2023 El Paso Locomotive FC season

El Paso Locomotive FC
2023 season
Head coach	Brian Clarhaut
Stadium	Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX
USL	Western Conference: 7th
USL Cup Playoffs	First Round
2023 U.S. Open Cup	2nd Round
Copa Tejas Division II	3rd
Copa Tejas Shield	3rd
Top goalscorer	Luis Solignac (9)
Highest home attendance	8,411
Lowest home attendance	5,014
Average home league attendance	6,711
Biggest win	LOU 0–3 ELP (3/25) (USLC)
Biggest defeat	PHX 5–0 ELP (8/12) (USLC); OMA 2–0 ELP (4/5) (USOC)
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	All statistics correct as of 16:57, October 16, 2023 (UTC).

Head coachBrian Clarhaut

StadiumSouthwest University Park, El Paso, TX

USLWestern Conference: 7th

USL Cup PlayoffsFirst Round

The 2023 El Paso Locomotive FC season was the fifth season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States and Canada.^[1]

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Position	Name
Head coach	Brian Clarhaut^[2]
Assistant coach	Marina Schachowskoj
Assistant coach	Gianluca Masucci
Assistant coach	Jon Burklo^[3]
Goalkeeping coach	Juan Carlos "JC" Garzon
Coordinator, equipment and player operations	Saul Soto

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	USA	Benny Díaz (on loan from Tijuana)
2	DF	ESP	Marc Navarro
4	DF	SWE	Erik McCue
5	DF	MEX	Éder Borelli
6	MF	SLV	Eric Calvillo
7	FW	MEX	Aarón Gómez
8	MF	USA	Luis Moreno
9	FW	ARG	Luis Solignac
10	FW	UKR	Denys Kostyshyn
11	MF	USA	Christopher Garcia
13	GK	USA	Javier Garcia
14	DF	USA	Ander Egiluz
15	GK	USA	Noah Dollenmayer
16	DF	USA	Miles Lyons
17	FW	USA	Ricardo Zacarías
19	MF	USA	Arun Basuljevic
20	MF	USA	Chapa Herrera
21	FW	ENG	Emmanuel Sonupe
22	MF	AUS	Liam Rose
23	DF	ESP	José Carrillo
24	DF	ESP	Yuma
27	MF	SWE	Petar Petrović
31	DF	USA	Nick Hinds
46	DF	HUN	Márton Demkó
57	DF	USA	Joseluis Villagomez
72	DF	USA	Finnley O'Brien
77	MF	USA	Diego Abarca
79	GK	USA	Rommel Tarin
80	MF	USA	Alejandro Estrada
88	MF	USA	Joel Maldonado
99	GK	USA	Santiago Vargas
—	DF	FRO	Petur Knudsen

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
October 28, 2022	77	MF	Diego Abarca	El Paso Locomotive Academy	Free	^[5]
October 28, 2022	88	MF	Joel Maldonado	El Paso Locomotive Academy	Free	^[5]
November 3, 2022	2	DF	Marc Navarro	Free agent	Free	^[6]
November 9, 2022	4	DF	Erik McCue	AB Argir	Undisclosed	^[7]
December 5, 2022	10	MF	Denys Kostyshyn	FC Oleksandriya	Free	^[8]
January 5, 2023	11	FW	Christopher Garcia	Real Salt Lake	Free	^[9]
January 6, 2023	13	GK	Javier Garcia	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Free	^[10]
January 11, 2023	27	MF	Petar Petrović	Trelleborg	Free	^[11]
January 27, 2023	3	DF	Bence Pávkovics	Debreceni	Free	^[12]
February 27, 2023	8	MF	Luis Moreno	Houston Dynamo Academy	Free	^[13]
June 26, 2023	23	DF	José Carrillo	Finn Harps F.C.	Free	^[14]
August 18, 2023		FW	Petur Knudsen	Lyngby Boldklub	Free	^[15]
August 31, 2023	19	MF	Arun Basuljevic	Free agent	Free	^[16]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
1	GK	Benny Díaz	Club Tijuana	January 18, 2023	November 30, 2023	^[17]
15	DF	Noah Dollenmayer	LAFC 2	August 24, 2023	November 30, 2023	^[18]

