On October the second of two thousand and five, in the city of Lima, Peru, a coach and twenty-one soccer players made history winning the first U-17 World Cup for Mexico. Nevertheless our history doesn't begin on that date; it started way back and it goes faraway soccer fields. "Champs" tells the story in retrospective, of all the ups and downs, the struggles, the funny and even sad events along with the intense preparation they faced to achieve their goals. We travel into a personal adventure with the coach and his team members, living the personal drama of the players and their family backgrounds, the daily efforts they had to face reaching for the excellent required accomplishing the desire success. "Champs" is not a movie about soccer; it's a movie about champions.

Um criminoso americano que ultrapassa a fronteira entre Estados Unidos e México durante a fuga de um roubo a banco. Ele acaba preso pelas autoridades mexicanas e enviado para um presídio lotado de bandidos de alta periculosidade. Não bastasse essa experiência bizarra, ele acaba se envolvendo com uma família local e se metendo numa grande enrascada em terras estrangeiras porque a bandidagem agora quer a pele dele. Para sobreviver na prisão, ele terá que aceitar a ajuda de um garoto de apenas 9 anos (Kevin Hernandez), com quem irá planejar sua fuga.