OMG! Small 8-year-old girl disqualified from soccer tournament for looking "like a child"
Milagros Hernández, who is only 8 years old, still can not believe what happened to her recently during a soccer game, when the women's team in which she played was disqualified by the organizers of the tournament, arguing that she was a child.
"I like to wear my short hair because I've always had it short. I do not like long hair, "revealed" Mili "about her look and for which she spent a sad moment with her companions.
Despite her age, the little girl is one of the stars of her U-11 team Omaha's Azzuri Cubs and was one of the pillars that helped in the club's qualification to the finals of the children's tournament in the city of Springfield, A subsidiary of ABC News in Nebraska.
No one was expected before the start of the game that the team would play last weekend, the organizers decided to disqualify them, saying that they had let a child play in their combo, referring to Mili.
"She was crying, they made her cry," Gerardo Hernandez said of the painful moment when tournament organizers informed team members of their decision.
Although the family and the leaders of the girl's team attempted to demonstrate with identification documents that it was a woman, the decision of the organizers was final and did not allow the team to continue participating.
The news reached the ears of the legendary player of the United States selection Abby Wambach, who did not hesitate to send an emotional message of encouragement and encourage the small one. "Dear Mili Hernández, you are wonderful in every way. Thank you for teaching us to be brave and to be light despite this difficult situation, "she wrote alongside a video that shared the ex-world champion and Olympic gold medalist on Instagram.
"To see me as a child does not mean that I am a child. They have no reason to disqualify the entire team, "added Mili in her statements.
As stated in the report, the organization of the children's tournament decided to refrain from commenting on the fact, they just said that their lawyer would be in charge of delivering details on the painful
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