EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-8, 9-9-5, 32 points) fell 5-0 to Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday night at Phoenix Rising Soccer Stadium, extending its loss streak to four.
El Paso would concede twice in the first half, in the 21′ and 44′, before conceding three more times in the second half in the 70′, 85′ and 88′.
Los Locos now switch attention to next Saturday, August 19 for its lone August match at home against Indy Eleven, led by former Locomotive head coach Mark Lowry (2019-2021).
FORECAST: 98ºF, clear skies
SCORING SUMMARY
- PHX 1 – Eddie Munjoma (Danny Trejo) 21′
- PHX 2 – Danny Trejo (Federico Vayrela) 44′
- PHX 3 – Danny Trejo (Reno Zambrano) 70′
- PHX 4 – Dariusz Formella (Penalty) 85′
- PHX 5 – Gabi Torres (Danny Trejo) 88′
LINEUPS
ELP – (4-2-3-1) Benny Diaz, Erik McCue, Yuma – C, Marc Navarro, Nick Hinds (Petar Petrovic), Miles Lyons, Eric Calvillo (Diego Abarca), Liam Rose (Louis Herrera), Denys Kostyshyn (Aaron Gomez), Luis Solignac, Ricardo Zacarias (Emmanuel Sonupe)
Subs Not Used: Javier Garcia, Jose Carrillo
PHX – (3-4-3) Rocco Rios Novo, John Stenberg, Alejandro Fuenmayor, Carlos Harvey, Eddie Munjoma (Gabi Torres), Renzo Zambrano Mohamed Traore), Jose Hernandez, Darnell King – C (Henry Uzochukwu), Federico Varela (Dariusz Formella), Panos Armenakas (Emil Cuello), Danny Trejo
Subs Not Used: Patrick Rakovsky, Carlos Anguiano
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
- ELP – Benny Diaz (Yellow) 58′, Erik McCue (Yellow) 60′
- PHX – Renzo Zambrano (Yellow) 30′, Panos Armenakas (Yellow) 43′, Eddie Munjoma (Yellow) 61′, Henry Uzochukwu (Yellow) 89′
MATCH STATS: ELP | PHX
GOALS: 0|5
ASSISTS: 0|4
POSS. %: 54|46
SHOTS: 13|8
SHOTS ON GOAL: 4|5
SAVES: 0|3
FOULS: 9|9
OFFSIDES: 1|3
CORNERS: 10|1
UP NEXT: Saturday, August 19 vs Indy Eleven. Kickoff at 7:30 p.m. MT at Southwest University Park. El Paso Locomotive FC return home for its sole match in August for a matchup against the Eastern Conference’s Indy Eleven, led by former Locomotive head coach Mark Lowry.