October 17, 2007
Dare to Dream
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.
Filed under Contests, DVD, Entertainment by Jennifer
235 Comments on Dare to Dream »
#1 - Karen @ Simply A Musing Blog @ 3:22 pm
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.
#2 - Krista @ 3:31 pm
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…
#3 - Dirkey @ 3:40 pm
I’d like to see it!
Thanks
#4 - Stephanie J. @ 3:48 pm
Oh my Gosh! Please pick me! I have played soccer since I was 6 years old…I would watch this movie by myself or with my kids!!!
#5 - Lisa Oguin @ 4:07 pm
I would love this movie. I really enjoy watching soccer in the Olympics!
#6 - Cocoa @ 4:20 pm
My daughters love to read Mia Hamm’s book “Winner’s Never Quit.”
#7 - Charlotte @ 4:29 pm
Wow! My daughter would love to watch this movie. She is really into Soccer right now. And I’m still into soccer considering that I played as a child and in high school.
#8 - Michele @ 4:57 pm
I’d love to see it…please enter me!
#9 - Michelle @ 6:15 pm
I would love to be entered. Thanks!
#10 - Laura H. @ 6:16 pm
Enter me in!
#11 - Marcia @ 7:42 pm
I would love to own this movie!! thanks for the opportunity to win it!!!
#12 - Wendy @ 7:43 pm
This looks like a great movie. Please count me in:)
#13 - Jennifer @ 8:52 pm
My daughter “lives” soccer. This would be so cool to win.
#14 - Ceci @ 8:59 pm
Sounds like a great movie, I would love to win it!
#15 - Angie Wycherly @ 9:16 pm
Looks cool
#16 - Shay Thatcher @ 9:46 pm
This would be great my daughter loves soccer movies.
#17 - Andrea @ 10:06 pm
This would be a great movie to have, I am sure!
#18 - Karen (Mommy of Three) @ 11:19 pm
This looks great, please count me in. Thanks!
#19 - Marie @ 11:32 pm
Sounds good! Count me in!
#20 - Dawn @ 11:47 pm
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.
#21 - Briggie @ 12:09 am
this sounds like an awesome movie, please count me in. thanks…
#22 - Tamara Cosby @ 12:10 am
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…
#23 - TheAngelForever @ 2:43 am
This looks like a wonderful movie and inspiration for kids and adults alike.
#24 - Angela Willis @ 3:01 am
We’d love to see this movie!
#25 - ukrainiac @ 8:03 am
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.
#26 - Steph @ 8:11 am
Looks like a great DVD. Count me in!
#27 - Beth@sportsmomma @ 8:14 am
My niece would LOVE this DVD!!!
#28 - Ellen Christian @ 8:20 am
Thanks for the contest!
#29 - Jennifer @ 8:23 am
We are big soccer fans here. Would love to win this DVD.
#30 - Sandra Jensen @ 8:40 am
We need MORE family movies! Thanks for having this one!
#31 - Tara Michelle @ 8:40 am
I would love to win this. Sounds like a wonderful, heartfelt, movie
#32 - Adriana @ 8:44 am
Thanks, looks like a good movie.
#33 - Rebecca Peters @ 8:48 am
looks like a good movie
#34 - Linda Carello @ 8:49 am
Looks like a great show. Please sign me up
#35 - Marilyn @ 9:09 am
This movie looks so good - thank you
#36 - Tammy OHagan @ 9:11 am
Count me In!
I’m a movie junkie and this looks like a great movie! Thanks for offering such a neat prize!
#37 - Vicki Wurgler @ 9:14 am
please enter me in the contest - I’d like to see this movie, thanks!
#38 - margaret herrin @ 9:15 am
Nice.
#39 - shirley thompson @ 9:16 am
i think this would be a great dvd
#40 - Brandi @ Home, Hope and Future @ 9:16 am
Count me in! I love new movies and have heard this one was great!
Brandi
#41 - Jess @ 9:41 am
Very cool!
#42 - Mya Brooks @ 9:56 am
Sounds good! I love watching movies!!!
#43 - Elizabeth G @ 9:57 am
Please enter me - thanks!
