2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season

The 2019 El Paso Locomotive FC season is the inaugural season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship, the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[1]

El Paso Locomotive FC
2019 season
Head coachMark Lowry
StadiumSouthwest University Park
El Paso
USLConference: 6th
USL Cup PlayoffsConference Final
2019 U.S. Open Cup2nd Round
Copa Tejas4th
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 8,324
(March 9 vs. OKC Energy)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 5,276
(May 12 vs. New Mexico United)
All: 600
(May 15 vs. Forward Madison FC (USOC) )
Average home league attendanceLeague: 6,585
Biggest win3–0
(June 8 vs. LA Galaxy II)
(September 7 at Las Vegas Lights FC)
4–1
(October 15 vs. Portland)
Biggest defeat0–3 (thrice)
(May 15 vs. Forward Madison FC (USOC) )
(June 29 at Fresno FC)
(July 31 at New Mexico U.)

Club

Roster
As of August 15, 2019[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Logan Ketterer  United States
2 Defender Drew Beckie  Canada
3 Defender Chiró N'Toko  Belgium
4 Defender Mechack Jérôme  Haiti
5 Defender Daniel Navarro  United States
6 Midfielder Richie Ryan  Ireland
7 Midfielder Sebastián Velásquez  Colombia
8 Midfielder Nick Ross  Scotland
9 Forward Omar Salgado  United States
10 Midfielder Sebastián Contreras  Argentina
11 Midfielder Edson Partida (on loan from Toluca)  Mexico
12 Midfielder Joshua Castellanos  United States
13 Goalkeeper Jermaine Fordah  England
15 Defender James Kiffe  United States
17 Forward Jerome Kiesewetter  United States
19 Defender Andrew Fox  England
20 Midfielder Chapa Herrera  United States
21 Forward Alexy Bosetti  France
22 Defender Moses Makinde  England
23 Midfielder Memo Diaz  United States
24 Midfielder Yuma  Spain
25 Midfielder Bryam Rebellón  Colombia
26 Midfielder Josué Gómez (on loan from Juárez)  Mexico
30 Goalkeeper Javier Beker  United States

Competitions

Preseason
January 26 Friendly El Paso Locomotive FC 3–1 Texas United El Paso, Texas
2:00 PM CST N'Toko
Salgado , 		Report Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex
February 2 Friendly El Paso Locomotive FC 2–0 Hooligans FC El Paso, Texas
2:00 PM CST
Contreras  ?' (pen.)		 USL Report Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex
February 6 Friendly El Paso Locomotive FC 2–0 Southwest FC Wolves El Paso, Texas
7:00 PM CST Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex
February 9 Friendly El Paso Locomotive FC 0–1 New Mexico United El Paso, Texas
2:00 PM CST  ?' (pen.) Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex
February 13 Friendly FC Juárez 1–3 El Paso Locomotive FC Juárez, Mexico
10:30 AM CST Gomez  37' Report Kiffe  24'
Contreras  66'
Salgado  80'		 Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez
February 16 Friendly El Paso Locomotive FC 4–1 FC Grande El Paso, Texas
Salgado  1',
Partida  5' (pen.)
Herrera 		Report  25' (pen.) Stadium: Southwest University Park
February 23 Friendly San Antonio FC 0–0 El Paso Locomotive FC San Antonio, Texas
7:00 PM CST Report Stadium: Toyota Field
Note: Played in three periods of 45, 30, and 45 minutes.
March 2 Friendly OKC Energy FC 2–1 El Paso Locomotive FC Tucson, Arizona
10:00 AM CST Brown
Cato 		Report Jérôme Stadium: Kino North Stadium

USL Championship
Main article: 2019 USL Championship season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Real Monarchs (C) 34 16 8 10 71 53 +18 56 Conference Quarterfinals
5 Orange County SC 34 15 9 10 54 43 +11 54
6 El Paso Locomotive FC 34 13 11 10 42 36 +6 50
7 Sacramento Republic 34 14 6 14 50 43 +7 48 Play-In Round
8 Austin Bold FC 34 13 9 12 53 52 +1 48
Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champion.

