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Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team - DVD

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From their meager beginning in the 1980s as ``the red headed stepchild`` of sports through four World Cups and three Olympic games, Dare to Dream examines how Mia Hamm broke through as a media phenomenon, why Brandi Chastain`s celebratory moment stirred so much controversy, and how Julie Foudy, Michelle Akers, and Joy Fawcett overcame daunting obstacles to help the team step into history, and in the process lift the aspirations of all young women - THIS ITEM CANNOT SHIP TO A MILITARY ADDRESS

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• ASIN: B00337SY7S
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I watched because of my daughter, but I loved it too., August 22, 2007

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JKav (SF,CAL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team (DVD)

Last year, I began coaching my daughter's U-8 team. The girls knew nothing about the glories of the USWNT. I told them about Mia Hamm and got them to read a brief bio on her, but this HBO documentary was the best teaching tool ever.

It is a great story that uses the retirement game for Hamm, Fawcett and Foudy to lok back at the history of the WNT from the first WC in 1991 through the 2004 Olympics.

This movie can't help but increase the self esteem of any young girl just starting the sport to see how good the Americans can be at soccer. Because the Men's World Cup gets more publicity, my girls all thought that Americans just weren't very good at soccer and that it was dominated by a half dozen European and So. American countries. This video points out that historically the US WNT is the best. It really got my daughter interested in the current WNT and we even went to see a game in San Jose last month.

The release is being timed to come just after the beginning of this year's Women's World Cup in China. (The first game for the US team, who are #1 ranked again, is Sept. 11th.

HBO is also selling it directly through their website, but for $5 more.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This One's a Score, January 13, 2008

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JOE F. "Joe F." (Manassas, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team (DVD)

I originally saw this documentary on HBO over a year ago. After watching it, I knew I had to get it on DVD for my daughter for Christmas this year. A truly inspirational story for anyone, but especially for young women, this story of the USA Women's Soccer Team shows their rise from obscurity to glory. My daughter was so captivated by the emotional and educational aspects of the Team's struggle to achieve validation, notoriety and greatness in the historically male centric American sports scene, that she has already planned to have her entire soccer team over to our house for a group viewing to inspire them for the upcoming season.

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a movie for young soccer players, December 31, 2008

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This is a great movie no doubt, but young soccer players should probably not watch it. The profanity is really bad, and you hear it from the players. To me, that is what ruins soccer. I hate hearing that on the field. If a young player watches this they are going to think, 'wow if Julie Foudy can talk like that on the field then so can I'. It is a HBO movie so what do you expect.

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