The Billion Dollar Goal Trailer

The Billion Dollar Goal Trailer - official trailer HD

Transcript

00:00 We were carrying the weight of American soccer on our shoulders.

00:03 It's hard to figure out what's the low point for U.S. soccer in the mid-1980s.

00:11 It was a joke.

00:14 For decades, the U.S. could not for their lives qualify to a World Cup.

00:21 Yeah, it's true.

00:22 I live in America, believe me.

00:24 The USA players were a bunch of amateurs and semi-professionals.

00:28 Things really needed to change.

00:30 We want to be the first team to qualify in 40 years.

00:34 Odds were stacked against us.

00:37 The whole world was like, "Come on, you're American.

00:39 Put some shoulder pads on. Put a helmet on."

00:41 Everyone knew that Trinidad and Tobago was going to embarrass

00:45 big, bad United States and get to the 1990 World Cup.

00:49 We were carrying the weight of American soccer on our shoulders.

00:54 Everything was on the line on that day.

00:56 That moment alone changed the trajectory of soccer in the United States.

01:00 Go, USA!

01:02 (dramatic music)