Teddy Blueger Having a Summer to Remember by Michelle Crechiolo @PensInsideScoop / Penguins Team Reporter Teddy Blueger has seen a few episodes of the show "Ted Lasso," about an American football coach hired to manage a British soccer team despite having no experience. Unlike Lasso, Blueger knows a thing or two about soccer from growing up in Europe. It's one of the two most popular sports along with hockey in his hometown of Riga, Latvia. "When I was growing up, I just played hockey in the winter, and then all summer I'd play soccer," Blueger said. "I probably did that until I was about 12 or 13. I still follow it pretty close now, I'd say."