EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-0 to New Mexico United in their third and final Prinx Tires USL Cup match.<\/p>\n
The opening half was scoreless with both teams creating chances, but the goalkeepers came up big for their respective squads to keep the match level.<\/p>\n
It remained close for the majority of the second half, but New Mexico United was able to break through in the 85th minute when Joseph Quiah snuck one past goalkeeper Blake Gillingham.<\/p>\n
Just four minutes later, New Mexico doubled its lead on a goal from Zico Bailey, who connected on a cross through the box, taking a 2-0 lead and sealing the win.<\/p>\n
El Paso Locomotive FC will return to action on Saturday, July 18th when it travels to Tulsa, Oklahoma to face FC Tulsa. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. MT.<\/p>\n
MATCH NOTES<\/p>\n
The last time New Mexico United held El Paso scoreless was on March 22, 2025, in Albuquerque. New Mexico was able to secure a 1-0 lead behind a goal from Greg Hurst in the 83rd minute. The teams combined for just three total shots on goal, with each goalkeeper making one save.<\/p>\n
Locomotive recorded 18 shots in tonight\u2019s game, which is the fifth straight match against New Mexico United that El Paso has recorded 12-plus shots. In the history of this rivalry, Locomotive has recorded more than 18 shots only four other times.<\/p>\n
El Paso saw two players make their debut for the Locos. The first was Blake Gillingham, who started in goal, and the other Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez, who was subbed on in the 79th minute to replace Rubio Rub\u00edn.<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n
ELP \u2013<\/p>\n
NM \u2013 \u00a085\u2019 Joseph Quiah (Kipp Keller), 89\u2019 Zico Bailey (Jake LaCava)<\/p>\n
LINEUPS \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
ELP \u2013 (3-5-2) Blake Gillingham, Tony Alfaro, Palermo Ortiz, Nico Cardona, Gabi Torres, Danny Gomez (65\u2019 Alex M\u00e9ndez), Robert Coronado (71\u2019 Kofi Twumasi), Carl Sainte, \u00c1lvaro Quezada (65\u2019 Jimmy Farkarlun), Rubio Rub\u00edn (79\u2019 Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez), Diego Abitia (65\u2019 Amando Moreno)<\/p>\n
Subs Not Used:\u00a0Omar Mora, Kenneth Hoban, Abraham Romero<\/p>\n
NM \u2013 (3-5-2)\u00a0Kristopher Shakes, Maliek Howell, Ousman Jabang, Kipp Keller, Niko Hamalainen, Cristian Nava (61\u2019 Jake LaCava), Zico Bailey, Greg Hurst (60\u2019 Valentin), Christopher Gloster (60\u2019 Tyler Blackett), Luther Archim\u00e9de (83′ Gedion Zelalem), Dayonn Harris (60\u2019 Joseph Quiah)<\/p>\n
Subs Not Used:\u00a0Raiko Arozarena<\/p>\n
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY<\/p>\n
ELP \u2013 \u00a087\u2019 Cristo Fern\u00e1ndez<\/p>\n
NM \u2013<\/p>\n
MATCH STATS: ELP | NM<\/p>\n
GOALS:\u00a00|2
ASSISTS:\u00a00|2
POSSESSION:\u00a046|54
SHOTS:\u00a018|11
SHOTS ON GOAL:\u00a07|5
SAVES:\u00a03|7
FOULS:\u00a010|11
OFFSIDES:\u00a00|0
CORNERS:\u00a04|8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-0 to New Mexico United in their third…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-370338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370338","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=370338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}