#44 - Billie @ 10:20 am
I would love to see this movie…looks very motivational! Thanks, Billie
#45 - Melinda @ 10:23 am
Oh wow. I would love this movie. I was in the hospital watching them on TV when they won.
Hugs,
Melinda
#46 - Kimberly Colville @ 10:24 am
This would be a great win!
#47 - Cheryl Free @ 10:38 am
I’d like to win
*Thanks* for the giveaway!
#48 - Jennifer Barnett @ 11:03 am
Sounds like it is very uplifting.
#49 - Jenny @ 11:08 am
Please enter me! My daughter would LOVE this movie!
#50 - Annette @ 11:18 am
Nice!
#51 - Christina @ 11:19 am
What a great story for young ladies!!!
#52 - Lacey C. @ 11:19 am
My husband loves soccer, and I love true-story movies, so, score! Here’s one we can both watch! Thanks!
#53 - Cindy Heuer @ 11:23 am
Please pick me, this movie looks like a very INSPIRATIONAL movie
#54 - Karen Gonyea @ 11:35 am
Enter Me Please - What a great prize !!
#55 - kathy @ 11:45 am
Pick me…Pleaseee! I love these types of movies..
#56 - Tiffany G @ 11:52 am
Great Movie!
#57 - Stephanie @ 11:54 am
I would love to see their story!
#58 - Mama Zen @ 11:58 am
I would love to win this!
#59 - Cathy Wilcox @ 12:10 pm
I would love to see this movie and share with all my athletic children/grandchildren!
#60 - valerie mabrey @ 12:14 pm
please enter me
#61 - Bess @ 12:18 pm
Count me in!
#62 - Meredith Peters @ 12:29 pm
This would be great!
#63 - Hannah @ 12:36 pm
Pick me!~
#64 - Annette Burke @ 12:51 pm
Pick me!
#65 - Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings @ 12:53 pm
I would love to win this for a friend’s sons. Three of them are into soccer and probably would enjoy this.
#66 - brandy @ 1:02 pm
My sisters love soccer
#67 - Eva Pepitone @ 1:27 pm
This looks like a great family movie! How awesome…too few of those.
#68 - Julie @ 1:30 pm
This sounds like such an inspiring movie! Would love to win one. Thank you for offering this give-away!
#69 - Sonya Sparks @ 1:41 pm
Would love to see this.
#70 - Emmy T @ 1:43 pm
What a great story!
#71 - JENNIFER @ 2:51 pm
PICK ME!
#72 - Lesha @ 3:01 pm
Count me in!
#73 - Laura @ 3:02 pm
Sounds like a good movie.
#74 - jesy @ 3:47 pm
DREAMS NEVER DIE!!!
#75 - shannon @ 4:00 pm
i would love to win this for my daughter!
#76 - Sisterlisa @ 4:07 pm
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.
#77 - Natalie @ 4:16 pm
I’d like to win.
#78 - ashley @ 4:18 pm
I would love to own this movie! Sign me up! thanks!
#79 - Susan @ 4:26 pm
Sounds like a great movie! We would love it.
#80 - Carol Ezovski @ 4:30 pm
I have this on my Netflix list. Hope I win it before that!
#81 - SUSAN VARNEY @ 4:36 pm
what is it all about
#82 - Joseph @ 4:50 pm
This would be great to win.
#83 - adina weinstein @ 5:00 pm
We all need to dare to dream and reach our goals.
#84 - Jennifer Riggs @ 5:04 pm
Pick me!
#85 - Pamela Muldowney @ 5:17 pm
I dare to dream I will do what I want to do for me and nobody else. That sounds a little strained, doesn’t it? OK I want to win.
#86 - Anastasia Cooper @ 5:52 pm
want to watch it
#87 - CLEMENS @ 6:01 pm
GREAT……WOULD LOVE THIS…THANKS ALOT!!
#88 - Chrystal Jones @ 6:29 pm
I’d love to own this movie.
#89 - Zoe Lee @ 6:32 pm
Great flick.
#90 - Tonya Keener @ 6:34 pm
Looks like a great movie. Please enter me.
