Former MLS player Matt Pacifici comes out as gay by introducing his boyfriend to the world

Matt Pacifici, a former Major League Soccer player, has come out publicly as gay in an Instagram post introducing the world to his boyfriend.

Pacifici, 25, told Outsports that since he was forced by injury to leave the sport he loves a couple of years ago, he has had time to reflect on his life, and has also fallen in love.

“When you’re in a relationship that makes you happy, and on social media you see people posting about their girlfriends, it feels weird not being a part of that,” Pacifici told Outsports. “You want them to know. This relationship is the one that makes me the most happy ever in my life.”

The object of that affection is Dirk Blanchat, who like Pacifici grew up in Charlotte, but who now lives in New York City. Pacifici said Blanchat is also coming out today.

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