For 'Ted Lasso' actor Cristo Fernández, football was life until life had other plans
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Not unlike his "Ted Lasso" character Dani Rojas, for 15-year old Cristo Fernández, football -- known stateside as soccer -- really was life.
At 15 and already in the professional soccer system in his native Mexico, Fernández had little else besides the game on his mind. He'd attend high school at night and for three years after he finished, soccer was all he did. His parents, however, encouraged him to pursue his education, as well. "Football (Soccer) was the only thing I wanted to do, but my parents pushed my to study something, and I was like, 'Okay, just so you stop bothering me,'" he said.More Related News