{"id":293187,"date":"2026-05-14T17:29:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293187\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:29:23","slug":"usl-side-el-paso-locomotive-signs-ted-lasso-star-cristo-fernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/293187\/","title":{"rendered":"USL side El Paso Locomotive signs \u2018Ted Lasso\u2019 star Cristo Fernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Futbol is life for Dani Rojas and now it is for the actor who played him, as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The USL Championship\u2019s El Paso Locomotive announced the signing of Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernandez. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fernandez, 35, had been on trial with the team and appeared in a preseason match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cCristo is a great addition to our roster, adding another attacking threat to our forward line,\u201d Locomotive manager Junior Gonzalez said in a statement. \u201cHis passion for the game and leadership qualities for our locker room allow us to continue growing the positive culture we strive for as a club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A native of Guadalajara, Fernandez had been a part of the Tecos academy as a teen, but abandoned football after a serious knee injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Along with his role as the flamboyant Mexican striker Rojas, Fernandez has also had roles in the Apple TV+ sitcom Acapulco, as well as the films Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Locomotive currently sits fourth in the Group B table on 14 points after nine matches. They return to action on May 27 with a USL Cup match against AV Alta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Futbol is life for Dani Rojas and now it is for the actor who played him, as well.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[18991,138,140,139],"class_list":["post-293187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-apple-news","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}