The girls of summer

Although many would argue that Canada’s favourite sport is played on the ice, a group of young female soccer players beg to differ. These Canadian teenagers dream of playing for Canada at the FIFA Under 17 World Cup — but only 20 of them will make the cut. The Girls of Summer is a story about soccer, but also about all the normal pressures of being a teenage girl — from peer pressure to parental pressure to the pressure to excel in school.