Home Team

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Home Team ★★½ 1998 (PG)

Gambling addict and ex-con Henry Butler (Guttenberg) is required to perform community service as part of his parole. Since he's a former soccer coach, he finds a job at a boys' home where administor Karen (Lorain) figures a soccer team will teach the kids teamwork and sportsmanship. Familiar plot but that's not necessarily bad. 94m/C VHS, DVD . Steve Guttenberg, Sophie Lorain, Ryan Slater, Johnny Morina; D: Allan Goldstein; C: Barry Gravelle. CABLE