Next Goal Wins

Allowed 93 minutes • 2014 • 7.8

This British documentary follows the American Samoan football team in qualifying for the World Cup 2014. American Samoa is famous for losing 31-0 against Australia in World Cup 2001, they have never scored a point in a national match or even made one match goal. But they are passionate about the sport. Now they get a new coach with a single task - to restore the country's football honor. The New York Times critic Anita Gates calls the film "a portrait of a culture that values the joys of camaraderie over other factors" as well as "sensitive and observant as an Edith Wharton novel".