Match results

The 2019 USL Championship season schedule for the club was announced on December 19, 2018.[3]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

Unless otherwise noted, all times in MST

March 9 1 El Paso Locomotive FC 1–3 OKC Energy El Paso, TX
8:30 PM Gebhard  16'
Kiffe  49'		 Report Brown  1',  54'
Harris  43'
Cato  81'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 8,324
Referee: Matthew Thompson
March 16 2 Real Monarchs 0–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Herriman, UT
2:00 PM Ryden  32'
Martínez  73'
Blake  90+2'		 Report Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 1,320
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
March 23 3 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–2 Rio Grande Valley FC El Paso, TX
8:30 PM Ross  45+1'
Rebellón  59'
Contreras  72'
Gebhard  78'		 Report Dunwell  47'
Hernandez  66',  79'
Duvall  69'
Enríquez  90'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,458
Referee: Alejandro Aguilera
March 30 4 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–0 Orange County SC El Paso, TX
9:30 PM Kiffe  45+1'
Partida  64',  88'
Fox  90'		 Report Kontor  79'
Jones  89'
Leonardo  90+5'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,064
Referee: Elton Garcia
April 13 5 El Paso Locomotive FC 0–2 Phoenix Rising FC El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Report Flemmings  7'
Lambert  69'
Spencer  77'
Fernandez  88'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,389
Referee: Mark Allatin
April 21 6 Austin Bold FC 0–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Austin, TX
4:00 PM Okugo  62' Report N'Toko  44'
Kiffe  79'		 Stadium: Bold Stadium
Referee: Michael Radchuk
April 27 7 El Paso Locomotive FC 1–0 Reno 1868 FC El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Contreras  76' (pen.) Report Lacroix  52'
Seymore  69'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,389
Referee: Marco Vega
May 4 8 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC 0–2 El Paso Locomotive FC Colorado Springs, CO
6:00 PM Schweitzer  65' Report Jérôme  24'
Ross  38'
Kiffe  45+3'
Kiesewetter  46',  56'
Ryan  59'
Rezende  64'		 Stadium: Weidner Field
Attendance: 3,883
Referee: Lorant Varga
May 12 9 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–2 New Mexico United El Paso, TX
6:00 PM Rezende  28'
Kiesewetter  36',  65'
Contreras  45+1'
Monsalvez  72'		 Report Hamilton  45+2'
Williams  69',  79'
Moar  72'
Suggs  73'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,276
Referee: Gustavo Solorio
May 18 10 El Paso Locomotive FC 3–1 Sacramento Republic FC El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Rezende  10'
Kiesewetter  63',  73'
Herrera  88'
Salgado  90'		 Report Skundrich  35' Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,667
Referee: Thomas Snyder
May 25 11 Portland Timbers 2 1–1 El Paso Locomotive FC Portland, OR
8:00 PM Asprilla  41',  65'
Hanson  45+2'		 Report N'Toko  31'
Salgado  40',  45+1'
Contreras  52'
Kiffe  75'
Jérôme  90+1'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 3,134
Referee: Elijio Arreguin
June 1 12 Tacoma Defiance 1–2 El Paso Locomotive FC Tacoma, WA
9:00 pm (MDT) Rogers  24'
Dhillon  42'
Daley  55'
Rydstrand  70'		 Report Kiesewetter  31'
Herrera  62'
Rezende  68'
Ross  75'		 Stadium: Cheney Stadium
Attendance: 2,202
Referee: Joseph Salinas
June 8 13 El Paso Locomotive FC 3–0 LA Galaxy II El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Kiesewetter  43',  87'
Salgado  88'
Rezende  90+2'		 Report Zubak  40'
Iloski  55'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,611
Referee: Luis Guardia
June 15 14 Tulsa Roughnecks 0–2 El Paso Locomotive FC Tulsa, OK
6:30 P.M. Rogers  26'
Mompremier  87'		 Report Contreras  37'
Kiffe  43'
Kiesewetter  75' (pen.)
Salgado  88'		 Stadium: ONEOK Field
Attendance: 2,314
Referee: Jon Freemon
June 22 15 El Paso Locomotive FC 0–1 Las Vegas Lights FC El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Kiesewetter  66'
Beckie  90+3'		 Report Torres  27'
Tabortetaka  42'
Robinson  70'
Sandoval  71'
J. Gonzalez  81'
Olsen  86'
Fehr  90+5'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 8,117
Referee: Michael Radchuk
June 26 16 San Antonio FC 0–0 El Paso Locomotive FC San Antonio, TX
6:30 PM Ackon  45'
Barmby  58'  63'		 Report Beckie  16'
Ketterer  44'
Gebhard  87'
Gómez  90+3'		 Stadium: Toyota Field
Attendance: 6,081
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
June 29 17 Fresno FC 3–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Fresno, CA
8:30 PM Jackson  63'
Lawal  66',  68',  84'
Johnson  86'		 Report Navarro  28'
Fox  73'
Herrera  86'		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
July 6 18 OKC Energy 1–1 El Paso Locomotive FC Oklahoma City, OK
7:00 PM J. Brown  27'
R.García  29' (pen.),  53'
