Next Goal Wins (4 Stars)

"Next Goal Wins" is a hilarious true film about Thomas Rongen, a Dutch coach who's sent to train the national team of American Samoa, which was ranked the weakest football team in the world. At the time he began his job, American Samoa had never scored a goal in international games. The qualifying games for the 2014 World Cup were about to begin, and he would be deemed a success if American Samoa managed to score at least one goal. Nobody seriously expected them to win a match.

The film shows Rongen being disheartened. The players are unfit and unmotivated. It's an uphill battle to get them to take their games seriously. To be fair, American Samoa is a country with less than 50,000 inhabitants, so the pool of available players was less than any amateur football team in a small European town.

Did they manage to score a goal? Watch the film yourself to find out.

Success Rate:  - 0.7

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