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El Paso vs Pittsburgh: match report

El Paso Locomotive FC hosted Pittsburgh Riverhounds at Southwest University Park on Thursday 27 August 2026, in the USL Championship (round 1). Elton García is the referee, averaging 3.1 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.8.

Result and scorers

El Paso 2-1 Pittsburgh. Goals: Robbie Mertz 53' for Pittsburgh; Eric Calvillo 57' for El Paso; Noah Dollenmayer 90'+3' for El Paso. Attendance: 5,099.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 53' Goal: Robbie Mertz (Pittsburgh)
  • 57' Goal: Eric Calvillo (El Paso)
  • 85' Yellow card: Eliot Goldthorp (Pittsburgh)
  • 90'+3' Goal: Noah Dollenmayer (El Paso)
Match stats (contains the result)
64.1%Possession35.9%
15Shots4
4Shots on target3
3Corners2
7Fouls8
1Offsides1
2Saves2
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

El Paso 3-4-3

Coach: Junior Gonzalez

  1. 4 Pedro Oliveira GK
  2. 15 Noah Dollenmayer DEF
  3. 25 Arturo Ortíz DEF
  4. 93 Tony Alfaro DEF
  5. 2 Nicolás Cardona DEF
  6. 5 Daniel Gomez MID
  7. 6 Eric Calvillo MID
  8. 16 Gabriel Torres MID
  9. 19 Alex Méndez MID
  10. 14 Rubio Rubín FWD
  11. 10 Amando Moreno FWD

Bench

  • 30 Robert Coronado MID
  • 13 Roberto Avila FWD
  • 11 Jimmy Farkarlun FWD
  • 7 Zyen Jones FWD
  • 12 Ricardo Ruiz DEF
  • 99 Abraham Romero GK
  • 29 Kenneth Hoban DEF
  • 8 Carl Sainté MID

Pittsburgh 4-5-1

Coach: Rob Vincent

  1. 24 Mike Sheridan GK
  2. 3 Perrin Barnes DEF
  3. 5 Joao Victor Souza DEF
  4. 6 Owen Mikoy DEF
  5. 23 Guillaume Vacter DEF
  6. 14 Robbie Mertz MID
  7. 19 Sam Bassett MID
  8. 42 Jackson Wälti MID
  9. 2 Daniel Griffin MID
  10. 10 Charles Ahl MID
  11. 7 Trevor Amann FWD

Bench

  • 36 Yu Tsukanome MID
  • 16 Beto Ydrach DEF
  • 8 Brunallergene Etou MID
  • 37 Eliot Goldthorp MID
  • 18 Jorge Garcia MID
  • 1 Nico Campuzano GK
  • 4 Lasse Kelp DEF
  • 27 Aldair Flowers-Gamboa FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 26 October 2024: Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2-0 El Paso Locomotive FC
  • Sunday 23 April 2023: El Paso Locomotive FC 2-0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds
  • Saturday 14 May 2022: Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1-0 El Paso Locomotive FC