{"id":370901,"date":"2026-07-13T08:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370901\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:34:09","slug":"ted-lasso-star-cristo-fernandez-makes-professional-debut-in-usl-two-months-after-joining-el-paso-locomotive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/370901\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Lasso star Cristo Fernandez makes professional debut in USL two months after joining El Paso Locomotive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:start\">For Fernandez, the opportunity to play professionally goes way beyond a PR stunt. The debut marks the fulfillment of a lifelong ambition that was once sidelined by physical setbacks. The actor has often spoken about the deep connection he shares with the sport that made him a household name on television.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start\">Speaking about his unique career path, Fernandez previously stated: &#8220;Football has given me both the best moments, the sad moments. I guess that&#8217;s why, for me, football is life.&#8221; His debut, though brief, featured a moment of intensity as he picked up a yellow card during his late runout on the pitch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For Fernandez, the opportunity to play professionally goes way beyond a PR stunt. The debut marks the fulfillment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,9632,131408,139,49711,105494,23507,96925,12762,131406,131407],"class_list":["post-370901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-locomotive-fc","tag-el-paso-locomotive-fc-vs-new-mexico-united","tag-el-paso-news","tag-england","tag-new-mexico-united","tag-premier-league","tag-showbiz","tag-usl-championship","tag-usl-league-one-cup","tag-wsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370901","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=370901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}