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    Short-Haired Girl Mistaken For Boy, Barred From Soccer Tournament Finals

    Mili Hernandez and her Omaha, Neb., soccer team were disqualified from a girls' tournament finals after a mix-up over her gender. "They only did it because I look like a boy," the 8-year-old said.
    by Amy Held Jun 06, 2017 2 minutes
    Milagros "Mili" Hernandez, 8, plays soccer in Ohama, Neb. Her team was disqualified from the final round of a tournament because somebody had complained to organizers that there was a boy on the team.

    Milagros "Mili" Hernandez loves soccer, and she's good at it. Really good. At age 8, the short-haired Nebraska girl plays on an Omaha club team with 11-year-olds.

    But on Sunday, Mili's dad, Gerardo Hernandez, found out his daughter's girls' team had been disqualified from the finals of a Springfield tournament, set. Somebody had complained that there was a boy on the team.

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