# 2022 El Paso Locomotive FC season

The 2022 El Paso Locomotive FC season was the fourth season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. El Paso Locomotive FC also participates in the U.S. Open Cup and competes with all other professional teams in Texas for the Copa Tejas.

## Kits

| Home | Away | Third | Fourth | Fifth |

## Roster

    As of final match on October 12, 2022
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Evan Newton | United States |
| 4 | DF | Andrew Fox | England |
| 5 | DF | Éder Borelli | Mexico |
| 6 | MF | Richie Ryan | Republic of Ireland |
| 7 | FW | Aarón Gómez | Mexico |
| 8 | MF | Eric Calvillo | El Salvador |
| 9 | FW | Luis Solignac | Argentina |
| 10 | MF | Dylan Mares | United States |
| 12 | FW | Shavon John-Brown | Grenada |
| 13 | DF | Matt Bahner | United States |
| 14 | MF | Ander Egiluz | Spain |
| 16 | DF | Miles Lyons | United States |
| 17 | FW | Ricardo Zacarías | United States |
| 18 | FW | Christopher Garcia (on loan from Real Salt Lake) | United States |
| 20 | MF | Chapa Herrera | United States |
| 21 | MF | Emmanuel Sonupe | England |
| 22 | MF | Liam Rose | Australia |
| 23 | MF | Christiano François | Haiti |
| 24 | MF | Yuma | Spain |
| 25 | GK | Marco Canales | United States |
| 27 | GK | Philipp Beigl | Germany |
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | Jamaica |
| 33 | MF | Martín Payares | Colombia |
| 50 | MF | Diego García | United States |
| 53 | FW | Noe Coutino | United States |
| 54 | MF | Venancio Calderon | United States |
| 57 | DF | Jaime Villagomez | United States |
| 73 | DF | Raul Vazquez | United States |
| 77 | DF | Diego Abarca | United States |
| 79 | GK | Rommel Tarin | United States |
| 88 | MF | Joel Maldonado | United States |
| 92 | DF | Oscar Sosa | United States |
| 99 | FW | Bryan Salas | United States |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| December 16, 2021 | 21 | MF | Emmanuel Sonupe | Dartford | Undisclosed |
| December 21, 2021 | 33 | DF | Martín Payares | Patriotas Boyacá | Undisclosed |
| January 10, 2022 | 27 | GK | Philipp Beigl | New Mexico United | Free |
| January 11, 2022 | 8 | MF | Eric Calvillo | San Jose Earthquakes | Free |
| January 18, 2022 | 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | Nashville | Free |
| January 21, 2022 | 2 | DF | Harry Brockbank | Bolton Wanderers | Undisclosed |
| February 8, 2022 | 23 | MF | Christiano François | Miami | Free |
| February 15, 2022 | 14 | DF | Ander Egiluz | Free agent | Free |
| March 1, 2022 | 12 | DF | Shavon John-Brown | Free agent | Free |
| May 16, 2022 | 22 | MF | Liam Rose | Macarthur | Free |
| July 14, 2022 | 16 | DF | Miles Lyons | Barcelona Academy | Free |
| August 4, 2022 | 25 | GK | Marco Canales | Juárez U20 | Undisclosed |
| August 8, 2022 | 19 | DF | Artem Kholod | Shakhtar Donetsk | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| December 1, 2021 | 25 | MF | Bryam Rebellón | Indy Eleven | Free |
| December 1, 2021 | 19 | MF | José Aguinaga | Torrijos | Free |
| December 3, 2021 | 4 | DF | Mechack Jérôme | Indy Eleven | Free |
| December 18, 2021 | 1 | GK | Logan Ketterer | Montréal | Free |
| December 18, 2021 | 8 | MF | Nick Ross | Sacramento Republic | Free |
| December 18, 2021 | 9 | FW | Leandro Carrijó | Free agent | Free |
| January 7, 2022 | 27 | DF | Macauley King | Colorado Switchbacks | Undisclosed |
| January 7, 2022 | 20 | DF | Niall Logue | Memphis 901 | Undisclosed |
| May 20, 2022 | 2 | DF | Harry Brockbank | St Pat's Athletic | Free |
| June 2, 2022 | 15 | MF | Diego Luna | Real Salt Lake | $250,000 |

### Loans in

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | From |
| January 25, 2022 | 1 | GK | Evan Newton | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| July 15, 2022 | 28 | FW | Edison Azcona | Inter Miami CF |
| September 1, 2022 | 18 | FW | Christopher Garcia | Real Salt Lake |

