Soccer stars step up for youth player

Former U.S. soccer stars Abby Wambach and Mia Hamm are offering support to an eight-yearold Nebraska girl who says her team was disqualified from a soccer tournament because she says she looks like a boy. Mili Hernandez’s team had advanced to the finals of the tournament when it was suddenly disqualified. The Springfield Soccer Association says a misprint in the team’s roster identified Hernandez as a boy in “violation of state and tournament rules” and her appearance wasn’t an issue. The girl wears her hair cut short. Her family provided documents to prove she’s a girl, but Springfield tournament organizers refused to reconsider the disqualification. Wambach says on social media that she’s “won championships” with her own short haircut and wants to meet the girl. Hamm has invited Hernandez to one of her soccer camps.