{"id":341005,"date":"2026-06-18T07:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341005\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:02:56","slug":"ted-lasso-actor-cristo-fernandez-will-not-travel-for-match-against-monterey-bay-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/341005\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Ted Lasso\u2019 actor Cristo Fernandez will not travel for match against Monterey Bay FC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cTed Lasso\u201d actor Cristo Fernandez will not travel with El Paso Locomotive FC for Saturday\u2019s match against Monterey Bay FC, according to a team spokesperson.Fernandez, who portrayed fan-favorite character Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d previously signed with the USL club in May and was considered a possible participant in El Paso\u2019s upcoming match at Cardinale Stadium.In an email sent Tuesday to KSBW 8 News, a spokesperson for El Paso Locomotive FC said Fernandez will not make the trip to Monterey Bay.Fernandez\u2019s signing was announced in May, though league and federation approval was still pending at the time. He has not suited up for the El Paso squad, and it is unclear why.His potential appearance drew attention because of his popularity from \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d where his character became known for the phrase, \u201cF\u00fatbol is life.\u201dMonterey Bay FC is scheduled to host El Paso Locomotive FC on Saturday at Cardinale Stadium.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tSEASIDE, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTed Lasso\u201d actor Cristo Fernandez will not travel with El Paso Locomotive FC for Saturday\u2019s match against Monterey Bay FC, according to a team spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez, who portrayed fan-favorite character Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d previously signed with the USL club in May and was considered a possible participant in El Paso\u2019s upcoming match at Cardinale Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In an email sent Tuesday to KSBW 8 News, a spokesperson for El Paso Locomotive FC said Fernandez will not make the trip to Monterey Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez\u2019s signing was announced in May, though league and federation approval was still pending at the time. He has not suited up for the El Paso squad, and it is unclear why.<\/p>\n<p>His potential appearance drew attention because of his popularity from \u201cTed Lasso,\u201d where his character became known for the phrase, \u201cF\u00fatbol is life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monterey Bay FC is scheduled to host El Paso Locomotive FC on Saturday at Cardinale Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cTed Lasso\u201d actor Cristo Fernandez will not travel with El Paso Locomotive FC for Saturday\u2019s match against Monterey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[121641,26978,3267,121630,76089,76091,138,140,9632,139,58004,121636,76092,121632,121639,121642,121635,26791,121638,43570,81441,38141,121640,121643,11736,121633,24553,121637,121634,76090,36753,121631],"class_list":["post-341005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-actor-cristo-fernandez","tag-apple-tv","tag-california","tag-cardinale-stadium","tag-cristo-fernandez","tag-dani-rojas","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-locomotive-fc","tag-el-paso-news","tag-email","tag-federation-approval","tag-fernandez","tag-futbol-is-life","tag-ksbw-8","tag-ksbw-8-news","tag-league-approval","tag-match","tag-match-travel","tag-may","tag-monterey-bay","tag-monterey-bay-fc","tag-monterey-county","tag-possible-participant","tag-saturday","tag-saturday-match","tag-signing","tag-soccer-signing","tag-team-spokesperson","tag-ted-lasso","tag-tuesday","tag-usl-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341005","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=341005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}