2025 El Paso Locomotive FC season

El Paso Locomotive FC
2025 season
Head coach	Wílmer Cabrera
Stadium	Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX
USLC	Western Conference: 4th
USL Cup Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals
2025 U.S. Open Cup	Round of 32
USL Cup	Group Stage
Copa Tejas Division II	2nd
Copa Tejas Shield	3rd
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Cabrera (10 goals); All: Andy Cabrera (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,432
Lowest home attendance	1,565
Average home league attendance	5,194
Biggest win	ELP 6–0 LAS (8/2) (USLC); ELP 5–1 HFC (3/19) (USOC); OMA 0–1 ELP (7/26) (USL Cup)
Biggest defeat	3 matches by 3 goals (USLC); ATX 3–2 ELP (5/7) (USOC); ELP 0–1 COS (5/31) (USL Cup)
Home colors	Away colors
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	All statistics correct as of 15:46, October 26, 2025 (UTC).

Head coachWílmer Cabrera

StadiumSouthwest University Park, El Paso, TX

USLCWestern Conference: 4th

USL Cup PlayoffsConference Quarterfinals

The 2025 El Paso Locomotive FC season will be the seventh season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States.^[1]

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Position	Name
Head coach	Wílmer Cabrera^[2]
Technical Director	Ray Saari^[3]
Assistant coach	Gianluca Masucci
Assistant coach	Gerson Echeverry^[4]
Goalkeeping coach	Matt Dabrowski
Coordinator, equipment and player operations	Saul Soto

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	USA	Sebastián Mora
3	DF	GHA	Wahab Ackwei
5	DF	MEX	Tony Alfaro
6	MF	SLV	Eric Calvillo
7	DF	USA	Bryan Romero
8	MF	SLE	Frank Daroma
9	FW	CUB	Frank López
10	FW	SLV	Amando Moreno
11	FW	USA	Christian Sorto
12	MF	USA	Ricky Ruiz
13	FW	COL	Andy Cabrera
14	FW	USA	Beto Avila
15	DF	DOM	Noah Dollenmayer
16	DF	BRA	Gabi Torres
18	DF	USA	Alvaro Quezada
19	GK	MEX	Marco Canales
21	DF	GHA	Kofi Twumasi
23	GK	JAM	Jahmali Waite
24	DF	USA	Memo Diaz
25	DF	MEX	Arturo Ortiz
28	FW	USA	Omar Mora
29	DF	USA	Kenneth Hoban
30	MF	USA	Robert Coronado
31	FW	USA	Mario Rodriguez
50	FW	USA	Axel Valdivia^[A]
66	DF	USA	Raul Vazquez^[A]

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	From	Source
November 25, 2024	25	DF	Arturo Ortiz	FC Juárez	^[6]
December 9, 2024	29	DF	Kenneth Hoban	El Paso Locomotive Academy	^[7]
December 10, 2024	28	FW	Omar Mora	Oral Roberts University	^[8]
December 11, 2024	24	DF	Memo Diaz	Oakland Roots	^[9]
December 18, 2024	18	DF	Alvaro Quezada	Memphis 901 FC	^[10]
January 13, 2025	1	GK	Sebastián Mora	Celaya	^[11]
January 22, 2025	9	FW	Frank López	Miami FC	^[12]
February 18, 2025	14	FW	Beto Avila	Sporting Kansas City II	^[13]
February 19, 2025	21	MF	Kofi Twumasi	Rhode Island FC	^[14]
March 7, 2025		GK	Marco Canales	Alacranes de Durango	^[15]
July 21, 2025	11	FW	Christian Sorto	Loudoun United	^[16]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
25	DF	Arturo Ortiz	FC Juárez	January 1, 2025	December 31, 2025
20	FW	Daniel Carter	Real C.D. España	January 9, 2025	July 16, 2025	^[17]^[18]
7	DF	Bryan Romero	FC Juárez	February 26, 2025	December 31, 2025	^[19]

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Ref.
March 5, 2025	FW	50	Axel Valdivia	^[20]
	DF	66	Raul Vazquez	^[20]

2025 El Paso Locomotive FC season

Roster

Transfers

In

Loans in

Academy contracts

Out

Loan out

New contracts

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Competitive fixtures

USL Championship

Standings — Western Conference

Match results

USL Championship playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

USL Jägermeister Cup

Standings

Awards and honors

USL Championship Team of the Matchday

Player of the Matchday

References

Related Articles

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Notes	Source
November 25, 2024	4	DF	Lucas Stauffer	Lexington SC	Mutual agreement	^[6]
	13	GK	Javier Garcia	Texoma FC	Out of Contract
		DF	Dennis Erdmann		Out of Contract
	31	DF	Nick Hinds		Out of Contract
	16	DF	Miles Lyons	Monterey Bay FC	Out of Contract
	9	FW	Malik McLemore	1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig	Out of Contract
	7	FW	Joaquín Rivas		Out of Contract
	17	FW	Ricardo Zacarías		Out of Contract
January 20, 2025	21	DF	Bolu Akinyode	Miami FC	Mutual agreement	^[21]
June 30, 2025	11	FW	Tumi Moshobane	Charlotte Independence	Mutual agreement	^[22]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers
February 1	Barca Residency Academy	Westside Soccer Complex	El Paso, Texas	4–0	Torrees Trialist Quezada Moreno
February 8	UDA Soccer	Westside Soccer Complex	El Paso, Texas
February 19	Houston Dynamo 2		San Antonio, Texas
February 22	San Antonio FC		San Antonio, Texas
March 1	New Mexico United		Albuquerque, New Mexico

