Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field, the gregarious, swaggering Julio and the more wiry and focused Daniel "Gato" have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum. The opportunity of their lives arrives when a football scout invites them to tryout for the city's top professional team, just as a tragic act of violence threatens to tear them apart and prevent them from achieving their dreams.