Netflix Plots Movie About 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer Team

The streamer acquired the rights to Jere Longman’s bookThe project will follow the team — which included Mia Hamm, Briana Scurry, Kristine Lilly and Julie Foudy — and their journey to the Women’s World Cup at the Rose Bowl, where Brandi Chastain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team broke a 0-0 tie game to score the winning penalty kick to defeat China.

producer Liza Chasin will produce via 3dot productions, along with Ándale Productions Hayley Stool, who optioned the book and secured players' life rights. Former HBO Sports president Ross Greenburg will also produce."As a longtime soccer fan, I can still remember watching that groundbreaking game in Union Square," said Tendo Nagenda, vp of Netflix Films.

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Netflix Scores Movie Rights to Iconic 1999 U.S. Women’s Soccer TeamNetflix has scored the rights to Jere Longman’s book “The Girls of Summer: The US Women’s Soccer Team and How It Changed The World” to develop into a feature film. The project will cent… They beat China in 1999. Not Japan Omg omg omg Super excited about this news but they beat China in 1999 final. (Beat Japan in 2015 final.)
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