(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC acquired goalkeeper Evan Newton on loan from Major League Soccer side Vancouver Whitecaps, the club announced today. The loan is through to the end of the 2022 USL Championship season and is pending league and federation approval. “We have been looking for a goalkeeper for a
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) El Paso, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC, alongside the USL Championship, unveiled its full 2022 Regular Season schedule today, presented by Locomotive’s Premier Corporate Partners. The full regular season calendar features 34 matches (17 home; 17 away) beginning on March 12 and concluding October 8. Locomotive will play 12 of its home games
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC has announced Midfielder Eric Calvillo is set to join the club for the 2022 USL Championship, pending league and federation approval. Calvillo is currently with El Salvador’s Men’s National Team for CONCACAF FIFA 2022 World Cup Qualification and will join El Paso Locomotive at the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC is set to kick off its 2022 USL Championship home campaign against its long-standing rival New Mexico United on Saturday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. MT at Southwest University Park. The Locos kicks off its season one week earlier on the road against Sacramento Republic on Saturday, March
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso Locomotive FC has named John Hutchinson as the new head coach and technical director. The announcement was made Thursday via zoom. Hutchinson brings with him 25 years of professional experience as a player and serving on coaching staffs across seven leagues. MountainStar Sports Group President Alan Ledford said they were
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UPDATE: Mark Lowry’s resignation as head coach of the El Paso Locomotive FC comes as he is reported by The Athletic to have accepted the same position with the Indy Eleven in the USL Championship soccer league. The Indianapolis club also has plans for a new stadium in that city’s downtown district. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (Western Quarterfinals) bowed out of the 2021 USL Championship playoffs with a 1-0 loss against Oakland Roots SC. Locomotive closes out a historic 2021 season that saw the club go 25-games undefeated at Southwest University Park, including a 13-0-3 record at home.
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EDINBURG, Texas – Locomotive FC (18-4-10, 64 points) fell for only the fourth time in the 2021 USL Championship regular season with a 1-4 scoreline against Rio Grande Valley FC. Midfielder Chapa Herrera scored his first of the lone Locomotive goal. The result means Locomotive finishes second in the Western Conference,
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today its first playoff match of 2021 at Southwest University Park has been rescheduled for Friday, November 5 with a kickoff time of 7:30 p.m. MT. In the wake of the change in UTEP’s game time on November 6, this change avoids both teams playing
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EL PASO, Texas – Ironically facing the Oklahoma City Energy, the El Paso Locomotive FC crowd proved electric for a Sunday matinee at Southwest University Park. That’s no surprise, considering the team hasn’t lost in 25 straight home matches. El Paso scored four goals in eight minutes a club record for most goals in a
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (17-3-10, 61 points) dominated against Austin Bold FC for a 3-0 win at Southwest University Park on Wednesday night. Forward Aaron Gomez extended his all-time club leading goal count to open the scoring with a goal in the 23rd minute. Forward Lucho Solignac added to his season-leading goal
Continue Reading (Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Locomotive FC (16-2-10, 58 points) emphatically claimed a 4-2 win over Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Southwest University Park on Wednesday. Forward Ricardo Zacarias scored his first goal in a Locomotive jersey before d efender Macca King, midfielder Diego Luna, and forward Lucho Solignac scored three unanswered goals to secure the 4-2 win. “This group
Continue Reading TULSA, OKLAHOMA – El Paso Locomotive (15-2-10, 55 points) earned its 15th win of the season on a 2-1 scoreline against FC Tulsa on Saturday night. Forward Aaron Gomez scored in the 6th minute for his 7th of the season before earning his third assist on Forward Lucho Solignac’s 8th goal of the season moments later. “Clinching playoffs feels good,”
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (14-2-10, 52 points) picked up a point at Southwest University Park on a dramatic 3-3 draw against San Antonio FC on Wednesday. Defender Maca King opened the Locomotive scoring, while midfielders Nick Ross and Diego Luna rounded out the three goals for El Paso. With the
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (14-2-8, 50 points) earned three points on a 1-0 win against Real Monarchs at Southwest University Park on Wednesday night. Real Monarchs redirected a cross from defender Eder Borelli into their own goal for the lone goal of the night. Meanwhile, goalkeeper Logan Ketterer made