Harris  42'
Ibeagha  76'		 Report Beckie  28'
Williams  62' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Taft Stadium
Attendance: 4,585
Referee: Thomas Snyder
July 17 19 El Paso Locomotive FC 1–3 San Antonio FC El Paso, TX
7:00 PM Fox  13',  28'
Salgado  90+2'		 Report López  8',  45+3'
Eboussi  34'
Jamieson  52'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,128
Referee: Mark Allatin
July 20 20 El Paso Locomotive FC 0–0 Real Monarchs El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Report Okumu  21'
Palma  42'
Portillo  48'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,012
Referee: Calin Radosav
July 31 21 New Mexico United 3–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Albuquerque, NM
7:00 PM Frater  38' (pen.)
Wehan  71',  75'
Madden  86'		 Report Herrera  41'
Ryan  49'
Beckie  56'		 Stadium: Isotopes Park
Attendance: 13,521
Referee: Elton García
August 3 22 El Paso Locomotive FC P–P Portland Timbers 2 El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Stadium: Southwest University Park
Referee: Dejan Susak
Note: Match postponed due to mass shooting event in El Paso.[4]
August 10 23 Phoenix Rising FC 2–1 El Paso Locomotive FC Scottsdale, AZ
8:30 PM Aguinaga  21'
Jahn  40'
Asante  73' (pen.)		 Report Partida  26'
Kiffe  41'  45'
Contreras  42'
Velásquez  45'		 Stadium: Phoenix Rising FC Soccer Complex
Attendance: 6,520
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
August 17 24 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–0 Tacoma Defiance El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Partida  32'
Makinde  48'
N'Toko  62'
Salgado  70'		 Report Berkolds  9'
Rubio  37'
Atencio  58'
Dhillon  61'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,222
Referee: Marco Vega
August 24 25 Rio Grande Valley FC Toros 1–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Edinburg, TX
7:30 PM Bird  46' Report Ryan  56'  90+1' Stadium: H-E-B Park
Attendance: 4,275
Referee: Luis Guardia
September 4 26 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–2 Tulsa Roughnecks El Paso, TX
7:00 PM Herrera  24'
Rebellón  65'
Kiesewetter  73',  81'
Gómez  80'		 Report Marlon  41'
Altamirano  56'
Reyes  72'
Uzo  72'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,519
Referee: Matthew Thompson
September 7 27 Las Vegas Lights FC 0–3 El Paso Locomotive FC Las Vegas, NV
8:30 PM Torres  20'
Sandoval  29'  85'
Torre  39'		 Report Kiffe  46'
Velásquez  52' (pen.),  68'
Gómez  81',  90'		 Stadium: Cashman Field
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
September 14 28 Orange County SC 2–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Irvine, CA
8:00 PM Seaton  36'
Jones  58'		 Report Ryan  45'
N'Toko  90'		 Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium
Attendance: 3,913
Referee: Greg Dopka
September 21 29 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–0 Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC El Paso, TX
7:30 PM Rebellón  22'
Bosetti  90'		 Report Burt  51'
Malcolm  76'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,401
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
September 28 30 Sacramento Republic FC 1–2 El Paso Locomotive FC Sacramento, CA
8:30 PM Enevoldsen  14'
Skundrich  84'
Chantzopoulos  87'		 Report Fox  29'
Rebellón  48'
Monsalvez  57'
Gómez  90+1'		 Stadium: Papa Murphy's Park
Attendance: 10,807
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
October 2 31 El Paso Locomotive FC 2–1 Fresno FC El Paso, TX
7:00 PM N'Toko  53'
Salgado  88'
Kiesewetter  90+2'		 Report Kurimoto  42'
Ellis-Hayden  56'
Caffa  66'
Lawal  87'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 5 32 Reno 1868 FC 0–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Reno, NV
7:00 PM Galindo  15'
Janjigian  89'		 Report Monsalvez  10'
Bosetti  54'
Diaz  84'		 Stadium: Greater Nevada Field
Attendance: 5,402
Referee: Malik Badawi
October 10 33 El Paso Locomotive FC 1–1 Austin Bold FC El Paso, TX
8:00 PM Monsalvez  42'
Velásquez  76' (pen.)		 Report Mallace  35'
Okugo  45+3'
Kléber  53'
Lima  77',  81'
Taylor  82'
Soto  90+3'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,175
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere
October 15 22 El Paso Locomotive FC 4–1 Portland Timbers 2 El Paso, TX
7:00 PM Velásquez  4'
Monsalvez  12'
Ross  24'
Gómez  68',  79'		 Report Kobayashi  25'
Durán  78'
Diz  83'
Calixtro  88'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 6,175
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk
Note: Reschedule of postponed August 3 match.[5]
October 19 34 LA Galaxy II 2–0 El Paso Locomotive FC Carson, CA
8:00 PM Zubak  15'
DePuy  34'
Iloski  36'
Kamara  52'
Harvey  64'		 Report Ryan  27'
Ketterer  53'
Salgado  54'
Bosetti  63'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 1,984
Referee: Greg Dopka

