| 2025 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Wílmer Cabrera | ||
| Stadium | Southwest University Park, El Paso, TX | ||
| USLC | Western Conference: | ||
| Average home league attendance | 0 | ||
| All statistics correct as of 23:45, December 9, 2024 (UTC). | |||
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]
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | DF | Wahab Ackwei |  Ghana |
| 6 | MF | Eric Calvillo |  El Salvador |
| 10 | FW | Amando Moreno | El Salvador |
| 15 | DF | Noah Dollenmayer | United States |
| 18 | FW | Tumi Moshobane |  South Africa |
| 19 | FW | Andy Cabrera | Colombia |
| 21 | DF | Bolu Akinyode |  Nigeria |
| 23 | GK | Jahmali Waite |  Jamaica |
| 25 | DF | Arturo Ortiz |  Mexico |
| 30 | MF | Robert Coronado | United States |
| 33 | MF | Ricky Ruiz | United States |
| 58 | FW | Mario Rodriguez | United States |
| 93 | DF | Tony Alfaro | Mexico |
| — | DF | Kenneth Hoban | United States |
| — | FW | Omar Mora | United States |
| — | DF | Memo Diaz | United States |
| — | DF | Alvaro Quezada | United States |
| — | MF | Frank Daroma |  Sierra Leone |
| — | DF | Gabi Torres |  Brazil |
| — | FW | Daniel Carter |  Honduras |
| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2024 | 25 | DF | Arturo Ortiz | FC Juárez | [6] | |
| December 9, 2024 | DF | Kenneth Hoban | El Paso Locomotive Academy | [7] | ||
| December 10, 2024 | FW | Omar Mora | Oral Roberts University | [8] | ||
| December 11, 2024 | DF | Memo Diaz | Oakland Roots | [9] | ||
| December 18, 2024 | DF | Alvaro Quezada | Memphis 901 FC | [10] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Start | End | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FW | Daniel Carter | Real C.D. España | January 9, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | [11] | |
| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2024 | 4 | DF | Lucas Stauffer | Mutual agreement | [6] | |
| 13 | GK | Javier Garcia | Out of Contract | |||
| DF |  Dennis Erdmann | Out of Contract | ||||
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | Out of Contract | |||
| 16 | DF | Miles Lyons | Out of Contract | |||
| 9 | FW | Malik McLemore | Out of Contract | |||
| 7 | FW | Joaquín Rivas | Out of Contract | |||
| 17 | FW | Ricardo Zacarías | Out of Contract |
| Date | Pos. | No. | Player | Contract until | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2024 | DF | 25 | Arturo Ortiz | [6] | |
| MF | 33 | Ricky Ruiz | |||
| MF | 30 | Robert Coronado | |||
| FW | 18 | Tumi Moshobane | 2025 | ||
| December 20, 2024 | FW | 19 | Andy Cabrera | 2025 |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Location | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Lg | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USLC | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | USLC | El Paso Locomotive FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | USLC | New Mexico United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | USLC | Phoenix Rising FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | USLC | San Antonio FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | USL1 | Texoma FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | USL1 | Union Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Location | Result | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 26 | Texoma FC | Sherman Bearcat Stadium | Sherman, Texas | ||||
| 2 | May 31 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | Southwest University Park | El Paso, Texas | ||||
| 3 | July 19 | Phoenix Rising FC | Southwest University Park | El Paso, Texas | ||||
| 4 | July 26 | Union Omaha | Werner Park | Omaha, Nebraska |
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