Soccer

Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers, the sport's first openly gay athlete, spoke with the "CBS This Morning" on Monday about returning to soccer after his retirement, and coming out to the public. [ Read more → ]

CARSON, Calif. — Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to play in a U.S. professional league on Sunday night, making his Major League Soccer debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy. [ Read more → ]

LOS ANGELES -- Robbie Rogers is joining the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer in another step by openly gay athletes in professional sports. [ Read more → ]

Robbie Rogers, the former Columbus Crew player who came out in February, may be planning a comeback. [ Read more → ]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for what Major League Soccer called "unacceptable and offensive language" toward an opponent after using an anti-gay slur. [ Read more → ]

San Jose Earthquakes forward Alan Gordon issues an apology on Monday and faces possible suspension after NBC cameras captured him shouting "fucking faggot" at Portland Timbers player Will Johnson on Sunday. [ Read more → ]

Professional soccer player Robbie Rogers, in his first television interview since coming out earlier this year, describes the feeling of being gay and closeted in professional sports, and of going to work each day hoping none of his teammates figure out that he is gay. [ Read more → ]

TUKWILA, Wash. -- Seattle Sounders defender Marc Burchsaid Tuesday the suspension he received for using a homophobic slur during a playoff game last season needed to be harsh and was deserved. [ Read more → ]

I really hope that Robbie Rogers reconsiders retirement and promptly returns to the field. I’ve got news for him, he will be gay for the rest of his life, but his athletic ability will be short-lived. If soccer really gave him such incredible joy, there is no reason he can’t discover himself while still on the team. Presumably, they will allow him to visit gay bars and join LGBT political organizations after practice is over, so I don’t really see the conflict... [ Read more → ]

'My secret is gone, I am a free man, I can move on and live my life as my creator intended' -- And with that statement, former Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers announced Friday that he is gay, and -- at the age of 25 -- is retiring from the sport. [ Read more → ]

U.K. soccer star Matt Jarvis appears on the February cover of Attitude, Britain's leading gay magazine, and says it is time that a gay footballer felt comfortable enough to come out. [ Read more → ]

Major League Soccer has suspended Seattle Sounders' Marc Burch for three games after he used a homophobic slur against another player during a playoff match against the opposing Real Salt Lake team last week. [ Read more → ]

Playing like heavyweight champions, the United States won the gold medal in women’s soccer with a hard-fought 2-1 thriller over Japan on Thursday at the London 2012 Olympics. [ Read more → ]

A gritty United States women’s soccer team would not take “no” for an answer, rallying from behind all match long to defeat a determined Canada team at the 2012 Olympics. The U.S. won 4-3 with just seconds left in extra time, thus avoiding a penalty-kick shootout. [ Read more → ]

In women’s soccer, the United States and Sweden advanced to the quarterfinals of the London 2012 Olympics in different fashion. [ Read more → ]

The first weekend of competition at the London 2012 Olympics is off to a great start for LGBT athletes. And a brief moment -- a lesbian kiss -- during the opening ceremonies on Friday night was truly a lesbian kiss seen around the world and sent anti-gay pundits into a tizzy. [ Read more → ]

NEW YORK -- Its partnership is not even a year old, but Major League Soccer has announced that it will end its affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America when its when the current agreement expires at the end of the season. [ Read more → ]

Houston Dynamo winger Colin Clark is under fire for calling a ball boy a "fucking faggot" in Friday night's soccer match in Seattle after he wasn't issued a new ball as quickly as he wanted on a throw-in situation. [ Read more → ]