2024 El Paso Locomotive FC season

El Paso Locomotive FC
2024 season
Head coach	Brian Clarhaut
Stadium	Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX
USL	Western Conference: 12th
2024 U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Copa Tejas Division II	1st
Copa Tejas Shield	5th
Top goalscorer	League: Amando Moreno (6); All: Amando Moreno (6)
Highest home attendance	7,067
Lowest home attendance	4,014
Average home league attendance	5,875
Biggest win	LDN 0–2 ELP (USLC) (5/10)
Biggest defeat	RI 3–0 ELP (USLC) (6/28); OMA 0–0 (5–3 p) ELP (USOC) (4/17)
Home colors	Away colors
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	All statistics correct as of 15:17, November 3, 2024 (UTC).

Head coachBrian Clarhaut

StadiumSouthwest University Park, El Paso, TX

USLWestern Conference: 12th

2024 U.S. Open CupThird Round

The 2024 El Paso Locomotive FC season was the sixth 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	Wílmer Cabrera^[3]
Assistant coach	Ray Saari
Assistant coach	Gianluca Masucci
Assistant coach	Gerson Echeverry
Goalkeeping coach	Matt Dabrowski
Coordinator, equipment and player operations	Saul Soto

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	MEX	Ramón Pasquel
2	DF	USA	Brandan Craig
3	DF	GHA	Wahab Ackwei
4	DF	USA	Lucas Stauffer
5	DF	MEX	Éder Borelli
6	MF	SLV	Eric Calvillo
7	FW	SLV	Joaquín Rivas
8	FW	MEX	Amaury Escoto
9	FW	GER	Malik McLemore
10	FW	SLV	Amando Moreno
12	FW	COL	Wilmar Rivas
13	GK	USA	Javier Garcia
14	DF	URU	Gonzalo Pelua
15	DF	USA	Noah Dollenmayer
16	DF	USA	Miles Lyons
17	FW	USA	Ricardo Zacarías
18	FW	RSA	Tumi Moshobane
19	MF	USA	Arun Basuljevic
19	FW	COL	Wilmer Cabrera
21	DF	NGA	Bolu Akinyode
23	GK	JAM	Jahmali Waite
24	DF	ESP	Yuma
25	DF	MEX	Arturo Ortiz
27	MF	SWE	Petar Petrović
30	MF	USA	Robert Coronado
31	DF	USA	Nick Hinds
33	MF	USA	Ricky Ruiz
50	FW	USA	Axel Valdivia
51	MF	USA	Alejandro Estrada
53	DF	USA	Finnley O'Brien
54	GK	USA	Santiago Vargas
58	FW	USA	Mario Rodriguez
93	DF	MEX	Tony Alfaro
99	DF	MEX	Francisco Nevárez
—	FW	MEX	Emiliano Rodriguez
—	DF	GER	Dennis Erdmann
—	FW	USA	Andy Cabrera
—	FW	USA	Justin Dhillon
—	MF	USA	Luis Moreno

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Source
November 2, 2023	3	MF	Elijah Martin	San Diego Loyal	Free agent	^[5]
November 6, 2023	21	DF	Bolu Akinyode	Miami FC	Free agent	^[6]
November 8, 2023	10	FW	Amando Moreno	New Mexico United	Free agent	^[7]
November 20, 2023	11	FW	Joaquin Rivas	Miami FC	Free agent	^[8]
December 1, 2023	15	DF	Noah Dollenmayer	LAFC2	Undisclosed	^[9]
December 7, 2023	9	FW	Justin Dhillon	San Antonio FC	Undisclosed	^[10]
December 13, 2023	18	FW	Tumi Moshobane	San Diego Loyal SC	Free agent	^[11]
December 18, 2023	93	DF	Tony Alfaro	LA Galaxy	Free agent	^[12]
January 4, 2024	23	GK	Jahmali Waite	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Undisclosed	^[13]
January 10, 2024	4	DF	Lucas Stauffer	Las Vegas Lights	Free agent	^[14]
January 12, 2024	5	DF	Éder Borelli	El Paso Locomotive FC	Contract renewal	^[15]
June 24, 2024		FW	Emiliano Rodriguez	El Paso Locomotive FC Academy	Home grown	^[16]
July 17, 2024	33	MF	Ricky Ruiz	Chattanooga Red Wolves SC	Undisclosed	^[17]
July 19, 2024	30	DF	Robert Coronado	Central Valley Fuego FC	Undisclosed	^[18]
July 31, 2024		DF	Dennis Erdmann	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Undisclosed	^[19]
July 31, 2024		DF	Wahab Ackwei	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Traded for Justin Dhillon	^[20]
August 2, 2024		FW	Andy Cabrera		Free Agent signed for 25 days	^[21]
September 16, 2024		FW	Malik McLemore	FSV Frankfurt		^[22]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
2	DF	Brandan Craig	Philadelphia Union	February 15, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[23]
1	GK	Ramón Pasquel	FC Juárez	February 21, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[24]
14	DF	Gonzalo Pelua	FC Juárez	February 26, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[25]
99	MF	Francisco Nevárez	FC Juárez	February 26, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[25]
	MF	Jeremy Garay	D.C. United	March 13, 2024	June 27, 2024	^[26]^[27]
	MF	Stiven Rivas	Real Cartagena	July 17, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[17]

