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Text to Text- Old School Grit to GOAL!

I am reading the book Old School Grit and connecting it to GOAL! This book is about a coach named Flanagan in his 43rd season as a basketball coach at St. Rita's. Coach Flanagan is in his last season because he was diagnosed with cancer. His team is qualified for the national basketball tournament and goes very far as an underdog. The movie goal is about a young man playing soccer in a city league and then he got recruited by a England coach to play on a professional team.
 The scene in the GOAL! is similar to a situation in Old School Grit because in goal the character Santiago is getting a call for making his drams come true and is getting the chance to play professional soccer. The Old School Grit is connectable to GOAL! because coach Flanagan was able to get his dream to come true and getting to the national championship in the national march madness tournament. This situation reminded me of a similar situation I was in because I wanted to put a trophy in the  trophy case at my school and me and my team put a runners up trophy in the case for soccer.
I began to think about these stories and how both of them are similar but not in the same sport. It's cool to see that because any sport can fulfill your dreams. If I were in either of these characters shoes I would be blessed to have an opportunity to have one of my dreams come true. This story and movie teaches me that no matter how low your team is rated or your individual rating is against someone or some team do you best and good outcomes will happen.
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