{"id":665785,"date":"2026-05-13T03:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665785\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:07:08","slug":"ted-lasso-star-signs-contract-to-play-with-professional-soccer-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/665785\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ted Lasso’ star signs contract to play with professional soccer team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor known who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d has signed with El Paso Locomotive FC of the USL to play soccer professionally<\/p>\n

EL PASO, Texas — Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series \u201cTed Lasso\u201d<\/a> has signed with El Paso Locomotive FC of the USL to play soccer professionally.<\/p>\n

Terms of the deal announced Tuesday<\/a>, which still must be approved by the second-tier league and soccer federation, were not disclosed.<\/p>\n

Fernandez earned the deal after a two-month trial with the team, appearing in a preseason match against New Mexico United. He played soccer at the youth level before an injury at the age of 15 led him to acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter where life has taken me, the dream of competing professionally never truly left my heart,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly grateful to El Paso Locomotive FC \u2014 the club, coaches, staff, and especially my teammates \u2014 for opening the doors and giving me the opportunity to compete from day one.”<\/p>\n

Locomotive coach Junior Gonzalez said Fernandez is a great addition, giving them another attacking threat while bringing passion and leadership to the locker room.<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor known who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,75,561,82],"class_list":["post-665785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}