Ted Lasso has dropped the official trailer for season four, which features a heartwarming nod to a fan-favorite character.

The feel-good Apple TV+ comedy-drama about an American football coach, Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), who’s hired to coach a British men’s soccer team originally concluded in 2023.

A surprise fourth-season revival was announced in March 2025, with the storyline picking back up in Britain, where Ted has returned to coach a women’s soccer team.

In the emotional trailer, released Tuesday, many of the original cast, including Juno Tempo, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt are reunited. Yet, it’s the final scene that has some fans in tears.

“But football is life,” Coach Beard (Hunt) tells one of his new players, quoting former character Dani Rojas (Cristo Fernández), whose catchphrase was, “Football is life!”

“No, life is so much more than football,” the female player replies, as Ted acknowledges, “Not as catchy, but true.”

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