尼克整天无所事事,只醉心于足球,女友为此与他分手。为了挽回感情,尼克找了一份足球教练的工作。一开始,他并不十分上心,但随着与这些男孩女孩的接触,他逐渐爱上这份工作,尽心尽力教孩子们踢球。在训练中,他发现了一个很有天赋的男孩赫克特,于是他尽其所能地帮助他。因为家庭原因,赫克特要离开球队,尼克为了让他继续踢球,雇佣他做助教,然而这一行为不仅引起赫克特父亲的不满,球队也因此将尼克开除。另一边,尼克的新女友无意中撞见尼克与前女友的亲密行为,与之分手......To his friends and to his girlfriend Zoe, Nick is stuck in perpetual adolescence: he's approaching 30, lives off a trust fund, has no job and no responsibilities. When Zoe abruptly leaves him and New York for a job in Los Angeles, Nick comes up with a strategy to get her back: taking a job as a soccer coach of a junior-high team. At first it's a diversion - just a strategy. Then, primarily through Hector, the team's best player, Nick engages. In the process, he meets an ER doc who interests him, goes behind Hector's father's back to keep the lad on the team, and realizes he's conflicted when he gets the chance to reconnect with Zoe. Can arrested development give way to maturity?