The San Diego Loyal walked off the field prott when openly gay player Coll Mart said he was lled a slur.
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- COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
- COLL MART SAYS HE HAD MIXED FEELGS WHEN HIS TEAM FORFEED A GAME AFTER HE WAS LLED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
- COLL MART, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYER, SAYS, 'I'M GAY'
- SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR
- COLL MART JT BEME THE ONLY OUT GAY MAN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS
- MNOTA UNED'S COLL MART OUT AS GAY
COLL MART IS U.S. SOCCER'S ONLY OPENLY GAY MALE PLAYER, AND HE'S WORKG TO MAKE THE GAME MORE CLIVE FOR FUTURE LGBTQ+ PLAYERS
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COLL MART SAYS HE HAD MIXED FEELGS WHEN HIS TEAM FORFEED A GAME AFTER HE WAS LLED AN ANTI-GAY SLUR
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Play1:48Coll Mart: Locker room support was all I needSan Diego Loyal midfielr Coll Mart says the support om his old teammat at Mnota Uned was a big help to him when he me out as gay.
COLL MART, MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER PLAYER, SAYS, 'I'M GAY'
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Mart actually endured ltle homophobia the profsnal game, though.
Countls others were proud of Mart too, though, when he me out publicly durg Pri Month June 2018, makg him the only openly gay sportsman any of the big five Amerin sports leagu (NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and MLS), and the only openly LGBT male player a top-flight natnal champnship profsnal soccer.
SAN DIEGO PRO SOCCER TEAM FORFES GAME AFTER GAY PLAYER ALLEGEDLY LLED A SLUR
Major League Soccer midfielr Coll Mart me out Friday as a gay man, announcg his sexualy publicly for the first time, though he said had been known for years by fay, iends and, 23, ma the announcement on social media hours before his club, Mnota Uned FC, was schled to host FC Dallas for s “Pri Match” support of the LGBTQ+ muny.
COLL MART JT BEME THE ONLY OUT GAY MAN MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS
“Today, I’m proud that my entire team and the management of Mnota Uned know that I am gay, ” Mart wrote a msage on Twter.
MNOTA UNED'S COLL MART OUT AS GAY
”“I thk for a while I’ve been hant about postg on social media, but look around — I’m the only out gay athlete the five major [U.