''The Kicks'' is an American teen sitcom created by
Alex Morgan and David Babcock. Babcock also serves as executive producer alongside
James Frey
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. The pilot premiered on
Amazon Prime Video
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on June 26, 2015.
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old soccer player Devin Burke is on the verge of being named seventh-grade captain of her Connecticut school soccer team when her family moves to California midway through the school year. Now, Devin has to rise to the challenge after discovering that her new school team has been on a losing streak over the last few months and is badly in need of a captain to rally the team together. However, disaster strikes when their coach quits, as she was pregnant and expecting soon. With no coach and two games fast approaching, the girls enlist the help of the janitor, Pablo Rivas. Pablo is hard on them but also kind, as he remembers what it was like when he was their age.
Cast and characters
Main
*Sixx Orange as Devin Burke
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Isabella Acres as Mirabelle Harris
*Emyri Crutchfield as Zoe Knox
*Gabe Eggerling as Bailey Burke, Devin's younger brother
*Sophia Mitri Schloss as Emma Gelbaum
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Monica Lacy as Sharon Burke, Devin's mother
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Tim Martin Gleason
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Early life and education
Gleason ...
as Tom Burke, Devin's father
Recurring
*Alejandro Furth as Coach Rivas
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Noah Urrea
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as Cody McBride
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Noemi Gonzalez as Coach Flores
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Ashley Liao
Ashley Liao (born October 21, 2001) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the series '' Fuller House'' and ''The Kicks''. She has since appeared in the Disney+ film ''Secret Society of Second-Born Royals'' and the Ap ...
as Parker
*Jane Widdop as Lily Padgett
Production
''The Kicks'' was ordered to pilot by
Amazon
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on September 15, 2014. The show is based on the best selling book series of the same name, written by U.S. soccer star
Alex Morgan, illustrated by Paula Franco. The pilot premiered on
Amazon Instant Video on June 26, 2015 as a part of Amazon's
fifth pilot season.
Amazon ordered the pilot to series on November 6, 2015.
Filming for the series began on February 22, 2016.
Episodes
Reception
On Amazon, 93% of all customer reviews of the pilot were five-stars, and 97% were either five-stars or four-stars. This was high enough to warrant a series order for the show.
References
External links
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2010s American school television series
2010s American single-camera sitcoms
2010s American teen sitcoms
2015 American television series debuts
2016 American television series endings
English-language television shows
Amazon Prime Video original programming
Television series by Amazon Studios
Television shows set in California
Middle school television series
Amazon Prime Video children's programming
Women's association football television series
Television series about children
Television series about families