Why I had to leave football - Rogers

Former Leeds winger Robbie Rogers says remaining in football after publicly declaring your homosexuality is "impossible". Rogers, 25, recently said he was "stepping away" from football after announcing he was gay, becoming just the third footballer to do so. "In football it's obviously impossible to come out," Rogers told The Guardian.  "Imagine going to training every day and being in that spotlight? It's been a bit of a circus anyway." Hedded: "But that would have been crazy." The California-born player won 18 caps for United States and was released by Leeds in January. In February, he revealed he was gay in a message posted on his personal website.  He admitted the reaction of his team-mates was an issue he had to contend with when deciding whether to come out while still playing football.