In 2001, the American Samoa football team set a humiliating world record: they suffered the worst loss in World Cup history, losing to Australia with an astonishing 31-0. Fast forward to 2014 and they're still eager to turn their reputation around – so eager that they take a chance and hire down-on-his-luck coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender). Rongen's a maverick – hot-headed, ill-tempered, and arguably a terrible choice to coach anyone – but with the World Cup qualifiers just around the corner, he just might be the kind of audacious addition needed to turn this team of losers into born winners...
A humorous, heartfelt underdog story from Academy Award nominee Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit, Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Next Goal Wins takes a true tale of the world's worst football team and turns it into a back-of-the-net crowd-pleaser.