## Competitions
### USL Championship
#### Standings — Western Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio FC (C, X) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 77 | Qualification for the Conference Semifinals |
| 2 | San Diego Loyal SC | 34 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 68 | 55 | +13 | 60 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 59 | 53 | +6 | 55 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Sacramento Republic | 34 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 53 | Playoffs |
| 5 | New Mexico United | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 51 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 34 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 49 | Playoffs |
| 7 | Oakland Roots SC | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 46 | Playoffs |
| 8 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 46 | |
| 9 | Las Vegas Lights FC | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 45 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Rising FC | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 50 | 58 | −8 | 42 | |
| 11 | LA Galaxy II | 34 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 63 | −10 | 40 | |
| 12 | Monterey Bay FC | 34 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 59 | −17 | 40 | |
| 13 | Orange County SC | 34 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 34 | |

#### USL Championship Playoffs

For the first time in their history, Locomotive did not qualify for playoffs.

### Statistics

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

#### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USL Championship | USL Championship | Playoffs | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | USA | Evan Newton | 34 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Harry Brockbank | 12 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Andrew Fox | 31 | 3 | 30+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MEX | Éder Borelli | 32 | 0 | 24+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | IRL | Richie Ryan | 33 | 0 | 26+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MEX | Aarón Gómez | 32 | 6 | 24+7 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SLV | Eric Calvillo | 32 | 7 | 25+6 | 6 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Luis Solignac | 27 | 17 | 25+1 | 17 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | USA | Dylan Mares | 29 | 10 | 27+2 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | COL | Sebastian Velasquez | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | GRN | Shavon John-Brown | 12 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Matt Bahner | 31 | 0 | 26+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Ander Egiluz | 20 | 1 | 8+11 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | USA | Diego Luna | 11 | 4 | 10+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Miles Lyons | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Ricardo Zacarías | 28 | 0 | 14+14 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Christopher Garcia | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | UKR | Artem Kholod | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | USA | Chapa Herrera | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ENG | Emmanuel Sonupe | 18 | 1 | 9+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | AUS | Liam Rose | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | HAI | Christiano François | 27 | 1 | 17+9 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ESP | Yuma | 29 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | USA | Marco Canales | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | GER | Philipp Beigl | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | DOM | Edison Azcona | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | JAM | Nick Hinds | 27 | 2 | 12+15 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | COL | Martín Payares | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | USA | Diego Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 53 | FW | USA | Noe Coutino | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 54 | MF | USA | Venancio Calderon | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 57 | DF | USA | Jaime Villagomez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 73 | DF | USA | Raul Vazquez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | USA | Diego Abarca | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 79 | GK | USA | Rommel Tarin | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | USA | Joel Maldonado | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | USA | Oscar Sosa | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | USA | Bryan Salas | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 12, 2022
* Source: https://www.uslchampionship.com/el-paso-locomotive-fc-player-stats

### Top scorers

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | USL Championship | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Luis Solignac | 16 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Dylan Mares | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Eric Calvillo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 7 | Aarón Gómez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | 15 | Diego Luna | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Andrew Fox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 2 | Harry Brockbank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 31 | Nick Hinds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 17 | Ander Egiluz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 17 | Ricardo Zacarías | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 21 | Emmanuel Sonupe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 23 | Christiano François | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 77 | Diego Abarca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 54 | 0 | 1 | 55 |
* Last updated: October 12, 2022
* Source: https://www.uslchampionship.com/el-paso-locomotive-fc-player-stats

### Top assists

| Rank | Position | Number | Name | USL Championship | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Aarón Gómez | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 17 | Ricardo Zacarías | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | DF | 5 | Éder Borelli | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | DF | 10 | Dylan Mares | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 9 | Luis Solignac | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 6 | Richie Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Diego Luna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 21 | Emmanuel Sonupe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 8 | Eric Calvillo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 4 | Andrew Fox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Sebastian Velasquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Christiano François | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Liam Rose | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | 53 | Noe Coutino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 0 | 1 | 43 |
* Last updated: October 12, 2022
* Source: https://www.uslchampionship.com/el-paso-locomotive-fc-player-stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Player | USL Championship | USL Championship | USL Championship | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Evan Newton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Harry Brockbank | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Andrew Fox | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Éder Borelli | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Richie Ryan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Aarón Gómez | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Eric Calvillo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Luis Solignac | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Dylan Mares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Sebastian Velasquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Shavon John-Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Matt Bahner | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Ander Egiluz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Diego Luna | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Ricardo Zacarías | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Christopher Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Chapa Herrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Emmanuel Sonupe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Liam Rose | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Christiano François | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Yuma | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Edison Azcona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Nick Hinds | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Martín Payares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | Diego Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Joel Maldanado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | 108 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 4 | 0 |
* Last updated: October 12, 2022
* Source: https://www.uslchampionship.com/el-paso-locomotive-fc-player-stats