A review by brokenrecord
Coming Out to Play by Eric Marcus, Robbie Rogers

4.0

4.5 stars. Since I'm obsessed with soccer and the Galaxy in particular, I obviously had to read this. It was really great, but man was it painful at times. I'm definitely impressed with Robbie Rogers for being so open and honest about everything he was going through. This also made my estimation of all the people who were supportive of him throughout this time go up a lot, including Sigi Schmid and Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan and Bob Bradley and Todd Dunivant (not like I didn't already like them all, but this definitely helped!). I'm so glad it worked out that Robbie was able to join the Galaxy and that it seems like it's been a great environment for him since. I also really liked how Robbie would talk about people saying shitty things about homosexuality when he was younger but point out that they have evolved and wouldn't say the same things now (like about how his dad used to have a problem with him playing with dolls because it would make him gay, but now he's completely supportive). Like sure, it would be great if everyone could be open and accepting from the start, but it's nice to see that people can change and become understanding and accepting.