Year: 2026
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A short-term worlds-greatest phenom — ‘Ronaldinho: The One and Only’ (2026)
Ronaldinho: The One and Only, the Netflix 3-part series about the iconic Brazilian player, is entertaining enough that my hubby watched the whole thing — almost 3 hours.
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WTF went wrong – ‘The Bus: A French Football Mutiny’ (2026)
Le Bus: Les Bleus en grève gives us insider information on the truly catastrophic disaster that was France at WC 2010 in South Africa.
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Enthralling — ‘Untold UK: Jamie Vardy’ (2026)
Part of the Netflix Untold series, the Jamie Vardy story took a very long time to get to our screens. It’s been over a decade since he beat 5000:1 odds and put Leicester City FC at the top of the Premier League.
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‘Little Angels’ (2025) is a redemption story for rich male coaches
Dean Cain’s Little Angels entertains without making any big waves. It’s heart-warming family fare, covers all the usual soccer movie bases, and it includes Brandi Chastain. And uh, Lou Ferrigno. But the story is not about the girls, it’s really about the high paid college football coach.
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‘Balls Up’ (2026), Mark Wahlburg stock Down
It takes a lot of balls to make an entire comedy about condoms designed to win the World Cup. My issue is not that the film is in poor taste — the whole story is weird and just not funny.
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Notes: Best and Worst Soccer Movies in 2025
As noted last year, after the Golden Age of Streaming, Hollywood is now in a depression. And so am I. The administration of #DasFuror has weighed me down with constant stories of corruption, cutbacks, incompetence, climate change denial, and cult of personality.
