In South Orange, New Jersey, 15-year-old Gracie (Carly Schroeder) is the only girl in a soccer-obsessed family of three brothers. When tragedy strikes and her older brother, star of the varsity soccer team, is killed in a car accident, Gracie petitions the school to allow her on the team despite the objections of her grieving parents. Based on true events in the lives of actress Elizabeth Shue and her actor/producer brother, Andrew
Set in 1978, Gracie is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes the loss of her brother and fights the odds to achieve her dream of playing competitive soccer at a time when girls' soccer did not exist.