Big Green, The

In The Big Green a group of bored misfits become local soccer heroes. Attractive British schoolteacher Anna Montgomery (Olivia d’Abo) decides to motivate her students and bring a renewed sense of pride to her small Texas town, when she encourages her lethargic students to join the school’s new soccer team. After an embarrassing defeat, the team adopts a new name, The Big Green, and an attitude to keep playing until they win. With the support of the local sheriff (Steve Gutenberg), who agrees to coach the team so he can beat his old nemesis The Knights, and a new soccer whiz addition to the team, they just might have a chance of winning—until the star player disappears on the eve of the championship game. What starts as a disaster soon becomes a hilarious fight to the finish.