Switching Goals
Encyclopedia
Switching Goals is a 1999
television movie
starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
.
) and Emma (Ashley Olsen
) Stanton both play soccer. Sam is a star athlete and a tomboy
; however, the only sports her more stylish sister Emma enjoys are fashion
and dating. When their father, one of the league's coaches, is pressured (by his wife) into picking Emma first for his team, another coach picks Sam.But Sam is not thrilled to join a team which hasn't won in years and Emma finds it difficult to please her dad,the coach, so soon after the girls come up with a scheme to switch places in soccer so each can be on the team they prefer. As a result, Sam learns about letting others share the spotlight and Emma becomes a better player.
Their mom catches them, and they both have to go back to their original teams. Mrs. Stanton becomes coach of the Buzzards to prove her husband wrong and actually gets the team into the finals. Along the way Emma realizes her skill for playing goalie. At the finals the Hurricanes regular goalie gets injured while blocking a kick and is replaced by Emma. At 20 seconds left Sam kicks the ball into the goal, and it is blocked by Emma, tying the game. The Buzzards and the Hurricanes become co-champions of the Evanston youth soccer league tournament. Both girls also end up getting dates, Sam and Greg, Emma and Richie (the original hurricane goalie).
1999 in television
The year 1999 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1999.For the American TV schedule, see: 1999-00 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...
television movie
Television movie
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starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen are American actresses and entrepreneurs.Both have appeared in television and films since infancy. Since then, they have continued their celebrity through numerous television programs, films, interviews, as well as commercial endorsements...
.
Plot
Identical twin sisters Sam (Mary-Kate OlsenMary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen is an American actress, producer, author and fashion designer. She made her career debut in 1987 alongside her twin sister Ashley Olsen in the television series Full House...
) and Emma (Ashley Olsen
Ashley Olsen
Ashley Fuller Olsen is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, and author. She co-founded luxury fashion brand The Row and the more affordable line Olsenboye with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen and started her own fashion company called Elizabeth and James...
) Stanton both play soccer. Sam is a star athlete and a tomboy
Tomboy
A tomboy is a girl who exhibits characteristics or behaviors considered typical of the gender role of a boy, including the wearing of typically masculine-oriented clothes and engaging in games and activities that are often physical in nature, and which are considered in many cultures to be the...
; however, the only sports her more stylish sister Emma enjoys are fashion
Fashion
Fashion, a general term for a currently popular style or practice, especially in clothing, foot wear, or accessories. Fashion references to anything that is the current trend in look and dress up of a person...
and dating. When their father, one of the league's coaches, is pressured (by his wife) into picking Emma first for his team, another coach picks Sam.But Sam is not thrilled to join a team which hasn't won in years and Emma finds it difficult to please her dad,the coach, so soon after the girls come up with a scheme to switch places in soccer so each can be on the team they prefer. As a result, Sam learns about letting others share the spotlight and Emma becomes a better player.
Their mom catches them, and they both have to go back to their original teams. Mrs. Stanton becomes coach of the Buzzards to prove her husband wrong and actually gets the team into the finals. Along the way Emma realizes her skill for playing goalie. At the finals the Hurricanes regular goalie gets injured while blocking a kick and is replaced by Emma. At 20 seconds left Sam kicks the ball into the goal, and it is blocked by Emma, tying the game. The Buzzards and the Hurricanes become co-champions of the Evanston youth soccer league tournament. Both girls also end up getting dates, Sam and Greg, Emma and Richie (the original hurricane goalie).
Cast
- Mary-Kate OlsenMary-Kate OlsenMary-Kate Olsen is an American actress, producer, author and fashion designer. She made her career debut in 1987 alongside her twin sister Ashley Olsen in the television series Full House...
as Samantha Caterina "Sam" Stanton - Ashley OlsenAshley OlsenAshley Fuller Olsen is an American actress, fashion designer, producer, and author. She co-founded luxury fashion brand The Row and the more affordable line Olsenboye with her twin sister Mary-Kate Olsen and started her own fashion company called Elizabeth and James...
as EmmaLynn "Emma" Elizabeth Stanton - Kathryn Greenwood as Denise Stanton
- Joe GrifasiJoe GrifasiJoseph G. "Joe" Grifasi is an American character actor of film, stage and television.Grifasi was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of Patricia and Joseph J. Grifasi, a skilled laborer. Grifasi graduated from Bishop Fallon High School, a now defunct Catholic high school in Buffalo. He played...
as Dave - Trevor BlumasTrevor BlumasTrevor Blumas is a Canadian television and film actor and singer-songwriter.-Early life and career:Blumas was born in London, Ontario, Canada. Trevor Blumas went to school at the Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts, studying drama, music, dance, and art...
as Greg Jeffries - Eric LutesEric LutesEric Lutes is an American actor, best known for his role of Del Cassidy on Caroline in the City and as Jake Carlson on So Little Time alongside the Olsen Twins and again with them in Switching Goals. His career started with several commercial spots...
as Jerry Stanton - Keith KnightKeith Knight (actor)Keith Knight was a Canadian actor. He made his screen debut as Larry 'Fink' Finkelstein in the 1979 comedy Meatballs, voiced the White Rabbit in The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland, and voiced Pigface in the BBC drama Ace Lightning. He was also known for voicing Lowly Worm in The Busy World of...
as Willard Holmes - Jake Ledoux as Richie
- Calvin Rosemond as Frankie
- Michael CeraMichael CeraMichael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Youth in Revolt, Superbad, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and Juno. Cera received the 2008 Canadian Comedy Award for best male performance for his work in Superbad.-Early...
as Taylor - Robert ClarkRobert Clark (actor)Robert Clark is an Americanactor. After building up years of experience in singing, stage and limited television work in the 1990s, he has gone on to receive critical and public recognition for his roles in various small screen productions, most notably The Zack Files and Strange Days at Blake...
as Helmet Head - Brian Heighton as Jim
- Ted Atherton as Mitch
- Vito Rezza as Sal
- Damir Andrei as Arden
- Michael Lamport as Adrian
- Jesse Farb as Oscar
- Marcello Melecca as Danny
- Judah KatzJudah KatzMontreal born and classically trained actor Judah Katz has worked in Toronto and Los Angeles for more than 25 years, appearing on television and in films....
as Mike - Joseph Yawson as Sean Mark
- Moynan King as Taylor's mom
- Joanna Reece as Bobby's mom
- Wendy Haller as Teacher
- Adrian GriffinAdrian GriffinAdrian Darnell Griffin is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1999 to 2008.-College career:Griffin attended Seton Hall University and was a three-year starter...
as Referee - Alex HouseAlex HouseAlex House is a Canadian actor.House started his career as a child actor. Among his many credits include the role of Lance Stone on Dark Oracle for YTV....
as Kid at arcade - Alexi LalasAlexi LalasPanayotis Alexander Lalas is a retired American soccer player who played mostly as a defender for the United States national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup...
as Himself