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U.S. soccer greats cheer Nebraska girl barred after mistaken as boy
Source: Reuters
SPORTS NEWS | Tue Jun 6, 2017 | 3:16pm EDT
U.S. soccer greats cheer Nebraska girl barred after mistaken as boy
Pixie haircuts may be the new rage on the girl's soccer field now that superstar Mia Hamm cheered an 8-year-girl whose Nebraska team was booted from a tournament after officials insisted she was a boy.
U.S. soccer legend Hamm and Olympic soccer gold medalist Abby Wambach launched a Twitter defense of Mili Hernandez, the Omaha, Nebraska girl whose team, Assurri Cachorros Chicos, was disqualified from a Springfield Soccer Club tournament over the weekend.
After a typo on the team roster misidentified the short-haired Hernandez as male, her family told NBC affiliate WOWT News that tournament officials ignored insurance documents produced to prove she is female and instead kicked out the entire team.
"Mili, don't EVER let anyone tell you that you aren't perfect just as you are. i won championships with short hair," Wambach tweeted late on Monday.
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U.S. soccer greats cheer Nebraska girl barred after mistaken as boy
Pixie haircuts may be the new rage on the girl's soccer field now that superstar Mia Hamm cheered an 8-year-girl whose Nebraska team was booted from a tournament after officials insisted she was a boy.
U.S. soccer legend Hamm and Olympic soccer gold medalist Abby Wambach launched a Twitter defense of Mili Hernandez, the Omaha, Nebraska girl whose team, Assurri Cachorros Chicos, was disqualified from a Springfield Soccer Club tournament over the weekend.
After a typo on the team roster misidentified the short-haired Hernandez as male, her family told NBC affiliate WOWT News that tournament officials ignored insurance documents produced to prove she is female and instead kicked out the entire team.
"Mili, don't EVER let anyone tell you that you aren't perfect just as you are. i won championships with short hair," Wambach tweeted late on Monday.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nebraska-gender-idUSKBN18X2AL
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