Mannys Orphans (1978)

Manny coaches soccer for the fashionable Creighton Hall school but is relieved of duty because he is not a good match for the school He finds a job at a Catholic home for orphans where he forms a new soccer team with the help of one very good player Pepe who turns out to be a girl Pepe is the sister of one of the orphans who comes to the allboy orphanage posing as a boy because her former foster home was an abusive environment Along the way Manny has incurred a gambling debt his creditors begin to lean on him and the boys find out They set up a soccer game and stake the outcome against Mannys debt If they win the debt will be forgiven