I thought that Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team might be a great show to watch with my nine-year-old soccer playing daughter. I could never quite get her interested (she’s not much of a movie buff), so I watched it alone one rainy afternoon. I’m so glad that I did. This is a HBO films DVD, and is rated TV-PG. I would rate it a PG-13 for several uses of language (more than I would hear on an hour long TV adult drama). That aside, this is quite an inspiring drama. As women, we’ve come to take for granted that we can do anything we want, we can achieve, and we can be noticed. Few opportunities are considered to be for men only; however the disparity between men’s and women’s professional sports is great. This DVD chronicles the choices that the women made which allowed them to be a part of the most well-known and successful professional women’s team (in America, anyway). It is told as a sort of retrospective looking at the women who really became the faces of the team and helped encourage those younger soccer stars that professional athlete is a career option, not just a hobby or a pipe dream.
Mia Hamm joined the team when she was only fifteen years old.
Joy Fawcett returned to practice only a few weeks after having her first baby, and managed to balance starting a family and playing sports on the road.
Michelle Akers played in spite of battling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
After retiring after playing for seventeen years as a team, these women, along with Julie Foudy, Brandi Chastain, and Kristine Lilly, look back on how they helped build the sport and foster the dreams of girls everywhere.
We have five copies to give away (U.S. addresses only). Leave a comment if you’d like to win, and we’ll draw a winner on Saturday, October 20.
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I’d love to win one…I have a dvd player that has a guardian on it…so it the language isn’t too often, it will usually find it and filter it all out.
Ya know, I hardly ever watch movies, but this I would watch. I remember them and the team, Mia’s not that much older than me…
I’d like to see it!
Thanks
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I would love this movie. I really enjoy watching soccer in the Olympics!
My daughters love to read Mia Hamm’s book “Winner’s Never Quit.”
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I would love this. My kids really love soccer, and my daughter, who’s only three, already wants to play soccer. I might have to wait until they’re older to show them this movie, but it sounds very inspirational.
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Would love this movie! We are a soccer family here…our three year old twins are going insane that they can’t play soccer with their older brother and sister!
Congratulations on the babies, I have not been around in awhile…
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October 18, 2007 at 2:43 am
This looks like a wonderful movie and inspiration for kids and adults alike.
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I had no idea that there was a DVD with this story — I remember taking my daughters to the Women’s World Cup games in the States…and cheering for the BEST in the world! It would be such fun to own this.
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Thanks for the contest!
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I would love to see this movie…looks very motivational! Thanks, Billie
Oh wow. I would love this movie. I was in the hospital watching them on TV when they won.
Hugs,
Melinda
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*Thanks* for the giveaway!
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My husband loves soccer, and I love true-story movies, so, score! Here’s one we can both watch! Thanks!
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My sisters love soccer
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i would love to win this for my daughter!
I love giving movie reviews. Big movie buff here. ;O)And we love sports films. We use a TV guardian so it will cut out the foul language(as long as it’s closed captioned) Thank you for offering this. I’d like to enter.
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That looks like a nice movie for a chilly Fall night.
Every day I dare to dream and continue to be strong for my children.
I’d love to watch this movie with my granddaughters. They’re 15 and 18 – old enough to appreciate it.
Oh, I’d love to win this. My niece is just starting soccer and I would love to inspire her.
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Supportive Soccer mom here! My daughter loves these kinds of movies.
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We collect all movies around here.
I am happy that they finally have a womens movie realted to soccer. we have gcome along ways baby!!!
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I would love this movie. I really enjoy watching soccer in the Olympics!
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Must one sleep to dream?
I’m a soccer mom that would love to own this movie.
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138 soccer mom’s above me!
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Good Luck to All!!
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I would love to win this for my kids to see as they are both soccer players. Thanks for doing these giveaways!
Reading is always a mind getter.The more you read the more you learn.
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What do you think??? A guardian sounds like the perfect solution for removing expletives. Thanks!!!
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I have played competative soccer my whole life and am now just starting to live a life without it. This movie brings back all of the great years I had playing.
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My whole family would love to see this movie. My 3 kids are all into soccer.