They started out on empty fields in small towns and cities across America, a handful of friends and family gathered to cheer them from the sidelines. Through seventeen years of bus trips, concussions, childbirth and family deaths, they survived the soaring triumphs and devastating losses. Then one day they woke up to find themselves at the center of the world. They were Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain, Julie Foudy, Michelle Akers and Joy Fawcett - cultural icons at they forefront of a revolution that would change the landscape of sports.

HBO Sport's Dare To Dream is the story of how a remarkable group of athletes who struggled for years to earn an audience succeeded in lifting the aspirations of young women throughout the world. "They found opportunities where there had been none, and created a new nation of fans," narrator Liev Schreiber explains. "Their legacy lives on in a generation of young girls who take to the soccer field as if it were their birthright."