US Soccer Player Opens Up About Being Gay

Former Leeds United and US international football player Robbie Rogers has revealed he is gay in an online post. The 25-year-old, who most recently played for Stevenage, also announced he was stepping away from football. "For the past 25 years I have

Robbie Rogers: If You Are On The Sidelines, You're Not In The I wouldn't be surprised if schoolchildren across America thought the word “gay” is a synonym for “old,” because every time a professional athlete comes out of the

Journalists have reached out to the speedy winger, who now seems to be in retirement or something just short of it. He isn't ready to begin speaking further, past what he told the world already. But Rogers, still in the United Kingdom, where he was

With the announcement from Robbie Rogers that he will be retiring from soccer, the young footballer joins a long list of athletes who exited the stage too soon. Mia Hamm- Hamm decided to leave the game at the age of 32.

And as he paged through his messages from friends and family members, he quickly learned the news that stunned much of the global soccer community: Robbie Rogers, a former midfielder for the United States national team who most recently played in