Game of Their Lives, The

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(drama, history, sport)

In 1950, few soccer players in the United States played the game with any particular degree of expertise. Most Americans had heard about the soccer only by hearsay, even though it was the world's most popular sport, and when the United States was invited to compete in the World Cup in Brazil, the country turned out to have no soccer team to call their own. The U.S. set out to recruit players in the soccer breeding ground of St. Louis, Missouri, where they found a group of young friends with almost absolute lack of an appropriate experience, only an unabashed love of the game..

actors:

Gerard Butler	as Frank Borghi
Wes Bentley	as Walter Bahr
Richard Jenik	as Joe Maca
Jay Rodan	as Frank 'Pee Wee' Wallace
Louis Mandylor	as Virginio 'Gino' Pariani
Jimmy Jean-Louis	as Joe Gatjaens
Zachery Ty Bryan	as Harry Keough
Nelson Vargas	as John 'Clarkie' Souza
John Rhys-Davies	as Bill Jeffrey
Gavin Rossdale	as Stanley Mortenson
Maria Bertrand	as Rosemary Borghi
Terry Kinney	as younger Dent McSkimming
Joe Erker	as Chubby Lyons

directors:
David Anspaugh
rating:6.10

See also: Drama: Shallow Grave

See also: Gerard Butler in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life