#91 - michael woods @ 6:34 pm
If I dare to dream to win a contest, maybe it just may happen
#92 - Margaret Smith @ 6:34 pm
I would love to see this. Thanks for the contest.
#93 - christopher h @ 7:03 pm
love to win this
#94 - Linda Moeller @ 7:03 pm
That looks like a nice movie for a chilly Fall night.
#95 - Lorna Burton @ 7:13 pm
Every day I dare to dream and continue to be strong for my children.
#96 - Aisling @ 7:22 pm
I’d love to watch this movie with my granddaughters. They’re 15 and 18 - old enough to appreciate it.
#97 - kelli @ 7:22 pm
Oh, I’d love to win this. My niece is just starting soccer and I would love to inspire her.
#98 - Lisa W @ 7:39 pm
This movie sounds good. I’d love to see it!
#99 - Adrienne Gordon @ 7:49 pm
my daughter just started playing soccer, this would be cool to win and watch with her.
#100 - Victoria Urrea @ 8:16 pm
I would love to win this!!!
#101 - Cecelia @ 8:17 pm
Count me in !
#102 - Roz @ 8:27 pm
Wow! A movie the whole family can watch. We need more of these.
#103 - Ginny @ 8:41 pm
Hope I win
#104 - Susan @ 8:42 pm
Supportive Soccer mom here! My daughter loves these kinds of movies.
#105 - bob keck @ 8:48 pm
My niece would enjoy this immensely.
#106 - Shannon Baas @ 9:18 pm
We collect all movies around here.
#107 - Nora Scott-Platt @ 9:18 pm
I am happy that they finally have a womens movie realted to soccer. we have gcome along ways baby!!!
#108 - Christy @ 9:18 pm
My daughters would love this. What great female role models.
#109 - Christine @ 9:23 pm
Would love to win this!
#110 - Shay Thatcher @ 9:28 pm
My daughter would love this movie.
#111 - babies mama @ 9:44 pm
I would love to watch with my daughter
#112 - Donna Kozar @ 9:56 pm
I need this because I need to dare to dream.
#113 - Penny G @ 10:16 pm
Sounds like a really interesting first-hand account!
#114 - Tammy in MN @ 10:27 pm
Looks like a great movie. Count me in!
#115 - Christina @ 10:49 pm
I do so hope to win this!!! Please enter me!
#116 - Mihaela Day @ 10:49 pm
Nice !!!
#117 - Kari Colledge @ 11:04 pm
Me please
#118 - SJ @ 11:18 pm
Enter me in please!
#119 - Rhonda Holt @ 11:25 pm
My oldest would love this, she is just starting to play soccer at school.
#120 - Robert R. Miller @ 11:33 pm
Would like to see it.
#121 - peppylady @ 11:47 pm
Please put my name in the hat for this dvd
#122 - Sandra Ward @ 11:49 pm
would love to win!
#123 - Sylvia @ 12:38 am
This would be a great gift to win.
#124 - Kayce @ 12:40 am
I love to dream.
#125 - Valerie Mitchell @ 12:42 am
fab!
#126 - T. Thomas @ 12:46 am
My daughter is on a soccer team for the first time and loves it! Please count me in. Thank you!
#127 - Jenna @ 2:22 am
thanks
#128 - Terra Heck @ 2:24 am
This would be a great movie for my teenage daughter.
#129 - Doreen Kuneck @ 2:35 am
oh yes!
#130 - tanyetta @ 3:01 am
count me in!
#131 - melody is slurping life @ 3:08 am
Am I too late? Forget the kids, I want this!
#132 - Judith @ 5:10 am
sounds like a dvd i’d like to have
#133 - kathleen mitchell gentry @ 5:45 am
SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING PLEASE ENTER ME
#134 - Kari Follett @ 6:04 am
Thanks!
#135 - JOE WARREN @ 6:31 am
I would love this movie. I really enjoy watching soccer in the Olympics!
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#136 - Mary @ 6:53 am
Must one sleep to dream?
#137 - Kathy Scott @ 7:02 am
I’m a soccer mom that would love to own this movie.
