June 14, 2024 – United Soccer League Championship (USL)
El Paso Locomotive FC News Release
EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC are back at Southwest University Park this weekend, hosting Phoenix Rising FC as the Locos look set to capture their first home win of the 2024 season under new Head Coach Wilmer Cabrera.
HOW TO WATCH EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC VS PHOENIX RISING FC – SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2024 @ 7 P.M. MT – SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY PARK
Watch: ESPN+; locally on El Paso-Las Cruces CW
Tickets: eplocomotivefc.com/tickets
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ALL-TIME SERIES
El Paso and Phoenix are set to face off for the eighth time, with Rising holding a 4-2-2 record in favor. El Paso will look to redeem itself this weekend from its 2023 matchups with Phoenix when the sides face off in El Paso for the fourth time. Last year, the Locos were handed a heavy 5-0 defeat on the road then took a hard blow at home when Rising scored a stoppage time equalizer to salvage a point in a 1-1 draw.
Both teams will arrive this weekend fresh off statement wins, but El Paso has an extra chip on its shoulder as a result of last season’s matches. With the motivation to end an eight-match winless home streak and Cabrera asking the team to be more physical off the ball, it will be no surprise if Locomotive gets feisty in search of its first win against Phoenix since 2022.
EL PASO LOCOMOTIVE FC
In the first of two Copa Tejas meetings this year, El Paso returned from Toyota Field last week with three points in the bag following a 1-0 win against San Antonio FC. With some key players missing in the lineup for both sides due to international call ups and injury (more so for San Antonio), the Locos needed to capitalize on that opportunity to win. El Paso held up well defensively to deny San Antonio threats at goal and the deadlock would break in the 65′ thanks to a free kick from Brandan Craig that would prove to be the game winner.
Once again, the Locos were injected with some much needed confidence as Cabrera looks to turn this team around with the halfway point of the season rapidly approaching. As he stated in a post-training interview, Cabrera was happy with the way the Locos showed up and battled it out on the pitch against San…
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