Review: A beautiful tale about The Beautiful Game
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 11, 2013
Read the full review at MIDWEST GALLEY GIRL.[...]Nicco has been a mess of casual sex and bad boy behavior. He has been around the block and the worst-kept secret in international soccer is that he plays for "both teams". Herein lies the problem. Gay and bi-sexual men aren't embraced in professional sports.  Soccer is gaining popularity by the minute in the USA, but gay men typically haven't been out on professional sports teams. This taboo is fading slowly, but it's not without controversy.Parker is as Midwestern and white bread as they come. Always the perfect son and boyfriend and soccer star, he doesn't rock the boat or disappoint anyone if he can help it. After throwing away his parents' dreams of med school, a picket fence, a gorgeous wife, and 2.5 kids to play professional soccer, he just can't come to terms with himself.Nicco and Parker will collide on the field and in real life, both trying to figure out how to be themselves in a world that isn't sure what to make of them.STEWART REALTY fans rejoice!  We get a few glimpses of Jack and Sara. Rafe (now a coach for The Black Jack Gentlemen) and Maureen play very prominently into the storyline. Rafe is so adorably Alpha AND sensitive. More conundrums...sorry.MAN ON is about a lot of things, but at its heart, it's a very human story.  Despite the fact that some will paint MAN ON as a story about gay men (who happen to have sex), that's just one kernel of the tale. It's about the usual ups and downs and hard questions and choices that accompany coming to terms with learning to love another human being.Unlike many Liz Crowe stories with a WHA (What Happens After), this story has SERIOUS HEA mojo. A toe curling, happily human story whose real life counterparts are playing out on professional soccer pitches, football fields, and baseball diamonds as we speak.Cue Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' SAME LOVE.