#138 - Jim Scott @ 7:03 am
Looks like a good movie to me
#139 - Ron Miller @ 7:34 am
138 soccer mom’s above me!
#140 - claudette flanigan @ 7:35 am
keeping my fingers crossed that I win this one!
#141 - david basile @ 7:44 am
This I’ve got to see
#142 - Linda Howard @ 8:14 am
I would love to win this!
#143 - Leigh Nichols @ 8:14 am
oooh! Me please!
#144 - Leona Pullyard @ 8:46 am
please enter me
#145 - denyse @ 9:22 am
Please enter me-
#146 - Amy @ 9:46 am
I have really been wanting to see this movie, but haven’t found it anywhere.
#147 - Linda Ellis @ 9:55 am
Please enter me, thanks!
#148 - Terry Hodges @ 10:05 am
Love soccer and would love to see this movie!!
#149 - Jason @ 10:25 am
What a nice giveaway !! Thanks !!!
#150 - sherry pincus @ 10:28 am
love dare to dream
#151 - Katherine Frazier @ 11:12 am
Looks like a great dvd!
#152 - Evelyn @ 11:13 am
This sounds like a good family movie
#153 - Cindy Zimmerman @ 11:17 am
Would love to own my own copy!
#154 - Sarah Stern @ 11:25 am
I’d love to win this one!
#155 - Alice C @ 11:28 am
LOVE TO DREAM
#156 - Monique Rizzo @ 11:56 am
Thanks for the contest! Would love one for my collection.
#157 - Kathy Smith @ 12:11 pm
Good Luck to All!!
#158 - Lynn @ 12:25 pm
I’d love to see this movie - what an inspirational story!
#159 - tim brown @ 12:39 pm
love 2 win
#160 - Barbara @ 1:19 pm
whoo hoo! Pick me!
#161 - Toby Klang @ 1:46 pm
Can I dare to dream that you’ll pick me?
#162 - Albert Klang @ 1:47 pm
Sounds like a very inspiring film…
#163 - Nikki @ 1:55 pm
I gotta see this!
#164 - Gaylon Burtman @ 2:13 pm
Love seeing movies,just need to win one.
#165 - Ed Nemmers @ 2:51 pm
Sweet!
#166 - Amy Valentine @ 3:38 pm
I would love to win this for my kids to see as they are both soccer players. Thanks for doing these giveaways!
#167 - Debbie Criss @ 4:01 pm
Reading is always a mind getter.The more you read the more you learn.
#168 - Theresa L. @ 4:12 pm
This would be a fun win!
#169 - Mike Weisberg @ 4:16 pm
I want to win
#170 - anna @ 4:25 pm
Hope I win.
#171 - Michelle Rosborough @ 5:04 pm
wonderful story
#172 - Beth S. @ 5:06 pm
I’d like to see this, I hope I win!
#173 - Fruitbearer @ 5:21 pm
Please count me in. My kids play soccer so they might enjoy the movie. Thanks!
#174 - LocaMama @ 5:29 pm
dare to dream i win!
#175 - MARSHA @ 5:57 pm
WOULD BE NICE TO WIN
#176 - gina snow @ 6:39 pm
i want to win!!!!
#177 - Paige @ 6:50 pm
My soccer fanatic daughter would so enjoy this!
#178 - Susan White @ 7:02 pm
I would love to see this movie and also more importantly to let my nieces see it!
Thanks for the great contest!
#179 - trudee @ 7:40 pm
my 2nd daughter loves soccer
I would really love this
#180 - Sarah @ 7:54 pm
Yes, please!
#181 - JONI CHADWELL @ 9:44 pm
sure would like to win!
#182 - Deb Wallin @ 9:55 pm
I dare to dream of winning!
#183 - Michelle Carter @ 10:14 pm
Oh I would love this
#184 - BILL HOFF @ 10:29 pm
enter me too please
#185 - Mickey Anderson @ 10:47 pm
The movie looks like a good movie. Would love to win this DVD. thanks
#186 - Melanie @ 11:04 pm
Count Me it!
#187 - Gary Osborn @ 11:38 pm
Wooo Hooo Make me a winner!
#188 - mike kittle @ 12:03 am
This will be a good gift for mom!
