Coming out to play
By: Robbie Rogers
Publisher: The Robson Press; Biteback Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781849548519; 9781849547208
Subjects: Soccer players; Biography; Gay athletes; Sportifs homosexuels; Biographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Sports; GAMES; Gambling; SPORTS & RECREATION; Business Aspects; Essays; History; Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest
Description: When Robbie Rogers stepped onto the field for the LA Galaxy in 2013, he made history as the first openly gay man to play in a major US professional sport. Coming Out to Play tells Rogers's harrowing story as a closeted gay man in the ultra-heterosexual world of professional football, his decision to come out and leave behind his beloved sport, and his subsequent return to football &#x96; signing for the LA Galaxy. Rogers knew he wanted to be a professional football player from the age of four, and knew he was gay from the age of thirteen. He kept the latter hidden until he was twenty-five, believin.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: CRACK-UP; CHAPTER 2: MY TWIN; CHAPTER 3: 'BORDERLINE PRODIGY'; CHAPTER 4: GOLDEN BOY IN A GOLDEN FAMILY; CHAPTER 5: YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFULLY TAUGHT; CHAPTER 6: COLLEGE MAN; CHAPTER 7: A DREAM COME TRUE?; CHAPTER 8: MY CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON; CHAPTER 9: THE BIG LEAGUES; CHAPTER 10: WILL THEY STILL LOVE ME?; CHAPTER 11: FIRST TIME; CHAPTER 12: THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE; CHAPTER 13: NOW WHAT?; CHAPTER 14: BACK IN THE GAME; POSTSCRIPT: FEBRUARY 2014; Plates; Copyright; Advertisement.