USL Cup Playoffs
Main article: 2019 USL Championship Playoffs
October 26 Conference Quarterfinals Fresno FC 2–3 El Paso Locomotive FC Fresno, CA
8:30 PM Chaney  49'
Strong  51'  86'
Cooper  55'		 Report Gómez  19'
Kiffe  77'
Velásquez  83' (pen.)		 Stadium: Chukchansi Park
Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
November 2 Conference Semifinals El Paso Locomotive FC 3–0 Sacramento Republic FC El Paso, TX
6:30 PM Beckie  25'
Gómez  40'
Ryan  70'
Contreras  83' (pen.)
Yuma  86'
Velásquez  88'		 Report Alemán  51'
Enevoldsen  70'
Barahona  87'		 Stadium: Southwest University Park
Attendance: 7,460
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
November 9 Conference Finals Real Monarchs 2–1 (a.e.t.) El Paso Locomotive FC Herriman, UT
2:00 PM Schmitt  21'
Ryden  48'
Portillo  88'
Mulholland  90+4'
Holt  116',  120'		 Report Fox  45+1'
Kiffe  47'  51'
Gómez  71'		 Stadium: Zions Bank Stadium
Attendance: 4,521
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
Assistant referees: Tom Felice
Assistant referees: Diego Blas
Fourth official: Elton Garcia

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2019 U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, El Paso entered the tournament in the Second Round.[6]

May 15 Second Round El Paso Locomotive FC 0–3 Forward Madison FC El Paso, TX
7:00 PM Report
Stadium: Southwest University Park
Referee: Marco Vega

References
  1. "Austin Bold FC Announces Full 2019 USL Championship Schedule". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  2. "Roster". www.eplocomotivefc.com.
  3. "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". Retrieved February 16, 2019.
  4. https://www.uslchampionship.com/news_article/show/1039055
  5. https://www.eplocomotivefc.com/news_article/show/1041391
  6. "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
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