El Paso Locomotive FC Secures Home-Field Advantage, Targets No. 1 Seed

El Paso, TX, October 13, 2026 —

El Paso Locomotive FC has secured home-field advantage for the first round of the USL Championship playoffs, giving the club a confirmed advantage for its opening postseason round. The team’s next stated focus is securing the No. 1 seed.

The update establishes two milestones in the club’s playoff outlook: home-field advantage in the first round has been secured, while the top seed remains a goal. The information provided does not specify the team’s current position in the standings, what results would be needed to claim the No. 1 seed, or when the remaining opportunities to do so will take place.

Details about the first-round opponent, match date and venue were not provided. The circumstances behind El Paso’s securing home-field advantage were also not specified, so no particular match result or standings scenario can be attributed to the achievement.

For now, the confirmed development is limited to the club’s first-round home-field advantage and its stated aim of finishing as the No. 1 seed. Whether that higher seed is secured, and what it would mean for the team’s subsequent playoff schedule, was not included in the available information.

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