Takeaways

San Antonio FC: The hosts regained their form at a most opportune moment, earning a place in the postseason and the No. 6 seed overall with one of its most emphatic performances of the regular season overall.   

El Paso Locomotive FC: The visitors had their moments but were overwhelmed defensively at times. Despite that, they’ll enter the postseason as the No. 4 seed and open at home to Phoenix Rising FC next weekend.

Key moment

Nicky Hernandez’s goal early in the second half gave San Antonio a three-goal lead that ended up proving insurmountable for the visitors.

Key stat

San Antonio ended a 483-minute scoreless streak with Santiago Patino’s early goal before going on to rack up its second five-goal performance of the regular season.

USLChampionship.com Player of the Match

Mitchell Taintor, San Antonio FC – SAFC’s captain recorded a goal and assist while recording three chances created overall, completing 35 of 38 passes and winning 4 of 5 duels.

Scoring Summary

ELP – Amando Moreno (Eric Calvillo) 7’

SA – Santiago Patino (Mitchell Taintor) 9’

SA – Luke Haakenson (Alexis Souahy) 22’

SA – Tony Alfaro (own goal) 35’

SA – Nicky Hernandez (Jorge Hernández) 53’

ELP – Christian Sorto (Eric Calvillo) 54’

SA – Mitchell Taintor (Jorge Hernández) 86’