2021 Season Game Notes
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2021 season game notes SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT MAY 8 New Mexico United D 1 - 1 MAY 22 Rio Grande Valley FC W 1 - 0 VS MAY 30 @ Sporting Kansas City II D 0 - 0 JUNE 3 @ Austin Bold FC W 1 - 0 JUNE 9 Indy Eleven W 2 - 0 El Paso Locomotive FC Real Monarchs SLC (8-1-4), 28 pts, mtn-1 (4-3-6), 18 pts, mtn-6 JUNE 12 Switchbacks FC D 1 - 1 JUNE 18 @ Real Monarchs W 2 - 1 JUNE 30 @ Rio Grande Valley FC L 3 - 2 MATCH INFO JULY 3 New Mexico United W 2 - 1 KickOff: Saturday, July 31 | 7:30 P.M. MT JULY 9 @ Real Monarchs W 3 - 1 Venue: Southwest University Park | El Paso, Texas Forecast: 93F and clear sunny skies JULY 17 Las Vegas Lights FC W 1 - 0 Watch: ESPN+ | El Paso - Las Cruces CW JULY 24 @ New Mexico United D 0 - 0 Follow: @eplocomotivefc | #ELPvSLC JULY 28 @ San Antonio FC W 2 - 1 Referee: Luis Guardia Assistant Referees: Kevin Lock, Jacob Herold JULY 31 Real Monarchs 7:30 P.M. MT Fourth Official: Marco Vega AUG. 4 San Antonio FC 7:00 P.M. MT MATCH PREVIEW Austin Bold FC 7:30 P.M. MT AUG. 7 El Paso Locomotive welcomes Real Monarchs to Southwest University Park for the AUG. 14 @ New Mexico United 7:30 P.M. MT third match between the two sides this season. Kickoff from Southwest University Park is scheduled for Saturday, July 31 at 7:30 p.m. MT. AUG. 21 Rio Grande Valley FC 7:30 P.M. MT AUG. 28 @ San Antonio FC 6:30 P.M. MT Locomotive kicks off a series of home games with it’s match against Real Mon- archs SLC. After picking up a point on the road in Albuquerque against New Mex- @ Orange County SC 8:00 P.M. MT SEPT. 3 ico United behind a scoreless draw and controlling the second half in a 2-1 win SEPT. 11 Sacramento Republic FC 7:30 P.M. MT over San Antonio FC, El Paso is eager to get back home and keep momentum on its side. The upcoming homestretch includes competition against Real Monarchs, SEPT. 15 @ Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT San Antonio FC and Austin Bold FC, all within a seven-day period. It will be a tough SEPT. 22 @ Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT stretch; However, recent weeks have proved the depth of the Locomotive squad and Coach Lowry’s side is ready to answer the challenge. SEPT. 29 Real Monarchs 7:00 P.M. MT OCT. 2 @ Switchbacks FC 6:00 P.M. MT This won’t be the first time Locomotive and the Monarchs have met in recent OCT. 6 San Antonio FC 7:00 P.M. MT weeks. At the start of July, the El Paso side traveled to Utah for its second match of the season against Real Monarchs, taking home three points off a 3-1 win that OCT. 9 @ FC Tulsa 6:00 P.M. MT saw goals from Lucho Solignac, Aaron Gomez, and Diego Luna. While Locomo- OCT. 13 Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT tive is on a five-game unbeaten streak and over one calendar year undefeated at home, the Monarchs have struggled, losing three of their last four games. Mon- OCT. 17 @ LA Galaxy II 6:00 P.M. MT archs have never been the better against Locomotive in regular season and will OCT. 20 Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT have their work cut out for them when they visit Southwest University Park on Saturday. OCT. 24 OKC Energy FC 6:00 P.M. MT OCT. 30 @ Rio Grande Valley FC 6:30 P.M MT MEDIA CONTACT: DERICK FOX - C: 801.520.0640 | O: 915.283.3439 | E: [email protected] Gameday