Robbie Rogers at 12, playing for the Palos Verdes Soccer Club in in Rolling Hills Estates.

Robbie Rogers, The First Openly Gay Player in a Major North American Professional Sports League

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 8, 2014

Robbie Rogers, soccer player for the L.A. Galaxy, has a career that includes an NCAA Championship, winning the MLS Cup, and competing in the Olympics, yet he feared that coming out as a gay man would derail his rising career. He discusses this struggle in Coming Out to Play. Rogers remembers his paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career. While the world around him was changing with breathtaking speed, he knew that prejudices still ran deep for many in the world of professional sports.

Coming Out to Play
Coming Out to Play
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