A warm-hearted comedy about a compulsive soccer mom who masquerades as a famous Italian soccer star hired to coach her daughter's floundering soccer team, then struggles frantically to keep her wacky charade going long enough to see the girls win their big tournament.
Acting
Missi Pyle commits fully to the mustache bit, bless her.
Costume
The Lorenzo Vincenzo disguise is gloriously unconvincing cinema.
Director
Gregory McClatchy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dylan Sprayberry's film debut—four years before he played young Clark Kent in Man of Steel. The Sprayberry siblings basically grew up on this set.
Soccer Mom arrived at the tail end of the 'wacky sports coach' boom that Cool Runnings started and Kicking & Screaming nearly killed. It went straight to DVD in most markets, which explains everything.
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