EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC (West-1, 7-3-1, 22 points) have set a new club record for most consecutive wins in the USL Championship following a 2-1 comeback win at Birmingham Legion FC on Saturday night.
“Well credit to our team, you saw the fight this team can possess and they took care of business,” Head Coach and Technical Director Brian Clarhaut said. “[The team] stuck to the game plan, took care of big plays in the box. It wasn’t an easy game. [Birmingham] is a good team with individuals at this level that could hurt you, but these guys took care of business. Three points on the road, massive victory.”
The match was the first time both sides met in competition and with the win, El Paso continues its hot streak in league play, winning six straight contests and going undefeated in eight to jump to the top of the Western Conference standings.
Birmingham would open the scoring in the 17’ but forward Luis “Lucho” Solignac would provide an immediate response for Locomotive two minutes later, capitalizing on a Birmingham deflection in the box to bring his season goal tally to six.
Midfielder Liam Rose would double Locomotive’s lead in the 58’. Intercepting a Birmingham clearance, Rose shot an incredible ball from outside the box, which rocketed past outstretched Legion goalkeeper Matt VanOekel. The goal, Rose’s first for Locomotive, would prove to be the game-winner.
FORECAST: 75ºF, mostly cloudy
TEAM NOTES
- Locomotive has set a club record for most consecutive wins in the USL Championship (6).
- Locomotive are now undefeated in eight matches (7W, 1D).
- Rose’s goal tonight was his first for Locomotive.
- Lucho extends his goal tally to six, jumping to third in the Western Conference leaderboards.
- Locomotive have scored in their last 10 games in the USL Championship, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition.
- Locomotive received no bookings in tonight’s match.
SCORING SUMMARY
- BHM 1 – Juan Agudelo (Prosper Kasim) 17’
- ELP 1 – Luis Solignac 19’
- ELP 2 – Liam Rose 58’
LINEUPS
ELP – (4-2-3-1) Benny Diaz, Bence Pavkovics, Erik McCue, Eder Borelli – C, Miles Lyons (Marc Navarro), Eric Calvillo, Liam Rose (Nick Hinds), Aaron Gomez, Denys Kostyshyn (Louis Herrera), Luis Solignac (Emmanuel Sonupe), Ricardo Zacarias (Chris Garcia)
Subs Not Used: Rommel Tarin, Luis Moreno
BHM – (3-4-3) Matt VanOekel, Phanuel Kavita – C, Alex Crognale, Gabriel Alves (Diba Nwegbo), Jake Rufe (Matthew Corcoran), Mikey Lopez (Ben Reveno), Anderson Asiedu, Juan Agudelo, Prosper Kasim, Tyler Pasher, Enzo Martinez
Subs Not Used: Trevor Spangenberg, Dante Johnson, Grayson Dupont, Moses Mensah
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
- ELP – N/A
- BHM – Anderson Asiedu (Yellow Card) 55’
MATCH STATS: ELP | BHM
GOALS: 2|1
ASSISTS: 0|1
POSS. %: 57|43
SHOTS: 13|7
SHOTS ON GOAL: 4|2
SAVES: 1|2
FOULS: 9|20
OFFSIDES: 1|6
CORNERS: 3|2
UP NEXT: Saturday, June 3 at New Mexico United. Kickoff at 7 p.m. MT at Isotopes Park. Locomotive make the trip to Albuquerque for its first meeting this season with main rival New Mexico United.