Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan is a high school senior in Rosario, Argentina. Known as "la Furia" on the field, she secretly plays for a women's soccer team while telling her family she is studying for medical school. She wants to earn a scholarship to play professional soccer in the United States. She fights against the cultural and familial expectations placed on women in her community.

Isabel is Camila's mother, a hard-working seamstress who carries deep insecurities. Stuck in an unhappy marriage, her moods frequently shift from caring to critical. This creates a strained dynamic with her daughter. Like many women in her family, she got pregnant young and gave up her own ambitions to support her husband's life.

Diego Ferrari is a professional soccer player for Juventus in Italy and Rosario's local success story. Adopted after being abandoned as a child, he remains connected to his hometown roots. His return to Rosario reignites his childhood connection with Camila, offering a glamorous but complicating presence in her life.

Pablo Hassan is Camila's older brother and a rising star for the local professional soccer team. He feels immense pressure from their father to succeed financially to support the family. He is protective of Camila but sometimes echoes the oppressive cultural attitudes of the men around him.

Andrés is Camila and Pablo's controlling father. Unsatisfied with his own life, he heavily criticizes his family and attempts to manage his children's lives for his own financial gain. He views women through a lens of societal sexism, placing little value on their independence or talent.

Roxana is Camila's best friend and a fellow player on their women's soccer team. Coming from a wealthier family, she does not face the same financial or familial obstacles as Camila. She is fiercely loyal and dedicated to the sport, though her privileged background sometimes creates blind spots regarding others' hardships.

Karen is a ten-year-old girl who lives in poverty in Camila's neighborhood. She shoulders the burden of caring for her younger siblings. She has a deep love for reading, which allows her usual speaking stutter to disappear when she reads aloud.

Coach Alicia leads Camila's women's soccer team. She recognizes Camila's exceptional talent, christening her "la Furia" after a successful game. She works to support her players in a country with limited opportunities for female athletes.

Marisa is a player on Camila's soccer team who faces severe personal hardships. Struggling with poverty and an abusive boyfriend while trying to raise her young daughter, her situation reflects the dangerous realities many women face in their community.

Gabi Tapia is Coach Alicia's sister and a talent scout with connections to women's soccer teams in the United States. She attends local scrimmages looking for players capable of entering the National League directly.

Father Hugo is a priest who runs El Buen Pastor, a neighborhood charity operating out of a former asylum. He provides after-school workshops and lessons for underprivileged children. He maintains a realistic perspective on the cycle of poverty in Rosario.

Marisol is Pablo's girlfriend. Her presence adds complexity to Pablo's life and career trajectory. Her relationship with Pablo is a point of contention within his family, particularly drawing the ire of his demanding father.

Eda is Marisa's twelve-year-old sister. She lives in the same impoverished and dangerous neighborhood as the rest of the team, representing the vulnerability of young girls in Rosario.