Club: | El Paso Locomotive FC |
Season: | 2020 |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Mark Lowry |
Stadium: | Southwest University Park, El Paso |
Capacity: | 7,500 |
League: | USL |
League Result: | Conference: 4th Group C: 1st |
League2: | USL Cup Playoffs |
League2 Result: | Conf. Finals |
Cup2: | 2020 U.S. Open Cup |
Cup2 Result: | Cancelled |
Cup3: | Copa Tejas |
Cup3 Result: | Not held[1] |
Average Attendance: | |
Largest Loss: | PHX 1–3 ELP (Aug. 1) |
Prevseason: | 2019 |
Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 El Paso Locomotive FC season was the second season for El Paso Locomotive FC in the USL Championship (USLC), the second-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.[2] This article covers the period from November 18, 2019, the day after the 2019 USLC Playoff Final, to the conclusion of the 2020 USLC Playoff Final, scheduled for November 12–16, 2020.[3]
See main article: 2020 USL Championship season.
On December 20, 2019, the USL announced the 2020 season schedule, creating the following fixture list for the early part of El Paso's season.[4]
In the preparations for the resumption of league play following the shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the remainder of El Paso's schedule was announced on July 2.[5]
See main article: 2020 U.S. Open Cup.
As a USL Championship club, El Paso will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[6] It was announced on 29 January that their first opponent would be NISA side Detroit City FC.[7]