In February, Robbie Rogers had his coming out while playing in Leeds in the English Championship.

In the process, he announced his retirement from football, fearing reprisals of confidence. But he’s back. Rogers has now become this weekend, the first openly gay player in the history to play an official match in MLS and one of the five majors from overseas (NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB and MLS).

The striker, who joined two days ago the Los Angeles Galaxy has entered the match in the 77th minute of the match between the Seattle Sounders of California (4-0).
A month ago, the basketball player Jason Collins, became the first American athlete in activity to reveal his homosexuality.