El Paso Locomotive FC

El Paso Locomotive FC
Founded March 1, 2018 (2018-03-01)
Stadium Southwest University Park
Capacity 7,500
Owner MountainStar Sports Group
Head coach Mark Lowry
League USL Championship

El Paso Locomotive FC is an upcoming American professional soccer team based in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2018, the team plans to make its debut in the USL Championship in 2019.[1][2]

Club crest and colors

The Locomotive brand was unveiled on October 4, 2018, beating out finalists Legartos, Estrellas, Stars, and Tejanos.[3] The crest is shaped in a manner similar to Mission Style buildings and features three main colors: West Texas Sky blue, Desert Dusk blue, and High Noon Sun. The crest has 11 vertical stripes that represent the eleven players on the field and resemble the front of a locomotive. A city icon, The Star on The Mountain, adorns the top of the crest, which is shaped in the silhouette of the Franklin Mountains.[4][5]

Stadium

The club will play on the grounds of the Southwest University Park, a baseball park which is also home-field for the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Pacific Coast League.

Players and staff

Roster

No. Position Player Nation
— Forward Derek Gebhard  United States
— Defender Daniel Navarro  Brazil
— Forward Omar Salgado  United States

On June 13, 2018, El Paso Locomotive FC announced that Omar Salgado, a 25-year-old forward originally from El Paso, was the club's first official roster signing. He is on loan to Las Vegas Lights FC for the duration of the 2018 season, but will return for the club's inaugural season.[6]

Head coaches

  • Includes USL Regular Season, USL Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup. Excludes friendlies.
CoachNationalityStartEndGamesWinLossDrawWin %
Mark Lowry  England July 25, 2018 Present 0 0 0 0 !—

Staff

  • Alan Ledford – President
  • Andrew Forrest – General Manager
  • Mark Lowry – Head Coach

References

  1. ↑ "El Paso Joins the United Soccer League for 2019 Season". Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "El Paso gets new expansion USL soccer team, will play at Southwest University Park in 2019". Retrieved March 1, 2018.
  3. ↑ "El Paso USL: Soccer team nickname will be the Locomotive; logo, crest unveiled". El Paso Times. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Our Crest". El Paso Locomotive FC. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  5. ↑ "El Paso Locomotive FC Rolled Out as City's New Professional Soccer Team" (Press release). El Paso Locomotive FC. October 4, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2018 – via Business Wire.
  6. ↑ USLSoccer.com Staff (June 13, 2018). "El Paso USL Unveils Omar Salgado as First Signing". United Soccer League. Retrieved July 11, 2018.


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