#189 - Tom @ 12:17 am
I’d like to see this
#190 - Sand @ 12:27 am
I’ve love to win this!
#191 - Joyce Pawlik @ 12:38 am
Goooooooal!
#192 - Angela Willis @ 12:53 am
Please count me in
#193 - Veronica Garrett @ 1:22 am
My daughter would enjoy this movie. I hope I win.
#194 - A.G. @ 1:42 am
Enter me please. Thanks.
#195 - Samantha Pruitt @ 1:58 am
cooolness!!!
#196 - Jamey McGinty @ 2:05 am
would be a good DVD to own
#197 - Suanne Giddings @ 3:36 am
It is nice to see something positive about teens! This sounds like it could be inspirational for our young ladies. Please count me in!!
#198 - Judy @ 3:44 am
I would love to see this movie! Please pick Me!
#199 - Elsiewa @ 5:34 am
I bet even boys would like this soccer story.
What do you think??? A guardian sounds like the perfect solution for removing expletives. Thanks!!!
#200 - Deborah Wellenstein @ 8:16 am
Would love to win! Thanks!
#201 - sarah woods @ 9:18 am
Hope eeveryone is a winner
#202 - Donna Coughlin @ 9:37 am
I would love to see this movie
#203 - Nina Cunningham @ 10:08 am
I’d love to win this! Thanks!
#204 - Sherrie Maner @ 10:13 am
Sounds like a great movie!
#205 - galena @ 10:21 am
every one needs to dream…. would love to see this movie
#206 - Tina Rath @ 10:44 am
Who doesn’t dare to dream?
#207 - kathy pease @ 10:59 am
ooooh i would love to win this
#208 - veronica sandberg @ 11:14 am
want it love it
#209 - Linsey Knerl @ 11:51 am
This would be great to watch with my daughter. Thanks!
#210 - Janet F @ 12:17 pm
I would love to win!
#211 - SHEILA BRINEGAR @ 1:00 pm
I would Love this for encouragement
#212 - Grace Chu @ 1:28 pm
Good luck!
#213 - Kristen @ 2:13 pm
I’m in!
#214 - Michelle H. @ 2:53 pm
I love soccer!
#215 - Miranda Allen @ 3:20 pm
Thanks for the contest, Please enter me.
#216 - Latisha DePoortere @ 4:12 pm
i would love to win this love movies!!
#217 - Maggy Mae @ 5:44 pm
Would love to win this movie
#218 - Sabine Blanch @ 6:48 pm
I hope I win…thank you!
#219 - Michael Blanch @ 6:49 pm
Count me in!
#220 - DaLinda M @ 7:01 pm
Pick Me !!!
#221 - Charlene Kuser @ 7:59 pm
I would like to win this movie because I am really
into soccer.Both my kids played it and I watch all
the soccer league games.
#222 - Timothy Sternberg @ 8:19 pm
I’d love to win one.
#223 - richard t @ 9:20 pm
Hope I win.
#224 - Jennifer Tower @ 10:27 pm
I would love one!! I never get five minutes with five kids including 4 year old triplets, so at least I could watch it!
#225 - Carol Rene' Brown @ 11:01 pm
Count me in!! I have a 13 year old niece who adores soccer!!!
#226 - Lily Kwan @ 1:59 am
Please enter me into the contest. Thanks!
#227 - Emily Frisch @ 9:17 am
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.
#228 - Linda Pinto @ 1:10 pm
Sounds like a great DVD.
#229 - mj @ 10:19 pm
love soccer
#230 - mj @ 10:20 pm
Love soccer and following the us teams
#231 - Kathy Conley @ 4:09 pm
I have a classroom full of kids plus my own that I would like to show this for
#232 - SAMUEL WU @ 5:26 am
I NEED A CAMERA - UPCOMING TRIP!! LET ME WIN!!!!
#233 - bryon shaffer @ 7:05 am
hope i win
#234 - Kimberly Colville @ 6:45 pm
I hope I’m the lucky one!
#235 - Tyra Moore @ 10:39 am
My whole family would love to see this movie. My 3 kids are all into soccer.