched was my first reaction...Surely they could have based it on a kid from the hard end of New Castle who makes it in the big leagues...But I gave this a chance and I was pleasantly surprised...Football is something that I'm into...It's one of the greatest sports there is..and here the footy is directed beautifully, every kick makes you believe that it will end up in the net...The actors were all satisfactory and I loved Glenn who doesn't give up on a young man's dream....Overall a good football movie...

This film is absolutely brilliant.I like this film,because it is about football and i like football very much!!!OK,this film isn't real,because Santiago,the main character,but a street boy,can't play Premier division,English league,immediately,but it is film and in the film can happen everything.It is too sadly,because Santiago father died,but Santiago play again in New castle and he play on well and in the last match in the season he scores. I like New castle stadium,because It is nice a big.On the other hand,the stadium in America is bad.Why,because there aren't seats and there isn't roof.So,when it is raining,you must go away,or stay there and you will be wet.