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Tulsa	30	16	5	9	50	30	+20	57	Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC	30	13	8	9	44	27	+17	48^[a]
3	New Mexico United	30	14	10	6	45	41	+4	48^[a]
4	El Paso Locomotive FC	30	10	9	11	47	45	+2	41
5	Phoenix Rising FC	30	9	8	13	48	48	0	40^[b]
6	San Antonio FC	30	11	12	7	39	38	+1	40^[b]
7	Orange County SC	30	10	11	9	44	45	−1	39
8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	30	10	13	7	35	47	−12	37
9	Lexington SC	30	9	12	9	31	42	−11	36
10	Oakland Roots SC	30	8	14	8	42	52	−10	32
11	Monterey Bay FC	30	7	15	8	27	45	−18	29
12	Las Vegas Lights FC	30	6	15	9	23	50	−27	27

Matchday	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Position
1	March 8	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–2	Moreno 43' Cabrera 90+2'	5,787	Elijio Arreguin	7th, Western
2	March 15	Phoenix Rising FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	4–4	Avila 6' Moreno 43', 53' Torres 47'	4,386	Calin Radosav	9th, Western
3	March 22	New Mexico United	Isotopes Park	Albuquerque, New Mexico	0–1		11,005	Gerald Flores	9th, Western
4	March 29	Hartford Athletic	Trinity Health Stadium	Hartford, Connecticut	2–1	Avila 10' Ackwei 86'	4,400	Atahan Yaya	6th, Western
5	April 5	Lexington SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–1	Ortiz 22' Cabrera 41'	4,180	Igor Bych	5th, Western
6	April 13	Birmingham Legion FC	Protective Stadium	Birmingham, Alabama	1–3	Cabrera 26'	6,920	Abdou Ndiaye	6th, Western
7	April 19	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Weidner Field	Colorado Springs, Colorado	1–1	Coronado 13'		Servando Berna Rico	5th, Western
8	May 3	New Mexico United	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	3–0	Cabrera 12', 51', 83'	7,059	Thomas Snyder	5th, Western
9	May 10	FC Tulsa	ONEOK Field	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1–1	Cabrera 32'		Mark Verso	5th, Western
10	May 16	Indy Eleven	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	4–1	Moreno 13' Calvillo 32' Daroma 82'	5,077	Greg Dopka	4th, Western
11	May 24	Las Vegas Lights FC	Cashman Field	Las Vegas, Nevada	2–1	Cabrera 37', 64'	2,396	Joshua Encarnación	2nd, Western
12	June 7	Oakland Roots SC	Oakland Coliseum	Oakland, California	0–0		7,586	Ramy Touchan	3rd, Western
13	June 14	Orange County SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–3		4,573	Edson Carvajal	4th, Western
14	June 21	Monterey Bay FC	Cardinale Stadium	Seaside, California	2–1	Ackwei 15' Cabrera 56' (pen)	3,257	Rodrigo Albuquerque	3rd, Western
15 Copa Tejas	July 4	San Antonio FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–2	Moreno 67'	8,432	Thomas Snyder	4th, Western
16	July 12	Sacramento Republic FC	Heart Health Park	Sacramento, California	0–3		8,196	Cristian Campo	7th, Western
17	August 2	Las Vegas Lights FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	6–0	Moreno 18' Quezada 39' Calvillo 52', 75' Avila 62' M. Rodriguez 89'	4,722	Elijio Arreguin	4th, Western
18	August 9	Miami FC	Pitbull Stadium	Miami, Florida	0–0		1,496	Elton García	4th, Western
19	August 16	Monterey Bay FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–2	Sorto 23', 59'	4,564	Nabil Bensalah	4th, Western
20	August 23	Sacramento Republic FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–0	Torres 41'	6,349	Edson Carvajal	3rd, Western
21	August 30	Phoenix Rising FC	Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium	Phoenix, Arizona	3–3	Moreno 73' Torres 81' Ruiz 90+8	4,030	Muhammad Kaleia	3rd, Western
22	September 6	Loudoun United FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–2	Ortiz 66'	4,720	Matthew Corrigan	3rd, Western
23	September 12	North Carolina FC	WakeMed Soccer Park	Cary, North Carolina	0–1		2,365	Joe Surgan	5th, Western
24	September 20	Charleston Battery	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–2		7,842	Servando Berna Rico	6th, Western
25	September 27	Rhode Island FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–2	Diaz 44' Holstad o.g. 74'	5,312	Joshua Encarnación	6th, Western
26	October 1	Oakland Roots SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	3–1	Moreno 1', 72 Calvillo 5'	4,049	Amin Hadzic	5th, Western
27	October 4	Orange County SC	Championship Soccer Stadium	Irvine, California	0–0		5,000	Elton García	5th, Western
28	October 11	Lexington SC	Lexington SC Stadium	Lexington, Kentucky	2–1	Diaz 9' Avila 31'	4,434	Edson Carvajal	4th, Western
29	October 18	FC Tulsa	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	1–1	Torres 24'	5,657	Natalie Simon	4th, Western
30 Copa Tejas	October 25	San Antonio FC	Toyota Field	San Antonio, Texas	2−5	Moreno 7' Sorto 54'	8,164	Abdou Ndiaye	4th, Western

