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 at 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 New Mexico United (11-1-4), 37 pts, mtn-1 (6-6-4), 22 pts, mtn-6 JUNE 12 Switchbacks FC D 1 - 1 JUNE 18 @ Real Monarchs W 2 - 1 JUNE 30 @ Rio Grande Valley FC L 2 - 3 MATCH INFO JULY 3 New Mexico United W 2 - 1 KickOff: Saturday, August 14 | 7:30 P.M. MT JULY 9 @ Real Monarchs W 3 - 1 Venue: Isotopes Park| Albuquerque, New Mexico Forecast: 98F and clear sunny skies JULY 17 Las Vegas Lights FC W 1 - 0 Watch: ESPN+ JULY 24 @ New Mexico United D 0 - 0 Follow: @eplocomotivefc | #NMvELP JULY 28 @ San Antonio FC W 2 - 1 Referee: Assistant Referees: JULY 31 Real Monarchs W 3 - 1 Fourth Official: AUG. 4 San Antonio FC W 2 - 0 MATCH PREVIEW AUG. 7 Austin Bold FC W 3 - 0 El Paso Locomotive (11-1-4, 37 pts., MTN-1) hits the road to Albuquerque, AUG. 14 @ New Mexico United 7:30 P.M. MT New Mexico for a Saturday night match up against New Mexico United at AUG. 21 Rio Grande Valley FC 7:30 P.M. MT Isotopes Park. @ San Antonio FC 6:30 P.M. MT AUG. 28 In the two weeks it has been since the last Derby del Camino Real, Loco- SEPT. 3 @ Orange County SC 8:00 P.M. MT motive and New Mexico United have had two completely different expe- SEPT. 11 Sacramento Republic FC 7:30 P.M. MT riences. For El Paso, the Locos battled through four games in rapid succes- sion, claiming four straight wins to showcase its dominance. The 12 points SEPT. 15 @ Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT gained moved Locomotive to the top spot in the USL Championship, while SEPT. 22 @ Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT creating space and breathing room at the top of the Mountain Division. SEPT. 29 Real Monarchs 7:00 P.M. MT Meanwhile, New Mexico United played to a scoreless draw against Taco- ma Defiance before taking a bye-week for rest and recovery. OCT. 2 @ Switchbacks FC 6:00 P.M. MT OCT. 6 San Antonio FC 7:00 P.M. MT While Locomotive has moved the pinnacle spot of the league, the lack of OCT. 9 @ FC Tulsa 6:00 P.M. MT games from United with results around the table has seen the New Mexi- can team fall from third to sixth in the Mountain Division. Despite the now OCT. 13 Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT three-year dominance by El Paso Locomotive and the overwhelming fight OCT. 17 @ LA Galaxy II 6:00 P.M. MT from New Mexico United, the record between the two clubs stand even at 2-2-5. Most recently, the tale of the rivalry was told in a scoreless draw OCT. 20 Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT with both teams splitting the points at Isotopes Park. 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: 2-2-5 | HOME: 2-1-4 | AWAY: 0-1-1 OUT: NM 0 - 0 ELP JULY 24, 2021 ELP 2 - 1 NM JULY 3, 2021 QUESTIONABLE: ELP 1 - 1 NM MAY 8, 2021 ELP 0 - 0 NM SEPT. 26, 2020 ELP 3 - 2 NM SEPT. 5, 2020 PREVIOUSLY VS OPPONENT 2021 HEAD TO HEAD El Paso Locomotive earned a point on the road following a scoreless draw against New Mexico United on July 24. The Derby de Camino Real wasted little time reigniting the ongoing feud, as both Loocmotive and United battled out 16 GAMES PLAYED 16 through the opening 45 minutes. United pressed the attack early with dangerous crosses into the center, though De- 26 GOALS FOR 19 fender Mechack Jerome came up big to make the stops. 