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This 8-Year-Old Girl Was Barred From A Soccer Tournament Because Organizers Thought She Was A Boy

Trigger warnings are all the rage these days so in the spirit of that I just want to warn y'all you are about to read the stupidest story in the world.

Mili is an eight-year-old girl who plays on a U-11 team because she is very good for an eight-year-old. The combination of Mili being very good and Mili having short hair led the organizers of a soccer tournament her team was playing in to wrongly conclude Mili is a boy and disqualify the team.

The tournament organizers said Mili was erroneously marked as a boy on the team's roster, which they said led to the disqualification.

Luckily, it seems Mili has garnered support from some pretty famous people:

(H/T Sports Illustrated)

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