In this powerful, intimate account, Ouissem Belgacem provides an unprecedented inside view of how homophobia is poisoning the world of soccer.

Ouissem Belgacem grew up in the projects and went on to become a professional soccer player. But that had nothing to do with his homosexuality, at odds with both his religion and his profession. From the low-income housing complexes of Aix-en-Provence to the skyscrapers of London's business district, by way of rural Colorado and New York sex shops, he becomes the first man ever to give us the story of a gay Muslim soccer player struggling with his sexual orientation, prejudice, and homophobia.