22 regular season games, a semi-final round and a championship match over 21 weeks. With only 8 clubs in the league, it's hard to think how the season could have been longer? Many of the players are making the minimum of around $5000 for the season, and presumably have jobs to go back to now that summer's over.

That's precisely why the anti-gay politicians have fought so stridently against the repeals of DODT and DOMA— this has happened before:

Ms. Moos' story illustrates how being in the closet hurts not only the closeted, but also the people in their lives. It also seems to illustrate that Ms. Moos is being a little bit ME-y.

A huge boon for people with dyslexia, too.

Because it's important to publicize the fact that we now live in a world where an athlete being openly honest about their personal identity is not going to be the end of their career.

I cannot tell you how happy that makes me. Thank you. :)

SimuLord:

I'm glad I now live in a world where hysterical soccerphobia is more prevalent than homophobia.