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
November 1, 2023	2	DF	Marc Navarro	Free agent	N/A	^[28]
	23	DF	José Carrillo	Free agent	N/A
	21	FW	Emmanuel Sonupe	Free agent	N/A
	29	FW	Petur Knudsen	Free agent	N/A
	88	MF	Joel Maldonado	Free agent	N/A
December 21, 2023	4	DF	Erik McCue	Örebro SK	Free	^[29]
January 1, 2024	10	MF	Denys Kostyshyn	FC Oleksandriya	Free	^[30]
December 12, 2023	9	FW	Luis Solignac	San Antonio FC	Undisclosed	^[31]^[32]
January 30, 2024	7	FW	Aarón Gómez	Union Omaha	Free	^[33]^[34]
June 17, 2024	3	DF	Elijah Martin		Mutual Agreement	^[35]
June 17, 2024	77	MF	Diego Abarca	Austin FC II	Mutual Agreement	^[35]
June 18, 2024	22	MF	Liam Rose	Macarthur FC	Mutual Agreement	^[36]
August 8, 2024	9	FW	Justin Dhillon	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Trade for Wahab Ackwei	^[37]
August 12, 2024	27	MF	Petar Petrović	Östers IF

2024 El Paso Locomotive FC season

Roster

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loan out

New contracts

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Midseason

Competitive fixtures

USL Championship

Standings — Western Conference

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Awards and honors

USL Championship Team of the Matchday

Player of the Matchday

Save of the Matchday

References

Related Articles

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
October 30, 2023	MF	27	Petar Petrović	2024	^[39]
November 13, 2023	MF	19	Arun Basuljevic	2024	^[40]
November 15, 2023	MF	11	Christopher Garcia	2024	^[41]
	MF	77	Diego Abarca	2024
	MF	8	Luis Moreno	2024
	DF	31	Nick Hinds	2024
	GK	13	Javier Garcia	2024
August 30, 2024	FW	27	Andy Cabrera	2024	^[21]

February 3	El Paso Locomotive	3–0	El Paso Locomotive U-20	El Paso, Texas
		Report		Stadium: Westside Soccer Complex

February 7	El Paso Locomotive	0–2	Louisville City	Tucson, Arizona
		Report	Serrano 57' McCabe 62'	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

February 15	El Paso Locomotive	0–1	Detroit City	Tucson, Arizona
		Report	Matthews	Stadium: Kino Sports Complex

March 2	El Paso Locomotive	3–0	New Mexico United	El Paso, Texas
	Dhillon A. Moreno Zacarías	Report

March 20	El Paso Locomotive	0–3	FC Juárez	El Paso, Texas
7:30 pm (MST)		Report	García 46' Zapata 67' Escoto 77'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 8,372

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Mexico United	34	18	11	5	46	44	+2	59	Playoffs
2	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC (C)	34	15	12	7	48	40	+8	52
3	Memphis 901 FC	34	14	11	9	52	41	+11	51
4	Las Vegas Lights FC	34	13	10	11	49	46	+3	50
5	Sacramento Republic FC	34	13	11	10	46	34	+12	49
6	Orange County SC	34	13	14	7	38	45	−7	46
7	Oakland Roots SC	34	13	16	5	37	57	−20	44
8	Phoenix Rising FC	34	11	14	9	33	39	−6	42
9	San Antonio FC	34	10	15	9	36	49	−13	39
10	FC Tulsa	34	9	14	11	33	48	−15	38
11	Monterey Bay FC	34	8	16	10	29	44	−15	34
12	El Paso Locomotive FC	34	8	18	8	27	46	−19	32