No.	Pos.	Player
46	DF	Márton Demkó
57	DF	Joseluis Villagomez
72	DF	Finnley O'Brien
79	GK	Rommel Tarin
80	MF	Alejandro Estrada
99	GK	Santiago Vargas

2023 El Paso Locomotive FC season

Roster

Transfers

In

Loans in

USL Academy players

Out

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Competitive fixtures

USL Championship

Standings — Western Conference

Match results

USL Championship Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

Awards and honors

USL Championship Team of the Matchday

Goal of the Matchday

References

Related Articles

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
October 10, 2022	13	DF	Matt Bahner	Retirement	N/A	^[19]
October 14, 2022	6	MF	Richie Ryan	Retirement	N/A	^[20]
October 18, 2022	12	MF	Shavon John-Brown	Free agent	Free	^[21]
October 18, 2022	23	MF	Christiano François	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	Free	^[21]
October 18, 2022	27	GK	Philipp Beigl	Free agent	Free	^[22]
October 19, 2022	4	DF	Andrew Fox	Orange County SC	Free	^[23]
October 20, 2022	10	MF	Dylan Mares	Louisville City FC	Free	^[24]
January 19, 2023	33	MF	Martín Payares	Mutual Agreement	Free	^[25]
July 3, 2023	19	MF	Artem Kholod	Mutual Agreement	Free	^[26]
August 9, 2023	23	DF	Bence Pávkovics	Vasas SC	Undisclosed	^[27]

January 28, 2023	El Paso Locomotive FC	v	El Paso Locomotive FC U-20	El Paso, TX
		Report		Stadium: Southwest University Park

February 4, 2023	Austin FC	5–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Austin, TX
	Driussi 15' Wolff 33' Rodríguez 70' Finlay 72' Urruti 110'	Report		Stadium: St. David's Performance Center
Note: Played as two 45-minute halves and a 30-minute extra period

February 11, 2023	El Paso Locomotive FC	5–0	Barcelona Residency Academy	El Paso, TX
	Gómez , Petrović , trailist	Report		Stadium: Southwest University Park

February 14, 2023	Real Salt Lake	5-0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Tucson, Arizona
		Report		Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 19, 2023	New Mexico United	3–1	El Paso Locomotive FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
4:00 pm CT	Waggoner 9' Bruce 33', 41'	Report	Sonupe 4' Yuma 24'	Stadium: Isotopes Park

February 25, 2023	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–0	San Antonio FC	El Paso, TX
	Gómez 84', 86'	Report		Stadium: Southwest University Park

March 4, 2023	El Paso Locomotive FC	v	UDA Soccer	El Paso, TX
				Stadium: Southwest University Park

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sacramento Republic FC	34	18	6	10	51	26	+25	64	Playoffs
2	Orange County SC	34	17	11	6	46	39	+7	57
3	San Diego Loyal SC	34	16	9	9	61	43	+18	57
4	San Antonio FC	34	14	6	14	63	38	+25	56
5	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	34	16	13	5	49	42	+7	53
6	Phoenix Rising FC (C)	34	12	10	12	54	41	+13	48
7	El Paso Locomotive FC	34	13	13	8	41	51	−10	47
8	New Mexico United	34	13	14	7	51	49	+2	46
9	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	34	10	11	13	43	48	−5	43
10	Oakland Roots SC	34	11	14	9	45	48	−3	42
11	Monterey Bay FC	34	11	15	8	42	53	−11	41
12	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	3	21	10	36	66	−30	19

