WC Italy 1990 was the first and the best participation of Costa Rica in the competition for 24 years, reaching the round of 16.
This was overcome by Costa Rican participation in WC Brazil 2014, reaching the quarterfinals and finishing in position 8, just 2 months later than the release of this film.
This movie was used to inspire the Costa Rican national team for its performance in 2014 World Cup.
The real Costa Rican soccer players Claudia Jara, Roger Flores and Mauricio "Chunche"Montero make cameos in the movie as a member of Claudio Jara's family, the coach fom Gabelo Conejo when he was a kid and Mauricio Montero's father respectively.