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) AUSTIN, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (13-2-8, 47 points) took a point on the road in a 2-2 draw against Austin Bold FC at Bold Stadium on Wednesday. Midfielder Diego Luna and forward Aaron Gomez scored the two Locomotive goals while goalkeeper Logan Ketterer made an incredible five saves to earn
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – El Paso Locomotive FC (13-2-7, 46 points) split the points with Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC in a scoreless draw at Weidner Field on Wednesday night. Goalkeeper Logan Ketterer earned his sixth clean sheet of the season for the club’s tenth. It was a game of capitalizing on passes
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EL PASO, Texas – It felt like El Paso Locomotive FC had been away from home for longer than three weeks. They certainly reminded their home fans how thoroughly they can dominate a game Saturday night. Josue Aaron Gomez headed home a Diego Luna cross in the 7th minute to open the scoring, and Eder
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) El Paso Locomotive (12-2-6, 42 points) earned a point on the road with a 2-2 draw against Orange County SC at Championship Soccer Stadium on Friday night. MidfielderNick Ross opened the scoring in the 20th minute while forward Leandro Carrijo closed out the game in the 90th minute to take the point. El Paso
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Two weeks after Locomotive FC defender Matt Bahner took his shirt off in celebration of a last second-goal, El Paso got a taste of their own medicine Saturday night in San Antonio. Justin Dhillon scored a go-ahead goal in the 93rd minute to power San Antonio FC to 2-1 win over
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EL PASO, Texas – Week after week, El Paso Locomotive FC feels more and more like the USL’s 2021 team of destiny. Trailing 1-0 in the second half with a five-match home winning streak on the line, Locomotive FC surged forward with three goals in front of their 8th Notch supporters to stun RGV Toros
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The crowd of 10,000 plus at Isotopes Park was ready to erupt to celebrate New Mexico United’s first victory over rival El Paso Locomotive. But in a second, the ball was in the net, Matt Bahner had his shirt off, and the referee had blown his whistle to signal the end
Continue Reading (Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Head Coach and Technical Director Mark Lowry was named USL Championship’s Coach of the Month for July following a six-game undefeated month. This is Lowry’s first time being named Coach of the Month by USL Championship. “It’s a credit to the guys and how they’ve worked and
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – The Locomotive FC (11-1-4, 37 points) ended Austin Bold FC’s road-game streak with a 3-0 win at Southwest University Park on Saturday. Defender Andrew Fox scored his first goal of the season while midfielder Dylan Mares and forward Leandro Carrijo added to their goal tallies to contribute
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – Locomotive FC (10-1-4, 34 points) picked up three points at Southwest University Park with a 2-0 clean sheet over San Antonio FC on Wednesday night. Midfielder Diego Luna recorded his fifth goal of the season to open the scoring while midfielder Jose Aguinaga etched his name into Locomotive
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EL PASO, Texas – Real Monarchs surprised everyone when they took a 1-0 lead over El Paso in the opening twenty minutes Saturday night. For a team at the bottom of the standings playing at a team that hasn’t lost at home in over a year, they maybe even surprised themselves. But when the match
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The El Paso Locomotive FC (8-1-4, 28 points)claimed a 2-1 win over San Antonio FC at Toyota Field on Wednesday night. Forward Lucho Solignac and Midfielder Diego Luna each added to their season team-leading goal count with a goal apiece. Meanwhile, defender Andrew Fox made his first appearance of the
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – When the foul count is the highlight of the match, that usually means two things. The teams don’t like each other, and the match wasn’t very exciting. In a match that saw 37 fouls between the two sides, El Paso Locomotive FC and New Mexico United played to a 0-0 draw
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(Courtesy: El Paso Locomotive FC) EL PASO, Texas – For the second straight week, El Paso Locomotive Defender Eder Borelli has earned a nod on the USL Championship Team of the Week. Borelli’s inclusion on the shortlist of players continues the trend of Locomotive players earning the weekly accolade. Last Saturday, Borelli put on a defensive clinic
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – July 17, 2021 – El Paso Locomotive (7-1-3, 24 points) claimed a 1-0 clean sheet over Las Vegas Lights FC at home on Saturday. Forward Aaron Gomez scored the lone goal to extend his club-leading goal count while Goalkeeper Ben Beaury recorded two saves to earn his first professional shutout. The win extends the home undefeated streak to over a
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