March 11, 2023 1	El Paso Locomotive FC	0–1	Sacramento Republic FC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MST	Yuma 21'	Report	Wiedt 17' Cicerone 42' Lopez 75'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 7,136 Referee: Elton Garcia

March 25, 2023 4	Louisville City FC	0–3	El Paso Locomotive FC	Louisville, Kentucky
2:00 pm CDT	Moguel 41' Gibson 90+1'	Report	Rose 23' Navarro 39' Zacarías 45' Solicnac 52' Petrović 57'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,881 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

March 31, 2023 5	FC Tulsa	2–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Tulsa, Oklahoma
8:00 pm CDT	Fernandez 6' da Costa 33' Suárez 41' Bourgeois 67' Dyer 90+1'	Report	Solignac 38', 68', 60' Kostyshyn 49' Zacarías 88' Hinds 90+3'	Stadium: Oneok Field Attendance: 4,003 Referee: Brandon Stevis

April 22, 2023 7	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Petrović 39' Solignac 69', 90' Kostyshyn 80' Calvillo 86' Herrera 90+4'	Report	Biasi 11' Harmon 63' Farrell 66' Ordoñez 90+2'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Referee: Malik Badawi

April 29, 2023 8	San Diego Loyal SC	1–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	San Diego, California
9:00 pm PDT	Corona 7' Guido 45' Perez 60' Moshobane 61'	Report	Calvillo 9' Zacarías 13' Clarhaut 23' Pávkovics 56' Kostyshyn 65' Borelli 82' Lyons 88' Herrera 90+6'	Stadium: Torero Stadium Referee: Katja Koroleva

March 15, 2023 2	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 pm MDT	Zacarías 48' Pávkovics 56' Herrera 82'	Report	Henríquez 2' Williams 64' Skundrich 90+2' Lacroix 90+2'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,516 Referee: Matthew Thompson

March 18, 2023 3	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–3	Detroit City FC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Kostyshyn 17' Calvillo 52' Borelli 79'	Report	Yuma 9' (o.g.) Matthews 57' 60' Rodriguez 78'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,014 Referee: Greg Dopka

April 8, 2023 6	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–0	Orange County SC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Lyons 4' Pávkovics 6' Solignac 19' Zacarías 44' Kostyshyn 74'	Report	Fox 58'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,013 Referee: Cristian Campo Hernandez

May 5, 2023 9	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2–3	El Paso Locomotive FC	Colorado Springs, Colorado
8:00 pm MDT	Ockford 61' Musa 63' Henríquez 70' Williams 76', 88' (pen.)	Report	Solignac 10' Petrović 13' Lyons 36' Calvillo 60' Sonupe 74'	Stadium: Weidner Field Attendance: 8,023 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 13, 2023 10	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–0	Loudoun United FC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Rose 29' Gómez 64' Garcia 89' Pávkovics 90+1' Borelli 90+5'	Report	Chica 42' Zanne 85' Koanda 90+5'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,723 Referee: Melvin Rivas

May 20, 2023 11	Birmingham Legion FC	1–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Birmingham, Alabama
6:30 pm CDT	Agudelo 17' Asiedu 55'	Report	Solignac 19' Rose 58'	Stadium: Protective Stadium Referee: Matthew Thompson

June 3, 2023 12	New Mexico United	0–1	El Paso Locomotive FC	Albuquerque, New Mexico
8:00 pm MDT	Bruce 83'	Report	Kostyshyn 71' McCue 73' Herrera 89' Pávkovics 90+6'	Stadium: Isotopes Park Attendance: 11,247 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

June 10, 2023 13 Copa Tejas	San Antonio FC	2–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	San Antonio, Texas
8:30 pm CDT	Taintor 4', 45+3' Abu 7' Hernandez 56' Adeniran 60' Marcina 67'	Report	Gómez 11' Navarro 15' McCue 36' Solignac 45+2', 78'	Stadium: Toyota Field Attendance: 4,706 Referee: Alexis Da Silva

