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Jack Wilson lives in a small town in Ipswich with his wife, Samantha. Jack is an amateur when it comes to soccer even though he has regional championships. However, he has to give up being a professional football because he needs to take up a job to feed his family. Soccer never left him, he dreams of the day when he will sire a son who will bring a cup for Australia. Unfortunately, his wife gives birth to two daughters; who are Kate and Sareen. Jack’s brother also lives with him. He has a son who is the same age as Kate and Sarah. One day when Jack and his wife return from the market, some villagers bitterly complain to him about how their sons have been beaten up. Jack assumes that his nephew has beaten up those boys. However, he soon realizes that it is his older …show more content…

She loses four big matches in, Argentina, Germany, France, and Brazil. Her father is upset and is not keen to talk to her. In the meantime, Sarah also becomes a professionalplayer and wins regional championships. Sarah also qualifies to go to the NSA. Here she sees how her older sister has lost her way. She gets her sister to come back on track by patching up with her father, who has moved to Brisbane with their cousin. While the sports coach trains them at the Academy, their father gives them lessons outside. When it was time for the Fifa Cup, Kate has to play against Arsenal to whom she had lost earlier. Kate almost loses her match because her coach asks her to defend only. However, her father asks her to attack or defend depending on how the opponent plays it. Just before the final match, the coach plays dirty and gets Jack locked up in the stadium so that he is not present in the stands when Kate is playing the second half of the game. Kate is lost without her father's assurance. However, she remembers a piece of advice he once gave her. She remembers him telling her that she must make her path and that he would not always be around to save

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