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
First	March 19	Harpos FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	5–1	Avila 12' Romero 37' 45+2' Own goal 54' Torres 59'	1,595	Melvin Rivas
Second	April 2	Ventura County FC	Dignity Health Sports Park	Carson, California	3–0	Carter 17' Alfaro 29' Cabrera 81'	50	Steven Cardozo
Third	April 16	New Mexico United	UNM Soccer Complex	Albuquerque, New Mexico	2–2(a.e.t.) (4–1 p)	Carter 21' Cabrera 90+7'		John Griggs
R32	May 7	Austin FC	Q2 Stadium	Austin, Texas	2–3	Avila 20', 34'		Elton García

Pos	Lg	Team v t e	Pld	W	PKW	PKL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	USLC	San Antonio FC	4	3	0	1	0	6	2	+4	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	USLC	New Mexico United	4	1	2	1	0	9	7	+2	8
3	USLC	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	4	2	0	1	1	7	4	+3	7
4	USLC	Phoenix Rising FC	4	1	2	0	1	10	10	0	7
5	USLC	El Paso Locomotive FC	4	1	1	1	1	3	3	0	6
6	USL1	Union Omaha	4	1	0	0	3	3	5	−2	3
7	USL1	Texoma FC	4	0	0	1	3	5	12	−7	1

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
1	April 26	Texoma FC	Sherman Bearcat Stadium	Sherman, Texas	0–0 (6–5 p)		947	Jaclyn Metz
2	May 31	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	0–1		5,845	Muhammad Hassan
3	July 19	Phoenix Rising FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas	2–2 (6–7 p)	Torres 11' Cabrera 38'	5,416	Matthew Thompson
4	July 26	Union Omaha	Werner Park	Omaha, Nebraska	1-0	Avila 39'	2,176	Amin Hadzic

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
1	Frank Daroma	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	MF	^[23]
1	Amando Moreno	Colorado Springs Switchbacks	Bench	^[23]
2	Beto Avila	Phoenix Rising FC	FW	^[24]
	Amando Moreno (2)		MF
	Gabriel Torres		DF
4	Wahab Ackwei	Hartford Athletic	DF	^[25]
5	Gabriel Torres (2)	Lexington SC	MF	^[26]
5	Arturo Ortiz	Lexington SC	DF	^[26]
7	Robert Coronado	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	MF	^[27]
8/9	Andy Cabrera	New Mexico United	FW	^[28]
	Gabriel Torres (3)		MF
	Frank Daroma (2)		Bench
10	Noah Dollenmayer	FC Tulsa	Bench	^[29]
11	Andy Cabrera (2)	Indy Eleven	FW	^[30]
	Eric Calvillo		MF
	Arturo Ortiz (2)		Bench
12	Andy Cabrera (3)	Las Vegas Lights FC	FW	^[31]
	Frank Daroma (3)		MF
	Ricky Ruiz		Bench
	Beto Avila (2)		Bench
16	Andy Cabrera (4)	Monterey Bay FC	FW	^[32]
	Gabi Torres (4)		DF
	Wahab Ackwei (2)		Bench
USL Cup 4	Gabi Torres (5)	Union Omaha	MF	^[33]
22	Amando Moreno (3)	Las Vegas Lights	FW	^[34]
	Andy Cabrera (5)		FW
	Gabriel Torres (6)		MF
	Eric Calvillo (2)		MF
24	Christian Sorto	Monterey Bay FC	FW	^[35]
25	Gabriel Torres (7)	Sacramento Republic FC	MF	^[36]
26	Ricky Ruiz	Phoenix Rising FC	DF	^[37]
30	Eric Calvillo (3)	Rhode Island FC	Bench	^[38]
31	Amando Moreno (4)	Orange County SC	FW	^[39]
31	Eric Calvillo (4)	Orange County SC	Bench)	^[39]