david beckham be a british soccer star and the husband of victoria beckham ( posh spice of the spice girl ) . his trademark be a goal shot that curve across the pitch and into the net . the soccer equivalent of an unhittable curve ball in baseball . bend it like beckham mean make that type of spectacular shot . apart from that and and a little shrine to him in the main character bedroom and a faux cameo at the very end and the movie have nothing to do with him . the movie be full of little soccer in joke and such a the present that one of the character parent give her of a jersey with the number 9 on it ( property of the great mia hamm and to those in the know ) and reference to posh n beck and the video homage to the wusa one of the character play for a disbelieving friend ( they have that . ) and lesbian gag and sport bra gag and and so on . the story be about a teenage girl in england who idolize beckham and want to be a soccer star . she have a real gift and but the two seemingly insurmountable obstacle she must overcome be the absence of a professional woman league in the uk ( hence their fascination with our wusa ) and and her parent and who be indian immigrant set in very old fashion way that do not allow daughter and among other thing and to engage in contact sport . the girl family be portray a figure of ironic fun and but with great affection think my big fat greek wedding . the girl love and respect them enough to go through sitcom hell to conceal her grow soccer stardom from them .