Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field, the gregarious, swaggering Julio and the wiry, 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 try out 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.