Preview PREVIOUS MEETINGS INJURY REPORT ALL-TIME: 6-0-2 | HOME: 2-0-1 | AWAY: 4-0-1 OUT: SLC 1 - 3 ELP JULY 9, 2021 SLC 1 - 2 ELP JUNE 18, 2021 QUESTIONABLE: SLC 0 - 4 ELP OCT. 4, 2020 Andrew Fox (Lower Left Extremity); ELP 2 - 1 SLC SEPT. 19, 2020 Bryam Rebellon (Leg Precaution); ELP 0 - 1 SLC AUG. 29, 2020 PREVIOUSLY VS OPPONENT 2021 HEAD TO HEAD El Paso Locomotive traveled to Zions Bank Stadium in Utah to claim the full three points against their former 2019 Westerrn Conference Final foes. Forward Lucho Solignac opened the scoring quickly in the 9th minute 13 GAMES PLAYED 15 with a calm expert finish that saw him turn at the top of 18 GOALS FOR 16 the penalty area and smoothly finish the first goal. While Aris Briggs pulled back the scoring in the 19th minute, Los 9 GOALS AGAINST 24 Locos would not be undone. 1.3 GOALS/MATCH 1.0 In the second half, El Paso Locomotive fired back, con- 0.6 ALLOWED/MATCH 1.5 trolling the tempo to find the lead once more with a goal 6 CLEAN SHEETS 1 from Midfielder Diego Luna. While a late push from the Monarchs sought to take the point, it would be Forwarrd 33 YELLOW CARDS 32 Aaron Gomez to find the back of the net with a stoppage 1 RED CARDS 2 time header to secure a 3-1 win over the Monarchs. LUNA / SOLIGNAC (4) TOP SCORER ILOSKI (4) SIX TIED (2) TOP ASSISTS ILOSKI (3) MATCH FAST FACTS • Locomotive and Real Monarchs face off for • El Paso Locomotive has rebounded from its the third time out of four matches in the 2021 loss against Rio Grand Valley FC, kicking off season, nearly closing out the series between another undefeated streak by going 4-0-1 in the two teams for the season. its last five matches. • In regular-season play, Real Monarchs has nev- • This will be El Paso’s first opportunity to de- er outdone El Paso Locomotive, as the Texas fend it’s home fortress of Southwest Univer- side decidedly controls the regular season all- sity Park since surpassing the milestone of time series 6-0-2. Those six wins have come in one calander year undefeated at home. The the last six meetings between the two sides. last time Locomotive lost at home was against New Mexico United on July 24, 2020. locomotive 2021 roster NUMERICAL ROSTER # POS PLAYER PRONUNCIATION BIRTHDATE HOMETOWN LAST CLUB 1 GK Logan Ketterer KET-er-er 11/09/1993 Madison, WI Columbus Crew (MLS) 3 DF Andrew Fox 01/15/1993 Huntingdon, England Grimsby Town (ENG-2) 4 DF Mechack Jerome MEESH-ack 04/21/1990 Liancourt, Haiti Jacksonville Armada (NPSL) 5 DF Eder Borelli BORE-eh-di 11/25/1990 Monterrey, Mexico FC Juarez (MEX) 6 MF Richie Ryan 01/06/1985 Templetuohy, Ireland FC Cincinnati (USL-C) 7 MF Aaron Gomez AIR-en GO-mehz 08/24/1994 Durango, Mexico FC Juarez (MEX) 8 MF Nick Ross 11/11/1991 Inverness, Scotland Brora Rangers (SCO) 9 FW Leandro Carrijo CAH-ree-ho 09/10/1993 Uberaba, Brazil FC Juarez (MEX) 10 FW Dylan Mares MARE-es 02/11/1992 Zionsville, IN Indy Eleven (USL-C) 11 FW Aidan Apodaca AH-po-dah-cah 05/24/1996 Upland, CA Reno 1868 FC (USL-C) 12 GK Ben Beaury BEUW-ree 05/13/1996 Cohoes, NY Reno 1868 FC (USL-C) 13 DF Matt Bahner BAY-ner 03/12/1990 West Chester, OH St. Louis FC (USL-C) 15 MF Diego Luna 09/03/2003 Redwood City, CA Barca Residency Academy 16 FW Luis Solignac SOL-ee-nack 02/16/1991 Buenos Aires, Argentina San Luis (CHI-2) 17 FW Ricardo Zacarias ZAK-uh-rye-us 08/31/1995 Las Cruces, NM Chattanooga Red