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'Ted Lasso' star signs contract to play with professional soccer team
Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor known who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series “Ted Lasso,” has signed with El Paso Locomotive FC of the USL to play soccer professionally
What happened
According to ABC News’s source item, ‘Ted Lasso’ star signs contract to play with professional soccer team, Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor known who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series “Ted Lasso,” has signed with El Paso Locomotive FC of the USL to play soccer professionally
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- 'Ted Lasso' star signs contract to play with professional soccer teamABC News - 2026-05-12T19:09:12+00:00
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