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Coming Out to Play

Coming Out to Play

Marcus, Eric
Rogers, Robbie

Paperback

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ISBN10: 014312661X
ISBN13: 9780143126614
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: Nov 25 2014
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
The first openly gay professional athlete in North America tells the story of his landmark decision to come out of the closet and how he changed the playing field of professional sports forever.

Rogers made history. --Sports Illustrated

Robbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional soccer player. So he never told anyone what was destroying his soul, both on and off the field.

While the world around Robbie was changing with breathtaking speed, he knew that for a gay man playing a professional team sport it might as well be 1958. He could be a professional soccer player. Or he could be an out gay man. He couldn't do both.

Then last year, at the age of twenty-five and after nearly stepping away from a brilliant career--one that included an NCAA Championship, winning the MLS Cup, and competing in the Olympics--he chose to tell the truth. But instead of facing the rejection he feared, he was embraced--by his family, by his teammates, and his fans.

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