Match Report
Phoenix Rising (15th, 30 pts) visited El Paso Locomotive (2nd, 40 pts) with 10 points between them. The last five rounds placed Phoenix Rising 8th in the league for form — higher than their 15th in the standings. Per game in the league, El Paso Locomotive were scoring 1.7 and conceding 1.26, Phoenix Rising 1.39 and 1.35, against a competition average of 1.35 goals per team per game.
El Paso Locomotive had gone 7 games without a win, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
6 meetings are on record — 1 won by El Paso Locomotive, 2 by Phoenix Rising, 3 drawn, at 3.33 goals per meeting. Only 17% of these meetings ended in a home win. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
The match was played at Southwest University Park (capacity 7,500). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
El Paso Locomotive: Alex Méndez (46') · Phoenix Rising: JP Scearce (70')
Key stats
Possession: El Paso Locomotive 43% · Phoenix Rising 57% · Total shots: 10-7 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 0-4