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Chester Lee must take on the coaching duties of his company's employee daughters soccer team in order to impress his boss. Desperate for success, he enlists the aid of a "ringer", his fiancées son! Wackiness ensues. Written by
Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu>
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He's Coach... not first class.
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Vinessa Shaw's feature film debut.
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Goofs
Chester is talking to Matthew from the van and Matthew is holding a football. A teacher asks Matthew if he is all right and we see Matthew holding his backpack and not the football. Earlier, Matthew left his backpack with his friend, who threw him the football.
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Quotes
Chester:
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to the people that saw Matthew dressed like a girl punching a speed bag]
She's in training. Friday night, she's an underdog.
Chester:
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to Matthew]
You gotta work on your jab, your hook, and your slip is showing. Come on, will ya? You keep this up, your next fight will be with me.
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Connections
Referenced in
Tosh.0: Cartwheeling Goalie (2010)
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Soundtracks
Summergirls
Written by Dino Esposito
Published by Onid Music / Island Music, Inc.
Performed by Dino Esposito
Courtesy of Island Records, Inc.
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Before Will Ferrell started in a comedy about a kids soccer team there was a movie called Ladybugs. You have Rodney Dangerfield who plays Chester Lee. While trying to get a promotion Chester Lee agrees to coach the company's all girl soccer team. The only problem is he doesn't know anything about soccer. He ends up dressing up his fiancé's son who actually knows stuff about soccer to help the team.
You probably have seen some of other Rodney Dangerfield's movies like Back to School, Easy Money or Caddyshack. This movie is filled with all the great one liners and jokes that make Rodney Dangerfield so great. There are parts of this movie that are totally random but still funny. It seems like Rodney Dangerfield was trying to make a movie that would appeal to kids and be family friendly. Don't let the 4.7 rating fool you. This a funny movie with Rodney Dangerfield in it about soccer.