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The Latest: Nebraska soccer association apologizes to girl

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

By Associated Press 2 min read

SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (AP) – The Latest on a Nebraska youth soccer player’s disqualification (all times local):

10:50 a.m.

The Nebraska State Soccer Association is apologizing to an 8-year-old girl who says her team was disqualified from a youth soccer tournament because she looks like a boy.

It said in a statement Monday that the Springfield soccer club’s decision to disqualify Mili Hernandez’s team does not represent the association’s core values of teamwork and inclusion.

Mili’s team had advanced to the tournament finals when it was suddenly disqualified. The Springfield club tells WOWT-TV (http://bit.ly/2sc1tt9 ) that a misprint in the team’s roster identified Mili as a boy. Mili wears her hair short.