2024 El Paso Locomotive FC season

The 2024 El Paso Locomotive FC season will be 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]

El Paso Locomotive FC

2024 season
Head coach	Brian Clarhaut
Stadium	Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX
USL	Western Conference: 11th
2024 U.S. Open Cup	Third Round
Copa Tejas Shield	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Amando Moreno (3) All: Amando Moreno (3)
Highest home attendance	6,667
Lowest home attendance	4,566
Average home league attendance	5,748
Biggest defeat	5 games by one goal
Home colors Away colors Third colors
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 16:28, April 14, 2024 (UTC).

Staff

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

Roster

As of April 2, 2024^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Ramón Pasquel	Mexico
2	DF	Brandan Craig	United States
3	DF	Elijah Martin	United States
4	DF	Lucas Stauffer	United States
5	DF	Éder Borelli	Mexico
6	MF	Eric Calvillo	El Salvador
7	FW	Joaquín Rivas	El Salvador
8	MF	Luis Moreno	United States
9	FW	Justin Dhillon	United States
10	FW	Amando Moreno	El Salvador
11	FW	Joaquín Rivas	El Salvador
13	GK	Javier Garcia	United States
14	DF	Gonzalo Pelua	Uruguay
15	DF	Noah Dollenmayer	United States
16	DF	Miles Lyons	United States
17	FW	Ricardo Zacarías	United States
18	FW	Tumi Moshobane	South Africa
19	MF	Arun Basuljevic	United States
20	MF	Jeremy Garay	El Salvador
21	DF	Bolu Akinyode	Nigeria
22	MF	Liam Rose	Australia
23	GK	Jahmali Waite	Jamaica
24	DF	Yuma	Spain
27	MF	Petar Petrović	Sweden
31	DF	Nick Hinds	United States
77	MF	Diego Abarca	United States
93	DF	Tony Alfaro	Mexico
99	MF	Francisco Nevárez	Mexico

Transfers

In

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		DF	Lucas Stauffer	Las Vegas Lights	Free agent	^[14]
January 12, 2024	5	DF	Éder Borelli	El Paso Locomotive FC	Contract renewal	^[15]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Start	End	Source
	DF	Brandan Craig	Philadelphia Union	February 15, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[16]
	GK	Ramón Pasquel	FC Juárez	February 21, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[17]
	DF	Gonzalo Pelua	FC Juárez	February 26, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[18]
	MF	Francisco Nevárez	FC Juárez	February 26, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[18]
	MF	Jeremy Garay	D.C. United	March 13, 2024	December 31, 2024	^[19]

Out

Date	No.	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Source
November 1, 2023	2	DF	Marc Navarro	Free agent	N/A	^[20]
	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	^[21]
January 1, 2024	10	MF	Denys Kostyshyn	FC Oleksandriya	Free	^[22]
December 12, 2023	9	FW	Luis Solignac	San Antonio FC	Undisclosed	^[23]^[24]
January 30, 2024	7	FW	Aarón Gómez	Union Omaha	Free	^[25]^[26]

Loan out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
11	FW	Christopher Garcia	Austin FC II	January 11, 2024	December 31, 2023	^[27]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	No.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
October 30, 2023	MF	27	Petar Petrović	2024	^[28]
November 13, 2023	MF	19	Arun Basuljevic	2024	^[29]
November 15, 2023	MF	11	Christopher Garcia	2024	^[30]
	MF	77	Diego Abarca	2024
	MF	8	Luis Moreno	2024
	DF	31	Nick Hinds	2024
	GK	13	Javier Garcia	2024

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

El Paso Locomotive announced their 2024 preseason schedule on January 16, 2024.^[31]

El Paso Locomotive v El Paso Locomotive U-20

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

El Paso Locomotive v Louisville City

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

El Paso Locomotive v Detroit City

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

El Paso Locomotive v Barça Residency Academy

February 24

El Paso Locomotive

v

Barça Residency Academy

El Paso, Texas

El Paso Locomotive v New Mexico United

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

Midseason

El Paso Locomotive   v   FC Juárez

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

Competitive fixtures

USL Championship

Main article: 2024 USL Championship season

Standings — Western Conference

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Orange County SC	6	3	0	3	9	4	+5	12	Playoffs
2	Sacramento Republic FC	6	3	0	3	8	4	+4	12
3	Monterey Bay FC	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	11
4	New Mexico United	5	3	1	1	6	7	−1	10
5	Las Vegas Lights FC	6	3	3	0	8	8	0	9
6	San Antonio FC	6	2	1	3	8	6	+2	9
7	Phoenix Rising FC	6	2	3	1	5	6	−1	7
8	Oakland Roots SC	6	2	3	1	6	9	−3	7
9	FC Tulsa	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	5
10	Memphis 901 FC	5	1	4	0	4	8	−4	3
11	El Paso Locomotive FC	6	0	5	1	5	10	−5	1
12	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	5	0	5	0	1	9	−8	0

Updated to match(es) played on April 13, 2024. Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head points; 2) head-to-head goal differential; 3) points-per game within conference; 4) total wins; 5) total goal differential; 6) total goals scored; 7) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 8) disciplinary points; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots

Match results

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
8	April 27	FC Tulsa	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
9	May 4	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Weidner Field	Colorado Springs, Colorado
10	May 10	Loudoun United FC	Segra Field	Leesburg, Virginia
11	May 17	Memphis 901 FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
12	May 24	Charleston Battery	Patriots Point	Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
13	June 1	Birmingham Legion FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
14	June 5 Copa Tejas	San Antonio FC	Toyota Field	San Antonio, Texas
15	June 15	Phoenix Rising FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
16	June 19	Oakland Roots SC	Pioneer Stadium	Hayward, California
17	June 26	Rhode Island FC	Beirne Stadium	Smithfield, Rhode Island
18	July 12	Las Vegas Lights FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
19	July 19	Phoenix Rising FC	Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium	Phoenix, Arizona
20	July 27	New Mexico United	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
21	August 3	Memphis 901 FC	AutoZone Park	Memphis, Tennessee
22	August 10	Miami FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
23	August 14	Sacramento Republic FC	Heart Health Park	Sacramento, California
24	August 17	Orange County SC	Championship Soccer Stadium	Irvine, California
25	August 24	Monterey Bay FC	Cardinale Stadium	Seaside, California
26	September 7	Detroit City FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
27	September 14	Indy Eleven	Michael A. Carroll Stadium	Indianapolis, Indiana
28	September 21	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
29	September 29	North Carolina FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
30	October 5	FC Tulsa	ONEOK Field	Tulsa, Oklahoma
31	October 9	San Antonio FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
32	October 16	Orange County SC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
33	October 19	Sacramento Republic FC	Southwest University Park	El Paso, Texas
34	October 26	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Highmark Stadium	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Location	Result	Scorers	Attendance	Referee
Third Round	April 17	Union Omaha	Werner Park	Omaha, Nebraska

Awards and honors

USL Championship Team of the Matchday

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Position	Ref
1	Lucas Stauffer	Hartford Athletic	DF	^[32]

Save of the Matchday

Matchday	Player	Opponent	Ref
1	Jahmali Waite	Hartford Athletic	^[33]
3	Javier Garcia	Las Vegas Lights FC	^[34]

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