EL PASO, Texas – Despite playing in an evenly contested match, El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-1 to Memphis 901 FC at Southwest University Park Friday night.
Los Locos would open the scoring in the 24′, with Miles Lyons seemingly putting the ball into the back of the net before it was ruled an own goal off Memphis’ Akeem Ward.
Memphis missed some clear chances in the Locomotive box throughout the first half, but would score the equalizer five minutes later after Locomotive got theirs in the net, with Marlon Santos connecting the header off a Oscar Jimenez corner.
Unfortunately, despite a hard-fought effort in the second half, Los Locos would concede in the final seconds of the match to record their eighth loss of the season.
NOTES
- Forward Justin Dhillon made his 150th USL Championship appearance tonight.
- The last time Locomotive got an own goal in favor was back in 3-1 home loss to Oakland Roots SC on July 22, 2023.
- Locomotive debuted its new “Sun City Kit” on the field tonight vs Memphis 901 FC.
FORECAST: 86ºF, clear skies
ATTENDANCE: 6,004
SCORING SUMMARY
- ELP – Akeem Ward (Own Goal) 24′
- MEM – Marlon Santos (Oscar Jimenez) 29′
LINEUPS
ELP – (4-4-2) Jahmali Waite, Tony Alfaro, Bolu Akinyode, Brandan Craig (Noah Dollenmayer 81′), Lucas Stauffer (Nick Hinds 62′), Miles Lyons (Javier Nevarez 74′), Eric Calvillo – C, Liam Rose (Jeremy Garay 81′), Tumi Moshobane, Amando Moreno, Justin Dhillon (Joaquin Rivas 62′)
Subs Not Used: Ramon Pasquel, Noah Dollenmayer, Javier Nevarez, Gonzalo Pelua, Jeremy Garay, Luis Moreno, Diego Abarca
MEM – (4-2-3-1) Tyler Deric, Akeem Ward – C, Lucas Turci, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Oscar Jiménez (Alvaro Quezada 69′), Emerson Hyndman (Nighte Pickering 86′), Zach Duncan (Leston Paul 86′), Luiz Fernando (Tulu 90+1′), Bruno Lapa, Marlon, Dylan Borczak (Samuel Careaga 69′)
Subs Not Used: Tulu, Carson Vom Steeg, Samuel Careaga, Alvaro Quezada, Nighte Pickering, Leston Paul, Aren Seeger
MISCONDUCT SUMMARY
- ELP – Miles Lyons (Yellow) 32′, Lucas Stauffer (Yellow) 47′, Liam Rose (Yellow) 50′, Justin Dhillon (Yellow) 56′, Tony Alfaro (Yellow) 58′, Nick Hinds (Yellow) 72′
- MEM – Lucas Turci (Yellow) 51′, Tyler Deric (Yellow) 64′, Abouldaye Cissoko (Yellow) 71′
MATCH STATS: ELP | MEM
GOALS: 1|2
ASSISTS: 0|2
POSSESSION: 51|49
SHOTS: 9|16
SHOTS ON GOAL: 5|6
SAVES: 4|4
FOULS: 16|12
OFFSIDES: 3|1
CORNERS: 2|5
UP NEXT: El Paso Locomotive FC are back on the road next Friday, May 24, visiting Charleston Battery at 5:30 p.m. MT on CBS Sports Golazo Network.