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PRI ON THE PCH: DO SOCCER HAVE A GAY PROBLEM?

Pri month cis wh soccer's Copa Ameri and Euro 2016 but none of the untri is reprented by an openly gay player. * spikes gay soccer *

The San Francis Spik Soccer Club provis lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer people and alli wh opportuni to pete lol leagu, reprent San Francis tournaments worldwi, and play recreatnal soccer. Tom Wadll 1982, the Gay Gam spawned many clive athletic/ artistic clubs and is now the largt athletic petn the world. As the World Cup go on a untry where homosexualy is illegal, many global football fans are havg to reckon wh the sports' soccer remas one of the most popular sports around the world, very few players have been able to e out and enjoy a succsful reer afterwards.

WHY THERE ARE FEW OPENLY GAY ATHLET IN MEN'S PROFSNAL SPORTS

Two athlet recently g out has highlighted the arth of openly gay players the world of U.S. men's profsnal sports, often dubbed "the last closet" for s lack of LGBTQ reprentatn. * spikes gay soccer *

Gay players face prsure om teammat, ownership, ach, and fans over their are some of the men who have e out, fightg those stereotyp, and pavg the way for LGBTQ+ athlet who e after them. Atralian striker Andy Brennan me out as gay 2019, beg the first out gay Atralian male footballer. He me out 2011, and won the seventh season of Swedish realy show Let's Dance, beg the first out gay person to w.

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His early clubs knew he was gay, and he me out durg his reer, beg the first pro footballer to do so. In 2014, he beme Bra's hight-profile out, gay player, and was the first out, gay male player to play at Wembley.

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He later me out as gay and has sce spoken out about the difficulti queer players face. He me out as gay 2019.

The South Ain footballer beme Ai's first out, gay male footballer when he me out 2015. Rogers me out as gay 2013, beg the first out gay man to pete a top North Amerin pro sports league when he played for the LA Galaxy that same year. Later, he revealed he qu the sport as a rult of homophobia he faced when he me out.

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JOSH CAVALLO: ONLY OPENLY GAY TOP-FLIGHT MALE FOOTBALLER SAYS FIFA’S ‘ONELOVE’ ARMBAND BAN HAS MA HIM FEEL ‘EXCLUD’

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The last 16 years wh the Spik, I’ve traveled all over, and peted agast teams and met passnate gay soccer players om all over the world.

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I’ve ma life-long iendships and tablished monali wh other gay soccer muni. From a once humble and unassumg one-team gay soccer club, Spik is now a formidable 501(C)3 LGBT sports anizatn hog five petg teams (Amy, Wreck, Classics, Vice and Baewatch), wh ach, clics, tournaments, fundraisers and a host of soccer events. Matthew genuely wants to make available to anyone what soccer has given him: that strength and pri of beg both a gay person and a soccer player.

He says “Friendships gay soccer are stronger and much more eply rooted bee we share siar life experienc and stggl as gay men and women. He happpilpily ssays, “It’s amazg that I am playg gay soccer Ameri!

This month’s gay pri celebratns ci wh two of the world’s most high-profile sports tournaments: Copa Ameri — hosted for the first time by the Uned Stat — and Euro while the NFL and NBA have passed the tone of havg openly gay athlet their top profsnal leagu, not a sgle soccer player eher petn has e out as leav the “betiful game” whout any gay male role mols even an age when sponsors are unncerned about players’ Rogers of LA Galaxy plays agast New York Cy FC on Augt 23, 2015. Is one of only two untri known to have field gay players s senr men’s team — Californian wger Robbie Rogers reprented his untry 18 tim and sred two goals but, like Germany’s midfielr Thomas Hzlsperger, he me out after his ternatnal reer was over. “Once aga we have top ternatnal tournaments featurg the bt players the world and supposedly none of them are gay, ” said Jeff Kfman, a 26-year-old player and external sportg activi director for the world’s first gay soccer club, the New York Ramblers.

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