Next Goal Wins (2023, Taika Waititi)

31-0 worst defeat ever. First transgender FIFA qualifying player. Taika Waititi adapted it. Redemption story.

Next Goal Wins — both the original 2014 documentary and Taika Waititi's 2023 fictional adaptation — documents American Samoa's quest to win their first international football match after their 31–0 defeat to Australia in 2001 (the most lopsided result in international football history). The documentary captures Dutch coach Thomas Rongen's attempt to qualify for the 2014 World Cup with a squad that includes Jaiyah Saelua — the first transgender player to appear in a FIFA World Cup qualifying match. A story of dignity, inclusion, and sporting redemption.

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