Alex & Me Page #5

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REAGAN:

Uh, well, he's, uh...

[CHUCKLES]

He's just excited,

and, uh, he wants

to encourage us to, um...

Uh, raise the roof?

Don't overdo it up there,

Dad.

You wanna save your energy,

so you can get better.

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And now...

Now, until he's better,

I saw some more drills on that

Alex Morgan training video,

so let's go train

on our awesome new field.

This field is so small.

This field is a dump.

I... I can't find

my ball again.

See you next practice.

Hopefully my dad

will feel better then.

He's still not quite

100 percent yet.

[SIGHS]

Hopefully he's turned a corner.

We're pulling for ya, Dad!

[CHUCKLES]

I just need somebody there.

You know, and my mom

can't coach

'cause she works a lot

on Saturdays.

You know, I was thinking

of asking our neighbor,

Mr. Dittman, but he's 84 and I

think people would catch on.

- Yeah, that's ridiculous.

- Mm-hm.

Yeah, he uses a scooter.

Why don't you just

ask your dad to coach?

My dad? He won't do it.

He doesn't have time.

You know? I mean...

And I get it.

This is Logan's moment.

[GRUNTS]

Logan works hard

for his dream, though.

You know that, right?

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You're right.

REAGAN:

Look, I get he comes first.

But sometimes I wish my dad

would pay a little more

attention to me. You know?

What do you think, Alex?

JOE:
She talking to

the poster again?

REAGAN:

Think?

About what today?

You.

REAGAN:
And sometimes

I feel like...

- Me?

- REAGAN:
...I'm not even there.

And I'll just

talk to him,

but he ignores me sometimes.

I don't know why...

JOE:

Grace?

[SCREAMS]

That's a side effect.

From his medication.

He sounded like a girl.

Yeah, well, the medicine,

it makes his voice

really high-pitched.

Hopefully next week he'll,

you know...

What...?

What are you guys doing?

Leaving.

How is this any better

than what we had with our

'British' coach?

At least he showed up.

Hey, we still have a team.

No, we don't.

We just get together

- in a different field.

- Don't say that.

Whoa, whoa.

Wait, wait, wait.

JOE:
Sorry I'm late. Sorry!

Sorry I'm late!

[CHUCKLES]

So sorry.

Hi, I'm Joe, Reagan's dad.

[CHUCKLES]

Nice to... Yes.

You must be, uh...

on the team.

Yeah.

Uh, so I... Sorry. I'm Joe.

Coach Joe.

I'm real sorry. I know we

got off to a rough start, but...

I promise you

I'll be here for you now.

I thought you were

still sick?

We just heard you scream.

Yeah, that.

That was a scream of joy

because the doctor

just called me.

He said that all the test

results are clear.

Yeah. I-I'm all better.

[LAUGHS]

It's a miracle.

What did you even have?

I had a... A problem

with my vision.

I couldn't see things that were

right in front of me.

Really important stuff.

You know, we can talk about

all that stuff later.

We gotta get down to business.

Come on, let's...

Let's get our gear on.

Hurry up, come on.

Let's get warming up.

Get, uh... Get those, um...

The balls out of the...

The packs and put them

on the ground and...

There you go.

Uh, how...?

How did you even know I...?

Your Mom. And Gracie, she...

She filled me in too.

[SIGHS]

I am so sorry, Reagan.

I...

I got so focused on that

scholarship, it just...

I'm really sorry,

sweetheart.

The only thing is I don't know

anything about soccer.

No, no, no. That's...

That's okay. That's okay.

See, a-as long

as you show up,

I can come up with

the practice plans. Trust me.

- [LAUGHS]

- Okay.

Uh, one question.

Is that child really 13?

Oh, no. No.

Ah. I don't think so.

- Uh, second thing.

- Yeah.

Do my arms really

look like Gracie's?

[CHUCKLES]

[LAWN MOWER BUZZING]

[SIGHS]

[REAGAN LAUGHS]

Hey, what are you doing?

Well I may not know

much about soccer,

but I'm pretty good when

it comes to yardwork, so...

Just don't tell

your mother.

Get a rake. Let's go.

Let's get this place

fixed up for you.

We're doing the exact

same thing we did last night?

- Yeah.

- Pretty much.

- I don't care.

- It was fine.

Is this ours?

GIA:

Whoa.

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JOE:

Hey. What do you think?

Welcome to the new home

of the Breakaways.

Come on! Let's go!

[ALL CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

JOE:

What's up, Bug?

BUG:
Wow. I'm getting

more practice.

[ALL CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

Okay. Okay, nice try, Gia.

But next time you should

try to do the thing

with your foot.

You wanna do the thing

like, um...

You should try

a bending shot.

You wanna open up like

you're gonna pass the ball,

but follow through

like you're shooting it.

Like you're shooting it

into the...

- Okay, yep. Um...

- The...

You mean like this, Dad?

Yep. Just like...

Yep, just like that.

JOE:
Okay, for our next

drill, why don't you go ahead

and, uh, ahem, you know,

show everybody, uh...

what I taught you.

When you go at an opponent,

you wanna get them

off balance one way,

and then go the other way.

Too many people focus

on a fancy move,

instead of the reason

you're doing the move

in the first place:

beating your opponent.

Keep it simple. Use balance

and a change of speed.

Keep it simple. Use balance

and a change of speed.

Wow. Reagan's dad

is an awesome coach.

Mm-hm.

ALL:

Champion on three!

Champion on three!

One, two, three, champions!

Okay, guys, uh, just go out

and... And do your best, okay?

Uh, I'm proud of you.

Win or lose, just have fun.

Let's go. Have fun.

Get on out there.

How come we don't have

a team cheer?

Go team.

You gonna dive

this time, Lexi?

Yep! My mom gave me

some allergy medicine.

- See? No sneezing.

- Ugh.

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[PEOPLE CHEERING INDISTINCTLY]

PENNY:

Lexi! Wake up!

- GIRL:
Over here, Bug.

- JOE:
Go, go, go. There you go!

There you go, girls!

- PENNY:
Get it to Reagan!

- JOE:
Let's go, Bug!

Come on, Bug.

Bug, move over.

Help Penny out.

Nice job, Penny.

Nice. Nice.

Regs! Move! Move!

Go, go, go!

[WHISTLE BLOWS]

Whoa!

We're actually tied!

[GIRLS CHEER]

GIA:

Over here, Penny!

REAGAN:

I'm open. In the middle!

Go, go, go. Go!

Uh, last minute. One more

minute! One more minute!

Defense, girls.

Defense, we need defense.

Come on, girls! You've got this!

You've got this!

[PEOPLE CHEER]

COACH:
Good game, ladies. A

lot of hustle out there.

JOE:

Everybody stop.

Now what was the score

of our last game?

Five to 1.

- JOE:
Before that?

- Like, 6-0.

It was 2-1 today.

We're getting better.

All right?

We just need more

game experience.

Against somebody good

that can push you guys.

That's how good teams

get better.

[GIRLS CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

BEN:

Yo! Spider girl!

REAGAN:

Thanks for coming.

Ladies, today I want you

to welcome

some of the boys

from United Real,

who have come to our humble

field to practice with us

because, uh...

Because Alex Morgan said...

- GIA:
What?

- PENNY:
Huh?

...um, in that...

In that training video,

where she said she got

a lot out of training and...

And... And practicing with...

boys, uh, growing up.

I mean, you remember, right?

Yeah. I do now. I do now.

I gotta get my hands

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