{"id":785752,"date":"2026-07-26T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785752\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T16:38:10","slug":"pickup-soccer-players-in-katy-get-surprise-teammate-victor-wembanyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/785752\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup soccer players in Katy get surprise teammate: Victor Wembanyama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KATY, Texas &#8211; What started as an ordinary pickup soccer game turned into an unforgettable night for players in Katy when Spurs star Victor Wembanyama unexpectedly joined them on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Videos shared on social media show the 7-foot-4 NBA standout playing at the Katy International Sports Complex while wearing a Paris Saint-Germain jersey. The San Antonio Spurs later shared one of the clips on X, captioning it: &#8220;the soccer side quests continue for @wemby.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama spent roughly two hours playing with the group, scoring multiple goals, setting up teammates with assists, and taking photos with fans after the games ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KATY, Texas &#8211; What started as an ordinary pickup soccer game turned into an unforgettable night for players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-785752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=785752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}