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Tristian Eggerling juggles acting roles and development as a soccer player

There are few similarities between soccer and acting, Tristian Eggerling says. And he should know since he’s both a forward with OC Sporting White in the fourth-tier United Premier Soccer League Division 1 and an actor whose credits include TV’s “Modern Family” and the big-screen slasher “Halloween Kills.”

“They are polar opposite,” he said. “One of them is very much about having a mental will to push yourself and push through pain and just have kind of a stubbornness to you.”

That would be soccer.

“The other one is much more about getting into a feel of empathy and really getting in tune with your emotions,” he adds.