When asked what their coach should do the only football team of American Samoa

When asked what their coach should do the only football team of American Samoa as he has to catch the ball, the team yells that they have the ball. And what do they do when they have the ball once in their possession? Right, hold on. The game is actually not that difficult if you follow these two simple basic rules, but the team of the small island in the Pacific Ocean is known as the worst football team in the world. The biggest debacle was a 31-0 loss against Australia in 2001. It is the men of American Samoa do all it can to just consider one more time to win a match and especially to wash away the bad taste of this huge defeat. But that requires a miracle for a team of an island with barely sixty thousand residents. See there once again to postpone together a decent team. But the enthusiasm of the players and a Dutch top coach could bring ever change this.

This year was held for the first time the International Sport Film Festival Amsterdam. We have an abundance of film festivals in our country and you can seriously wonder why another one was to come. However, the sports movie, whether it's fiction, documentary or biopic, a place with its own festival and who still have doubts about that should really Next Goal Wins Mike Brett and Steve Jamison deserves a chance. The documentary about the belabberdste football world had its Dutch premiere at this new festival. He also scored instant sympathy points. A team that is trying to wrestle the only conceivable underdog is happy with one match won. The chance of revenge on Australia poses as American Samoa may participate in the qualifying matches for the World Championship. That men have little chance may be obvious, but it is through their tireless efforts, enthusiasm and perseverance not only no longer stand a chance. However, a little outside help is needed to get on the same page, especially the ball just once once the goal of the opponent.

For this purpose flown the Dutch coach Thomas Rongen. The successful trainer, residing in the United States, is the only man who responds to the call of the American Football Association to prepare the island team ready for the qualifiers. Rongen knows himself the tricks of the trade from the merciless life. His daughter was killed in a car accident. It is a trauma that he meezeult with understandably, but he also tries to put in a positive way in his work. Rongen never gives up, even when it seems that (egg) to sail the Pacific country with footballers. Rongen let an American flown to his roots in American Samoa and brings the keeper of the match against Australia back to his homeland. Rongen has a lot to be with his men. They are not fit, lack focus and fool around but what actually without really forming a unity.

Brett and Jamison are in the comfortable position that their sport document is filled with appealing personalities and contradictions that arise without too much interference from the directors. Special is the presence of a transgender actress, officially the third generation of American Samoa. On the field she stands her ground but behaves in her spare time and she dresses like a woman. This Jaiyah is fully accepted by her team, not kicks her ball sometimes against a wall of misunderstanding and prejudice, and holds an important symbolic function in the thought that everyone matters regardless of background or social position. How fare the team of American Samoa in the qualifying matches against Tonga and Samoa among others can guess easily. In that respect the two-headed directing team keeps the lines of the classic sports movie. They have in the long run-up to the games, however, demonstrated that the way to a modest success is perhaps more important than the win itself. Next Goal Wins ticked all the boxes for a success story without losing the realism sight or without being overly sentimental. These are men who you simply grants a lone, one-time gains.