The Billion Dollar Goal | Official Trailer - Paramount+
THE BILLION DOLLAR GOAL traces the extraordinary evolution of soccer in the United States, from its beginnings as an immigrant’s game to the historic moment in 1989 when Paul Caligiuri's unforgettable goal ended a 40-year World Cup qualification drought. The series, featuring the late acclaimed journalist Grant Wahl as Narrator and Associate Producer, unveils the untold story of the sport’s struggle for recognition in a soccer skeptical nation.
Stream The Billion Dollar Goal December 11, exclusively on Paramount+.
Stream The Billion Dollar Goal December 11, exclusively on Paramount+.
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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 US soccer in the mid-1980s.
00:11 It was a joke.
00:14 For decades, the US 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.
00:59 Go, USA!
01:02 (upbeat music)
01:04 [MUSIC]