Monterey Bay vs El Paso Locomotive FC, 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship

Monterey Bay

66': Belmar Joseph

FT
0 - 3

El Paso Locomotive FC

21': Alex Méndez
51': Rubio Rubín
53': Amando Moreno

About

Monterey Bay are hosting El Paso Locomotive FC at Cardinale Stadium, Seaside, California, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Timeline

20': Kelsey Egwu (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 20'
21': Alex Méndez (El Paso Locomotive FC) Goal at 21'
33': Belmar Joseph (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 33'
41': Ricky Ruiz (El Paso Locomotive FC) Yellow Card at 41'
45'+1': Ryuga Nakamura (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 46'
51': Rubio Rubín (El Paso Locomotive FC) Goal at 51'
53': Amando Moreno (El Paso Locomotive FC) Goal at 53'
54': Johnny Klein (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 54'
54': Paul Gindiri (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 54'
56': Zackery Farnsworth (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 56'
60': Roberto Avila (El Paso Locomotive FC) Yellow Card at 60'
66': Belmar Joseph (Monterey Bay) Red Card at 66'
71': Diego Abitia (El Paso Locomotive FC) Substitution at 71'
71': Álvaro Quezada (El Paso Locomotive FC) Substitution at 71'
72': Tony Alfaro (El Paso Locomotive FC) Substitution at 72'
74': Joel Garcia Jr. (Monterey Bay) Yellow Card at 74'
74': Sebastian Lletget (Monterey Bay) Substitution at 74'
78': Daniel Gomez (El Paso Locomotive FC) Substitution at 78'
78': Jimmy Farkarlun (El Paso Locomotive FC) Substitution at 78'

Statistics

ELP		MTB
17	Fouls	22
2	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	8
0	Saves	2
53.5	Possession	46.5
13	SHOTS	12
5	ON GOAL	0
0.4	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
5	Blocked Shots	2
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Cardinale Stadium
Location: Seaside, California, USA
Attendance: 2,950

USL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Oakland Roots	2	+2	6
2	El Paso Locomotive FC	2	+3	4
3	Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC	2	+1	4
4	Sacramento Republic FC	2	+2	4

Full Table

Line-Ups

Monterey Bay (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
1	Fernando Delgado (GK)
32	Zackery Farnsworth
25	Kelsey Egwu
3	Stuart Ritchie
6	Luka Malesevic
23	Eduardo Blancas
22	Joel Garcia Jr.
18	Belmar Joseph
11	Wesley Leggett
17	Omari Glasgow
8	Giorgi Lomtadze

Monterey Bay Substitutes:

Ryuga Nakamura, Sebastian Lletget, Ciaran Dalton, Abdel Talabi, Djimon Anderson, Paul Gindiri, Andres O'Neal, Johnny Klein.

El Paso Locomotive FC (4-1-4-1)

No.	Name
99	Abraham Romero (GK)
15	Noah Dollenmayer
21	Kofi Twumasi
30	Robert Coronado
12	Ricky Ruiz
29	Kenneth Hoban
6	Eric Calvillo
19	Alex Méndez
10	Amando Moreno
13	Roberto Avila
14	Rubio Rubín

El Paso Locomotive FC Substitutes:

Tony Alfaro, Álvaro Quezada, Diego Abitia, Sebastian Mora-Mora, Jimmy Farkarlun, Daniel Gomez, Nicolás Cardona.

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