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Nothing has been the same in town since Chris\u2019s departure 10 years earlier \u2014 Chris\u2019s old teammates and his own father (Nielsen) are disappointed in life, and the coach\u2019s daughters Amy (Parker) and Julie (Nolden) have become, respectively, a drunk and an astronaut. 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