Collin Martin, the only out player in the five major U.S. men's pro sports leagues

Planet Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Sports Illustrated

Sports, Sports News, News, Soccer

4.6 • 859 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Grant sits down with Minnesota United's Collin Martin, a creative midfielder who's entering his seventh MLS season. Last year Martin came out as gay on Pride Day and received an outpouring of support from people around the world. He and Grant have a wide-ranging conversation about a number of topics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.8	Hi, I'm Grant Wall and welcome to the Planet Football Podcast where I go in depth
0:31.9	with the most intriguing people in the world of soccer.
0:35.2	In this episode I'm joined by Colin Martin of Minnesota United.
0:39.0	Martin came out last year and is currently the only out player in any of the five major US men's pro sports leagues.
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0:55.0	Our guest today is Colin Martin, a Minnesota United midfielder and sixthyear MLS Pro. He made global news last June
1:06.5	when he came out as gay and he's currently the only player who's out in any of
1:11.6	the US's five major men's sports leagues.
1:15.0	His Minnesota United team opens its MLS regular season on March 2nd at Vancouver
1:21.0	and opens its beautiful new stadium,
1:23.4	Ali Uns Field on April 13th.
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