EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed midfielder Daniel Gomez, pending league and federation approval. The terms of the deal will not be disclosed per club policy.<\/p>\n
\u201cDaniel is a great player with a fantastic mentality,\u201d Technical Director Ray Saari said. \u201cHe is known around the league for his technical abilities, engine and team-first mindset. Having him in our squad will enable us to push for our goals for the 2026 season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gomez arrives in El Paso after playing in 29 matches for Oakland Roots SC in 2025. <\/p>\n
He finished with a goal and three assists along with 16 chances created while leading the team in appearances.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old spent the last three seasons with Oakland and tallied a goal and seven assists in 88 appearances across all competitions. <\/p>\n
Prior to his time with the Roots, he featured with the club\u2019s USL League Two side, Project 510, where he helped them secure a spot in the postseason. He became the first player to come through that squad and sign a professional First Team contract.<\/p>\n
At the collegiate level, Gomez began his career at San Joaquin Delta College where he was named the Big 8 Most Valuable Midfielder and selected to the All-Region Team. <\/p>\n
In 2021, he transferred to CSU Stanislaus where he appeared and started in 36 matches recording two goals and five assists while being named to the College Sports Communicators\u2019 Academic All-District Team.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas – El Paso Locomotive FC announced today that it has signed midfielder Daniel Gomez, pending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-120637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}