After injury hell, gay footballer Josh Cavallo scores 3 big goals ahead of new season
Three years after coming out, Adelaide United player Josh Cavallo looks good ahead of the 2024/25 A-League season in Australia.
By Jon Holmes | September 30, 2024
Josh Cavallo proposed to his boyfriend on the soccer pitch and he said ‘Yes!’
Josh Cavallo and Leighton Morrell are now engaged to be married, thanks to a surprise engagement made by the soccer player.
By Cyd Zeigler | March 13, 2024After rehabbing from surgery, Josh Cavallo returns to play for the first time in almost a year
Following a lengthy rehab, Cavallo takes the pitch to an ovation and has ‘the biggest smile on my face’ afterward.
By Ken Schultz | January 9, 20242022
Soccer league’s first-ever Pride Game shows the power of athletes coming out
The A-League will have its first-ever Pride Game just months after player Josh Cavallo came out as gay.
By Cyd Zeigler | February 23, 2022Josh Cavallo says fans targeted him with homophobic insults
The first out gay soccer player in Australia’s top professional league called out homophobic crowd abuse during a recent match.
By Alex Reimer | January 10, 20222021
Gay soccer player Josh Cavallo would be ‘scared’ to play World Cup in anti-gay Qatar
Comments by the newly out player show how soccer failed when it awarded World Cup to a country hostile to LGBTQ rights.
By Jim Buzinski | November 11, 2021Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp supports Josh Cavallo coming out as gay
The Liverpool manager has insightful words for the Australian pro soccer player.
By Jim Buzinski | November 4, 2021Josh Cavallo received support from these 38 pro soccer players and clubs after coming out as gay
Players, coaches and clubs around the world are sharing their support for Cavallo and gay athletes.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 27, 2021Josh Cavallo becomes first out gay A-League Australian men’s pro soccer player
Josh Cavallo says he’s gotten widespread support across soccer, including coaches and teammates.
By Cyd Zeigler | October 26, 2021