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All is fair in love and football Cade York And Zoe Dale.
York, an NFL kicker for the Cincinnati Bengals, and Dale, a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys, have been an item since the summer of 2024 despite their different football allegiances.
“[Our teams] play Monday, and I thought, ‘Well, Zoe, I’ll see you at home no matter what,'” York told reporters in December 2024. “It’s pretty cool. … She will advocate for me. It’s going to be great. She already told me [during] She’ll be on the visitors’ side in the second and fourth quarters, so I’ll have to give her a few smiles.”
The Bengals and the Cowboys faced off on December 9, 2024 in the Texas team’s home stadium. It was York’s first game for the Bengals after being cut from the practice squad. He even scored a field goal during the game.
All turns out to be fair in love and football for Cincinnati Bengals kicker Cade York and his girlfriend Zoë Dale. “My girlfriend is actually a cheerleader for the [Dallas] Cowboys,” York, 23, told CBS reporters on Thursday, December 5. “She was baptized this Sunday, so it was great to be able to do that and all her […]
“Praise God,” Dale was heard saying from her spot on the sidelines.
After York’s team won the game, he ran to the sideline to reunite with Dale for a victory kiss.
York was initially drafted by the Cleveland Browns in 2022 and traded to the Washington Commanders two years later. After playing one game with the Commanders, he was fired in September 2024 before being signed by the Bengals.
Dale, for her part, first made the DCC squad in July 2023. In 2024, she successfully auditioned for her second year with the team. (The Cheerleader is notably the subject of Netflix America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders docuseries.)
Keep scrolling for Dale and York’s full relationship timeline:
June 2024
York and Dale made their romance official on Instagram in her monthly recap. In a sweet move, York wrapped his arms around Dale outside Tex-Mex restaurant Marty B’s.
October 2024
Dale celebrated her 22nd birthday with York by her side.
“Congratulations my girl! I love you and I am so grateful that God put you in my life,” he said Instagram on October 18.
Taylor Swift’s presence at NFL games has helped bring in female fans, but the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders did it first. “You know, they say Taylor Swift has had an effect, an economic effect and everything else,” Cowboy Cheerleaders director Kelli Finglass told Us Weekly exclusively, referring to Swift’s 2023 appearances with boyfriend Travis Kelce. […]
December 2024
Dale and York jointly shared footage from the Bengals vs. Cowboys, captioned with a Bible verse from Romans 5:3-5.
“Not only that, but we glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope,” the subtitles read. “And hope does not put us to shame, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”