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 San Antonio FC (9-1-4), 31 pts, mtn-1 (5-4-6), 21 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: Wednesday, August 4 | 7:00 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+ JULY 24 @ New Mexico United D 0 - 0 Follow: @eplocomotivefc | #ELPvSA JULY 28 @ San Antonio FC W 2 - 1 Referee: Brad Jensen Assistant Referees: Cameron Siler, Francisco Bermudez JULY 31 Real Monarchs W 3 - 1 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 hosts its Copa Tejas rival, San Antonio FC, at Southwest Uni- AUG. 14 @ New Mexico United 7:30 P.M. MT versity Park on Wednesday. The match is scheduled for a 7:00 p.m. MT kickoff and will be broadcast live digitally on ESPN+. Tickets are available for purchase at Rio Grande Valley FC 7:30 P.M. MT AUG. 21 eplocomotivefc.com/tickets, through the official El Paso Locomotive FC App, or by AUG. 28 @ San Antonio FC 6:30 P.M. MT calling 915-235-GOAL. @ Orange County SC 8:00 P.M. MT SEPT. 3 Just one week after the two sides met last, El Paso Locomotive and San Antonio SEPT. 11 Sacramento Republic FC 7:30 P.M. MT FC clash again, this time at Southwest University Park. Last Wednesday, Locos and SAFC played to a 2-1 finish in favor of the El Paso side. In that game FW Lucho SEPT. 15 @ Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT Solignac converted a penalty kick against his former club before MF Diego Luna SEPT. 22 @ Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT doubled the El Paso in the 71st minute. Though San Antonio began firing back, earning a goal in the 74th minute, they couldn’t find the equalizer to take the SEPT. 29 Real Monarchs 7:00 P.M. MT point against El Paso. OCT. 2 @ Switchbacks FC 6:00 P.M. MT OCT. 6 San Antonio FC 7:00 P.M. MT Going into their second meeting of the week, the two sides after three points gains against Real Monarchs and Austin Bold FC. For the Locos Blue, after going OCT. 9 @ FC Tulsa 6:00 P.M. MT down in the 17th minute, the team bounced back with a goal from FW Aaron OCT. 13 Switchbacks FC 7:00 P.M. MT Gomez and the brace from Lucho – making three in two games – to earn three points at home and cement a hold at the top of the Mountain Division. For San OCT. 17 @ LA Galaxy II 6:00 P.M. MT Antonio, they claimed three points on the road against Austin Bold behind two OCT. 20 Austin Bold FC 7:00 P.M. MT penalty conversions by Emil Cuello and Nathan before the young Jose Gallegos recorded his second goal of the season to book the win. 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: 2-1-1 | HOME: 1-1-0 | AWAY: 1-0-1 OUT: SA 1 - 2 ELP JULY 28, 2021 ELP 2 - 1 SA SEPT. 12, 2020 QUESTIONABLE: ELP 1 - 3 SA JULY 17, 2019 SA 0 -0 ELP JUNE 26, 2019 --- PREVIOUSLY VS OPPONENT 2021 HEAD TO HEAD Last Wednesday, El Paso Locomotive traveled to San An- tonio for the first time since 2019, taking the full three points off of a 2-1 win. El Paso got off the right foot early, testing the SAFC goal with chances, ultimately earning a 14 GAMES PLAYED 15 penalty in the first half following a handball in the box. 21 GOALS FOR 23 Forward Lucho Solignac stepped up to the spot, convert- ing the penalty kick against his former club. 10 GOALS AGAINST 17 1.5 GOALS/MATCH 1.0 Midfielder Diego Luna doubled the Locomotive lead, picking up the ball off a deflection from a San Antonio 0.7 ALLOWED/MATCH 1.1 defender, expertly chipping the ball with a slight curve 6 CLEAN SHEETS 3 to get around Matt Cardone and into the back of the net. San Antonio was able to pull one back with a goal 36 YELLOW CARDS 47 from Axel Sjoberg on a freekick opportunity, but it wasn’t 1 RED CARDS 3 enough to salvage a point against El Paso Locomotive. SOLIGNAC (6) TOP SCORER PATINO/NATHAN (5) SIX TIED (2) TOP ASSISTS CUELLO/LINDLEY (3) MATCH FAST FACTS • The last time San Antonio FC visited El Paso, • El Paso Locomotive is two goals away from the match ended 2-1 after Aaron Gomez finding club goal 100 across all-competitions. scored a penalty for Locomotive only to be un- done by a penalty by then-San Antonio player • El Paso’s rebound from its lone season loss is Lucho Solignac. The San Antonio 11-game continuing, have gone 5-0-1 since dropping undefeated streak snapped that night with the full three points against Rio Grande Valley an own goal by Mitchell Taintor to provide El FC. With a comfortable space above 2nd place Paso the win. in the Mountain Division, Locomotive is gear- ing up to fight for a home playoff spot at the • This is game two of three straight matches at end of the season. home for El Paso Locomotive - a venue where the Sun City has yet to lose since 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 10 4 480 0 0 2 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 DF Eder Borelli 14 13 1,202 0 2 7 2 10 20 1 4 0 9 FW Leandro Carrijo 14 2 248 1 1 7 5 8 5 1 0 0 3 DF Andrew Fox 2 1 61 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 FW Aaron Gomez 13 8 762 4 2 30 10 16 24 1 1 0 38 MF Louis Herrera 8 6 434 0 0 2 2 8 16 0 2 0 4 DF Mechack Jerome 12 11 966 0 0 7 0 5 3 0 3 0 23 DF Macauley King 10 10 756 2 2 6 4 10 6 0 2 0 20 DF Niall Logue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 MF Diego Luna 14 8 771 4 2 22 9 14 15 2 3 0 10 MF Dylan Mares 11 9 768 2 2 22 7 9 14 0 2 0 25 DF Bryam Rebellon 10 6 621 0 1 6 2 19 20 1 3 1 8 MF Nick Ross 14 12 1,119 1 1 14 5 8 12 1 2 0 6 MF Richie Ryan 14 12 1,118 0 0 8 1 14 20 0 3 0 16 FW Luis Solignac 14 11 1,012 6 2 27 12 18 9 13 1 0 55 MF Sebastian Velasquez 6 4 319 0 1 6 2 2 8 2 0 0 24 DF Yuma 14 14 1,215 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 10 10 900 31 22 10 1.00 1 1 6 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 15 46 2,651 1 OMAR SALGADO 8 46 3,384 2 JAMES KIESEWETTER 12 25 2,031 2 JAMES KIFFE 6 31 2,705 3 LUCHO SOLIGNAC 6 14 1,012 3 DYLAN MARES 6 27 2,042 4 DYLAN MARES 6 27 2,042 4 AARON GOMEZ 5 46 2,651 5 OMAR SALGADO 5 46 3,358 5 SEBASTIAN CONTRERAS 4 32 2,015 6 EDSON PARTIDA 4 15 611 6 NICK ROSS 4 51 4,060 7 NICK ROSS 4 51 4,060 7 MACCA KING 3 19 1,395 8 DIEGO LUNA 4 14 771 8 DIEGO LUNA 3 14 771 9 BRYAM REBELLON 3 50 4,047 9 YUMA 2 53 4,172 10 SAEED ROBINSON 3 11 425 10 BRYAM REBELLON 2 50 4,047 Stat Leaders Regular Season Only; As of August 2 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 +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