El Paso Locomotive Take on San Diego Loyal

“We sat here talking with the players about sometimes when you’re not scoring it does get you down a little bit. We scored that first goal and there was a massive shift from the field, the bench, from everyone. I’m really proud of them.” Commented Head Coach and Technical Director John Hutchinson. “Right when we scored that first goal I turned to Dom and said, ‘We’re back and we are going to go for it.’” And go for it they did. Locomotive broke their goalless streak in masterclass fashion, notching 4 goals in 14 minutes.  

Coach Hutchinson continued, “I say to the boys all the time that when they do stuff like that, that’s on them.  When they play that way in the second half and score four goals that’s all on the players. That’s their courage, their effort, it’s the togetherness of the team. It could have been an easy one [for us] to lay down. I am a really big believer that when things are going well everyone is great, but you find out who you are when things are going bad.”

El Paso is hungry to get back on track and are fighting their way towards a fourth consecutive post-season appearance. The character and determination of this squad is not one to be taken lightly. With eight matches remaining in the regular season and 24 points possible, Locomotive have their eyes on this Saturday’s home match against Coach Landon Donovan’s San Diego Loyal. San Diego have won 4 of their last 5 matches, most recently losing to Birmingham Legion FC by a 1-0 score line.  The second-place team leads the league in goals (53) but will be facing El Paso Locomotive FC goalkeeper, Evan Newton, who has the second most saves in the league (72).