Matchday	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Position
1	March 9	Hartford Athletic	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–1		6,111	Brandon Stevis	10th Western Conf.
2	March 13	Monterey Bay FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–1	Moreno 4'	4,566	Brad Jensen	7th Western Conf.
3	March 16	Louisville City FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–1		4,876	Abdou Ndiaye	9th Western Conf.
4	March 23	Las Vegas Lights FC	Cashman Park	Las Vegas, Nevada	0–1		1,070	Thomas Snyder	11th Western Conf.
5	April 6	New Mexico United	Isotopes Park	Albuquerque, New Mexico	2–3	Rivas 81' Moreno (pen.) 87'	9,019	Matthew Thompson	11th Western Conf.
6	April 13	Oakland Roots SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–3	Moreno 13' Dhillon (pen.) 43'	6,667	Sergii Demianchuk	11th Western Conf.
7	April 20	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Al Lang Stadium	Tampa Bay, Florida	1–1	Nevárez 64'	4,945	Alex Beehler	11th Western Conf.
8	April 27	FC Tulsa	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–1		6,142	Lorenzo Hernandez	12th Western Conf.
9	May 4	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Weidner Field	Colorado Springs, Colorado	0–2		8,023	Luis Arroyo	12th Western Conf.
10	May 10	Loudoun United FC	Segra Field	Leesburg, Virginia	2–0	Tumi 1 Calvillo 40'	1,836	Velimir Stefanovic	12th Western Conf.
11	May 17	Memphis 901 FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–2		6,004	Abdou Ndiaye	12th Western Conf.
12	May 24	Charleston Battery	Patriots Point	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina	2–1	Moreno 69', 90+2'	3,257	Alejo Calume	12th Western Conf.
13	June 1	Birmingham Legion FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–3	Dhillon 44'	5,707	John Matto	12th Western Conf.
14	June 5 Copa Tejas	San Antonio FC	Toyota Field	San Antonio, Texas	1–0	Craig 65'	5,805	Ricardo Fierro	12 Western Conf.
15	June 15	Phoenix Rising FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–1	Calvillo 13'	5,802	Elijio Arreguin	12 Western Conf.
16	June 19	Oakland Roots SC	Pioneer Stadium	Hayward, California	1–2	Dhillon 5'	3,247	Trevor Wiseman	12th Western Conf.
17	June 26	Rhode Island FC	Beirne Stadium	Smithfield, Rhode Island	0–3		3,481	Nabil Bensalah	12th Western Conf.
18	July 12	Las Vegas Lights FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–2		6,727	Servando Berna Rico	12th Western Conf.
19	July 19	Phoenix Rising FC	Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium	Phoenix, Arizona	0–2		6,544	Elton García	12th Western Conf.
20	July 27	New Mexico United	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–2	Nevárez 21'	5,577	Elijio Arreguin	12th Western Conf.
21	August 3	Memphis 901 FC	AutoZone Park	Memphis, Tennessee	0–0		2,714	Thomas Snyder	12th Western Conf.
22	August 10	Miami FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–1	Coronado 45+1' Moreno 66'	7,067	Katja Koroleva	12th Western Conf.
23	August 14	Sacramento Republic FC	Heart Health Park	Sacramento, California	0–2		8,688	Trevor Wiseman	12th Western Conf.
24	August 17	Orange County SC	Championship Soccer Stadium	Irvine, California	1–0	Calvillo 64' (p)	4,001	Abdou Ndiaye	12th Western Conf.
25	August 24	Monterey Bay FC	Cardinale Stadium	Seaside, California	0–0		5,199	Benjamin Meyer	12th Western Conf.
26	September 7	Detroit City FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–0		5,764	Luis Arroyo	12th Western Conf.
27	September 14	Indy Eleven	Michael A. Carroll Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana	1–3	Zacarías 83'	10,132	Sergii Demianchuk	12th Western Conf.
28	September 21	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–1	Ruiz 51'	5,422	Nabil Bensalah	12th Western Conf.
29	September 28	North Carolina FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–0	Rivas 90+2' (p)	4,014	Muhammad Hassan	12th Western Conf.
30	October 5	FC Tulsa	ONEOK Field	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1–0	Coronado 20'	3,092	Jeremy Scheer	12th Western Conf.
31	October 9 Copa Tejas	San Antonio FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–2	Own goal 83' Lyons 88'	6,004	Servando Berna Rico	12th Western Conf.
32	October 16	Orange County SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–2		6,004	Brandon Stevis	12th Western Conf.
33	October 19	Sacramento Republic FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–1	Stauffer 26' Alfaro 32' (p)	6,376	Joe Surgan	12th Western Conf.
34	October 26	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Highmark Stadium	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	0–2		5,738	Matthew Corrigan	12th Western Conf.

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
1	Lucas Stauffer	Hartford Athletic	DF	^[43]
10	Eric Calvillo	Loudoun United FC	MF	^[44]
	Bolu Akinyode		MF
	Tumi Moshobane		FW
	Jahmali Waite		Bench
12	Amando Moreno	Charleston Battery	FW	^[45]
12	Lucas Stauffer (2)	Charleston Battery	DF	^[45]
22	Jahmali Waite (2)	Memphis 901 FC	GK	^[46]
23	Robert Coronado	Miami FC	MF	^[47]
	Lucas Stauffer (3)		DF
	Amando Moreno		Bench
24	Eric Calvillo (2)	Orange County SC	MF	^[48]
27	Ramón Pasquel	Detroit City FC	GK	^[49]
30	Arturo Ortiz	North Carolina FC	DF	^[50]
31	Tony Alfaro	FC Tulsa	Bench	^[51]
33	Tony Alfaro (2)	Sacramento Republic FC	DF	^[52]
33	Lucas Stauffer (4)	Sacramento Republic FC	Bench	^[52]

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Jahmali Waite	Hartford Athletic	^[53]
3	Javier Garcia	Las Vegas Lights FC	^[54]
7	Jahmali Waite (2)	Tampa Bay Rowdies	^[55]
20	Jahmali Waite (3)	Phoenix Rising FC	^[56]
21	Jahmali Waite (4)	New Mexico United	^[57]
22	Jahmali Waite (5)	Memphis 901 FC	^[58]
24	Jahmali Waite (6)	Orange County SC	^[59]
28	Jahmali Waite (7)	Indy Eleven	^[60]