10 GOALS AGAINST 18 Forward Lucho Soliganc and Midfielder Sebastian Velasquez 1.6 GOALS/MATCH 1.1 led an aggressive attack through the chippy game as tensions 0.6 ALLOWED/MATCH 1.1 rose but was unable to break through the United defense. Ultimately, New Mexico United saw red as Juan Guzman was 8 CLEAN SHEETS 5 set off with a second caution, though despite the man ad- 39 YELLOW CARDS 32 vantage, El Paso was still left wanting for an advantage goal. 2 RED CARDS 3 SOLIGNAC (6) TOP SCORER RIVAS (3) THREE TIED (3) TOP ASSISTS TINARI (4) MATCH FAST FACTS • After winning against Austin Bold last Satur- • El Paso is currently on a team best winning day, paired with results from Phoenix Rising, El streak having won their last four outings. Paso Locomotive is now at the top of the USL Should Locomotive win on Saturday, it will set Championship with 37 points. a new club-best winning streak record. • Following the loss RGVFC suffered to San • This will be the final matchup between New Antonio FC, Locomotive further claimed its Mexico United and El Paso Locomotive in the foothold at the top of the Mountain Division 2021 USL Championship Regular Season. The with still one game in hand. Locomotive now two sides played to a 1-1 draw before El Paso stands 9 points clear of RGVFC at the top. took a win 2-1. Most recently, the two played to a scoreless draw at Isotopes Park. 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 9 6 439 2 0 11 4 11 6 0 0 0 11 FW Aidan Apodaca 5 1 128 0 0 3 1 1 2 2 0 0 13 DF Matt Bahner 12 5 595 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 DF Eder Borelli 16 15 1,359 0 2 8 2 12 21 1 4 0 9 FW Leandro Carrijo 15 2 258 2 1 9 6 8 7 2 0 0 3 DF Andrew Fox 4 2 161 1 0 4 2 3 5 0 0 0 7 FW Aaron Gomez 15 9 854 4 2 34 10 17 26 1 1 0 38 MF Louis Herrera 9 7 501 0 0 7 5 9 17 0 2 0 4 DF Mechack Jerome 14 13 1,146 0 0 7 0 5 4 0 3 0 23 DF Macauley King 11 11 821 2 2 10 5 11 7 0 2 0 20 DF Niall Logue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 MF Diego Luna 16 9 866 5 3 25 11 16 17 2 3 0 10 MF Dylan Mares 13 10 856 3 3 24 8 10 17 1 2 0 25 DF Bryam Rebellon 11 6 633 0 1 6 2 21 21 1 3 2 8 MF Nick Ross 16 14 1,299 1 2 14 5 10 12 1 2 0 6 MF Richie Ryan 16 13 1,231 0 0 8 1 15 24 0 3 0 16 FW Luis Solignac 16 13 1,172 6 3 32 14 21 12 14 1 0 55 MF Sebastian Velasquez 8 5 425 0 1 8 2 2 11 3 0 0 24 DF Yuma 16 16 1,395 0 0 0 0 18 15 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 12 12 1,080 35 26 10 0.83 1 1 8 1 3 4 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 15 48 2,743 1 OMAR SALGADO 8 46 3,384 2 JAMES KIESEWETTER 12 25 2,031 2 DYLAN MARES 7 29 2,130 3 DYLAN MARES 7 29 2,130 3 JAMES KIFFE 6 31 2,705 4 LUCHO SOLIGNAC 6 16 1,172 4 AARON GOMEZ 5 48 2,743 5 OMAR SALGADO 5 46 3,358 5 NICK ROSS 5 53 4,240 6 EDSON PARTIDA 4 15 611 6 SEBASTIAN CONTRERAS 4 32 2,015 7 NICK ROSS 4 53 4,240 7 MACCA KING 3 20 1,460 8 DIEGO LUNA 4 16 866 8 DIEGO LUNA 3 16 866 9 BRYAM REBELLON 3 51 4,059 9 LUCHO SOLIGNAC 3 16 1,172 10 SEBASTIAN VELASQUEZ 3 21 1,536 10 YUMA 2 55 4,352 Stat Leaders Regular Season Only; As of August 9 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 4 2 0 2 5 1 +4 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 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 +1 1 0 1 0 0 3 -3 INDY ELEVEN 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LA GALAXY II 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 1 0 1 0 0 2 -2 LAS VEGAS LIGHTS FC 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 NEW MEXICO UNITED 9 2 2 5 11 13 -2 7 2 1 4 11 10 +1 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3 OKC ENERGY FC 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 1 0 1 0 1 3 -2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 ORANGE COUNTY SC 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 PHOENIX