The Nebraska State Soccer Association said in a statement late Monday that Maplestory Mesos the Springfield soccer club's decision to disqualify Mili's team does not represent the association's core values of teamwork and inclusion.The Springfield club told WOWT that a misprint in the team's roster identified Mili as a boy. 


Hernandez says her team was disqualified from a youth soccer tournament because she looks like a boy. Former U.S. soccer stars Abby Wambach and Mia Hamm are offering support to Hernandez, and Hamm has invited Hernandez to one of her soccer camps. (WOWT NBC Omaha via AP)"Just because I look like a boy doesn't mean I am a boy," Mili told the television station. "They don't have a reason to kick the whole club out.


In this June 4, 2017, photo taken from video and provided WOWT NBC Omaha, 8-year-old Mili Hernandez, of Springfield, Neb., is seen during an interview. 


It earlier apologized to Mili Hernandez, who more benefit said her team was disqualified from a youth soccer tournament because she looks like a boy.Omaha's Azzuri Cachorros girls club soccer team had advanced to a Springfield tournament's semifinals when it was suddenly disqualified over the weekend. Mili Hernandez told Omaha's WOWT-TV that tournament organizers thought she was a boy because of her short hair.