In keeping with the idea that some sports seem to be more open to players coming out as gay, and women's sports in particular, here's another openly gay US soccer player. She retired in 2017 after a phenomenal career that saw her win an Olympic gold medal for her country, and also switch sports briefly to become part of the first-ever US women's rugby sevens team, which entered the Challenge Cup in Dubai in 2011.
The heavily-tattooed Kai came out in 2008, just before she was confirmed to be in the team for the Olympics that year. She was one of only three openly gay athletes in the entire USA Olympic team for that year. A 'free spirit' by her own admission, Kai had a fall-out with the management of the US Soccer team in 2011. The details of the fallout were never disclosed, but she tweeted in 2011 that she would 'never play for the national team again,' and declined to answer any further questions on the matter.