eplocomotivefc.com\/seasontickets<\/a>\u00a0or calling (915) 235-GOAL.<\/p>\nThe 2026 regular season will see\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0play its conference opponents in a home-and-home series for 22 games with two additional Western Conference matches and six matches against Eastern Conference opponents \u2013 three home, three away \u2013 to make up the 30-game regular season schedule. <\/p>\n
The Prinx Tires USL Cup \u2013 which includes 43 professional men\u2019s clubs from the USL Championship and USL League One competing in a World Cup-style tournament throughout the regular season \u2013 will make up the remaining four matches in\u00a0Locomotive\u2019s schedule.<\/p>\n
Full schedules and dates for the 2026 season, as well as conference alignments and national broadcast agreements, are listed below.<\/p>\n
NOTABLE\u00a0LOCOMOTIVE\u00a0MATCHES<\/p>\n
El Paso\u2019s season will kick off with the 2026 Home Opener at Southwest University Park on Saturday, March 7, hosting Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC. <\/p>\n
The Locos will hit the road for two Western Conference trips against Monterey Bay FC on Saturday, March 14 and Sacramento Republic FC on Saturday, March 28.<\/p>\n
April sees\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0at home three times including showdowns with San Antonio FC in a Copa Tejas clash on Saturday, April 18 and the 2025 Western Conference champions, FC Tulsa, on Wednesday, April 29. In between those matches, Los Locos will begin their 2026 USL Cup campaign on the road at Orange County SC on Saturday, April 25.<\/p>\n
Locomotive\u00a0will square off against two opponents for the first time in 2026, both at Southwest University Park. They will take on AV Alta FC from USL League One in their first USL Cup home match of the season on Wednesday, May 27 before welcoming expansion side Sporting Club Jacksonville to the 915 on Saturday, July 25 in a regular season match.<\/p>\n
Notable 2026 home matches include a playoff rematch against Phoenix Rising FC on Saturday, June 13, a test against the defending champion Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC on Wednesday, August 26 and a pair of Derby Del Camino Real clashes in the Borderplex \u2013 one as the final group stage match of USL Cup on Saturday, July 11 and one as the home regular season finale for Los Locos on Saturday, October 24.<\/p>\n
As for notable road matches, the Locos will travel to Albuquerque on Wednesday, May 6 before two matches against the top regular season team from each conference later in the season against FC Tulsa on Saturday, July 18 and Louisville City FC on Saturday, September 12.<\/p>\n
2026 USL CHAMPIONSHIP REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
HOMEAWAYDateOpponentDateOpponentSaturday, March 7Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCSaturday, March 14Monterey Bay FCSaturday, April 4Las Vegas Lights FCSaturday, March 28Sacramento Republic FCSaturday, April 18San Antonio FCSaturday, April 11Hartford AthleticWednesday, April 29FC TulsaWednesday, May 6New Mexico UnitedSaturday, May 30Lexington SCSaturday, May 9Oakland Roots SCSaturday, June 13Phoenix Rising FCWednesday, June 10Detroit City FCSaturday, July 25Sporting Club JacksonvilleSaturday, June 20Monterey Bay FCWednesday, August 5Monterey Bay FCSaturday, July 4Las Vegas Lights FCSaturday, August 8Oakland Roots SCSaturday, July 18FC TulsaWednesday, August 26Pittsburgh Riverhounds SCSaturday, August 1Orange County SCSaturday, August 29Loudoun United FCSaturday, August 15San Antonio FCFriday, September 25FC TulsaSaturday, August 22Colorado Springs Switchbacks FCSaturday, October 10Orange County SCSaturday, September 12Louisville City FCSaturday, October 17Sacramento Republic FCSaturday, September 19Phoenix Rising FCSaturday, October 24New Mexico UnitedSaturday, October 3Lexington SC<\/p>\n
2026 USL CHAMPIONSHIP CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT<\/p>\n
WESTERN CONFERENCEEASTERN CONFERENCEColorado Springs Switchbacks FCBirmingham Legion FCEl Paso\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0FCBrooklyn FCLas Vegas Lights FCCharleston BatteryLexington SCDetroit City FCMonterey Bay FCHartford AthleticNew Mexico UnitedIndy ElevenOakland Roots SCLoudoun United FCOrange County SCLouisville City FCPhoenix Rising FCMiami FCSacramento Republic FCPittsburgh Riverhounds SCSan Antonio FCRhode Island FCFC TulsaSporting Club Jacksonville\u00a0Tampa Bay Rowdies<\/p>\n
2026 PRINX TIRES USL CUP SCHEDULE<\/p>\n
For the second consecutive year,\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0will compete in the Prinx Tires USL Cup (previously USL J\u00e4germeister Cup). Los Locos have been placed in Group 2 with Championship sides Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, New Mexico United, Orange County SC, Phoenix Rising FC and League One side AV Alta FC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The seven group winners and one wild card will advance to the knockout stage, with the wild card to be awarded to the second-placed team with the most points in group play, followed by the first tiebreaker of most goals scored. The Quarterfinals will be held on Wednesday, August 13, followed by the Semifinals on Wednesday, September 9 before the final on the weekend of October 2-4, 2026.<\/p>\n
HOMEAWAYDateOpponentDateOpponentWednesday, May 27AV Alta FCSaturday, April 25Orange County SCSaturday, July 11New Mexico UnitedSaturday, June 6Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC<\/p>\n
2026 U.S. OPEN CUP INFORMATION<\/p>\n
El Paso\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0FC will participate in the 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after their furthest run in tournament history this past season. They advanced to the Round of 32 before falling 3-2 at Austin FC in the club’s first-ever competitive match against an MLS side.<\/p>\n
Los Locos qualified for the tournament by securing a playoff spot in the Western Conference of the USL Championship last season.\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0will begin in the First Round of the tournament scheduled to take place between Tuesday, March 17 and Thursday, March 19. The draw for the first two rounds will take place in January.<\/p>\n
2026 USL CHAMPIONSHIP BROADCAST AGREEMENT<\/p>\n
The 2026 USL Championship season will be the third in the league\u2019s four-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports, with games also set to air nationally on ESPN Networks, CBS Sports Network, CBS Sports Golazo Network, ESPN+ and TUDN. A full broadcast schedule will be announced following the release of the 2026 USL Championship schedule.<\/p>\n
2026 USL CHAMPIONSHIP PLAYOFFS<\/p>\n
At the conclusion of the regular season, the top eight teams in each conference will qualify for the 2026 USL Championship Playoffs, which will kick off on the weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
The USL Championship Playoffs will remain a single-elimination and fixed bracket format. The postseason will conclude with the 2026 USL Championship Final on the CBS Television Network between Nov. 20 and Nov. 22, 2026, with more details to be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas – \u00a0El Paso\u00a0Locomotive\u00a0FC announced today its\u00a0full regular season schedule\u00a0for the 2026 USL Championship season, as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":91074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-91073","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\/91073","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=91073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}