June 14, 2023 14	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–1	Las Vegas Lights FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 pm MDT	Solignac 24' (pen.) McCue 32' Rose 67' Pávkovics 74'	Report	Etaka 3' Lage 28' Sánchez 29' Carleton 31' Bagley 47'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,155 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

June 17, 2023 15	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Borelli 19' Kostyshyn 63' Gómez 75'	Report	LaCava 52'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 8,121 Referee: Gerald Flores

July 1, 2023 16	El Paso Locomotive FC	0–1	New Mexico United	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	McCue 16' Pávkovics 86'	Report	Portillo 39' Bruce 51' Moreno 70' Moar 89', 89'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 8,411 Referee: Elton García

July 8, 2023 17	Monterey Bay FC	0–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Monterey Bay, California
9:00 pm PDT	Rebollar 42' Murphy 54' Fehr 57'	Report	Calvillo 35' Díaz 69' Borelli 88'	Stadium: Cardinale Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Brandon Stevis

July 12, 2023 18 Copa Tejas	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–1	San Antonio FC	El Paso, Texas
8:00 pm MDT	Calvillo 22' Solignac 66' Zacarías 77' Rose 80' Gómez 88' Navarro 90+6'	Report	Cabrera 38', 41' Benítez 71'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,785 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

July 15, 2023 19 Copa Tejas	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–1	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Calvillo 22' Solignac 66' Zacarías 77' Rose 80' Gómez 88' Navarro 90+6'	Report	Cabrera 38', 41' Benítez 71'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,589 Referee: Abdou Ndiaye

July 22, 2023 20	El Paso Locomotive FC	1–3	Oakland Roots SC	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Petrović 29', 48' Zacarías 51' Borelli 72'	Report	Tamacas 52' Mfeka 65' Rodriguez 69' Matsoso 74' Peláez 85'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,795 Referee: Eric Tattersall

July 29, 2023 21 Copa Tejas	Rio Grande Valley FC Toros	5–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Edinburg, Texas
7:00 pm CDT	Davila 7', 20' Calvillo 34' (o.g.) Cabrera 59' Kinzner 70' Torres 74' (pen.) López 86'	Report	Solignac 3' (pen.) Gómez 16', 51' Zacarías 24' Calvillo 40'	Stadium: H-E-B Park Attendance: 4,730 Referee: Alejo Calume

August 5, 2023 22	Miami FC	4–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Westchester, Florida
6:00 pm EDT	Rivas 13', 46+3' (pen.) Ofeimu 62' Hinds 90+1' (o.g.) de Freitas 90+4'	Report	Gómez 45+1' Clarhaut 45+3' 45+3' Navarro 48'	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Calin Radosav

August 12, 2023 23	Phoenix Rising FC	5–0	El Paso Locomotive FC	Phoenix, Arizona
9:30 pm MST	Munjoma 22', 61' Zambrano 30' Armenakas 43' Trejo 44', 70' Formella 85' (pen.) Torres 88' Uzochukwu 89'	Report	Díaz 58' McCue 60'	Stadium: Phoenix Rising Stadium Referee: Alexis Da Silva

August 19, 2023 24	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–3	Indy Eleven	El Paso, Texas
8:30 pm MDT	Calvillo 21' Zacarías 32' Calvillo 45+3' Navarro 55' Díaz 58'	Report	Chapman-Page 45+3', 64' Blake 47' Guenzatti 53' Martínez 71'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 6,684 Referee: Gerald Flores

August 26, 2023 25	Hartford Athletic	0–2	El Paso Locomotive FC	Hartford, Connecticut
6:00 pm EDT	Torres 10' Hodge 54' Namazi 87' Logue 90+3'	Report	Gòmez 14' Dollenmeyer 19' Rose 48' Petrović 69' Lyons 84'	Stadium: Trinity Health Stadium Attendance: 5,193 Referee: Joe Surgan