"Cande," as she is known by friends and family, is the only girl playing in a children's soccer league in the southern part of Santa Fe province. The area is the birthplace of soccer stars like Lionel Messi, Gabriel Batistuta and Jorge Valdano. Former Argentine coaches Marcelo Bielsa, Gerardo Martino and Jorge Sampaoli are also from there. But an area rule that prohibits mixed-sex children’s teams threatens to take Cande off the field. The ruling is evidence of the unequal opportunities for men and women in this soccer-loving area. Rosana Noriega is Candelaria's mother. "I had to sit down with her and tell her that there are some people who have to make rules in soccer and that these rules do not agree with what she wants," Noriega said. She continued, "And, well, we both cried, and she said: 'The people who make the laws are bad people.'" The area’s soccer officials informed Huracn two months ago that Candelaria could no longer play on the team. She could only play on a girls' team, which does not exist where Candelaria lives.