Wolves (USL-1) 19 MF Jose Aguinaga Ah-GEE-na-gah 05/11/1995 Madrid, Spain Pheonix Rising FC (USL-C) 20 DF Niall Logue LOW-guh 08/07/1995 Londonderry, Ireland FC Tucson (USL-1) 23 DF Mauculey King mah-CALL-ee 04/10/1995 Narborough, England Indy Eleven (USL-C) 24 DF Yuma YOO-muh 10/08/1985 Madrid, Spain Jacksonville Armada (NPSL) 25 MF Bryam Rebellon rey-BEY-yone 01/22/1992 Puerto Gaitan, Colombia Swope Park Rangers (USL-C) 30 GK Javier Beker HA-vi-air BEH-ker 01/15/1997 El Paso, TX -- 38 MF Louis ‘Chapa’ Herrera 05/03/1996 El Paso, TX -- 95 GK Adrian Zendejas ZEN-day-hass 08/30/1995 Chulo Vista, CA Minnesota United (MLS) CLICK HERE TO HEAR PRONUNCIATION GUIDES individual/& club stats 2021 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS # POS PLAYER GP GS MIN G A SHTS SOG FC FW OFF YC RC 19 MF Jose Aguinaga 7 5 372 1 0 10 3 9 6 0 0 0 11 FW Aidan Apodaca 5 1 128 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 13 DF Matt Bahner 9 4 479 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 DF Eder Borelli 13 13 1,170 0 2 7 2 10 20 1 4 0 9 FW Leandro Carrijo 13 1 190 1 1 7 5 5 4 1 0 0 3 DF Andrew Fox 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 FW Aaron Gomez 12 7 672 3 2 24 9 16 21 0 1 0 38 MF Louis Herrera 7 5 345 0 0 2 2 6 12 0 1 0 4 DF Mechack Jerome 11 10 876 0 0 5 0 4 3 0 2 0 23 DF Macauley King 9 9 711 2 2 6 4 9 5 0 1 0 20 DF Niall Logue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 MF Diego Luna 13 8 760 4 2 22 9 13 15 2 3 0 10 MF Dylan Mares 10 8 692 2 2 18 6 9 13 0 2 0 25 DF Bryam Rebellon 9 6 576 0 1 6 2 17 20 1 3 1 8 MF Nick Ross 13 12 1,105 1 0 14 5 8 12 1 2 0 6 MF Richie Ryan 13 11 1,028 0 0 8 1 14 16 0 3 0 16 FW Luis Solignac 13 11 980 4 2 24 9 17 9 13 1 0 55 MF Sebastian Velasquez 5 3 240 0 0 5 2 2 7 0 0 0 24 DF Yuma 13 13 1,125 0 0 0 0 15 12 1 5 0 17 FW Ricardo Zacarias 5 3 230 0 0 2 1 5 7 0 2 0 2021 GOALKEEPING STATISTICS # POS PLAYER GP GS MIN SHTS SV GA GAA PG PA W L T SO 1 GK Logan Ketterer 9 9 810 28 20 9 1.00 1 1 5 1 3 2 12 GK Ben Beaury 1 1 90 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 GK Marco Canales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 GK Javier Beker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 95 GK Adrian Zendejas 3 3 270 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 STAT LEADERS - GOALS STAT LEADERS - ASSISTS NO PLAYER GOALS GP MIN NO PLAYER ASSISTS GP MIN 1 AARON GOMEZ 14 45 2,561 1 OMAR SALGADO 8 46 3,384 2 JAMES KIESEWETTER 12 25 2,031 2 JAMES KIFFE 6 31 2,705 3 DYLAN MARES 6 26 1,966 3 DYLAN MARES 6 26 1,966 4 OMAR SALGADO 5 46 3,358 4 AARON GOMEZ 5 45 2,561 5 EDSON PARTIDA 4 15 611 5 SEBASTIAN CONTRERAS 4 32 2,015 6 NICK ROSS 4 50 4,046 6 NICK ROSS 3 50 4,046 7 LUCHO SOLIGNAC 4 13 980 7 MACCA KING 3 18 1,350 8 DIEGO LUNA 4 13 760 8 DIEGO LUNA 3 13 760 9 BRYAM REBELLON 3 49 4,002 9 YUMA 2 52 4,082 10 SAEED ROBINSON 3 11 425 10 BRYAM REBELLON 2 49 4,002 Stat Leaders Regular Season Only; As of July 29 records and accolades ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON RECORDS -- OVERALL -- -- HOME -- -- AWAY -- TEAM GP W L T GF GA GD GP W L T GF GA GD GP W L T GF GA GD AUSTIN BOLD FC 3 1 0 2 2 1 +1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 +1 SWITCHBACKS FC 7 4 0 3 11 4 +7 4 3 0 1 9 4 +5 3 1 0 2 2 0 +2 FC TULSA 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 FRESNO FC 2 1 1 0 2 4 -2 1 1 0 0 2 1