El Paso are your ready? 2019 is coming fast and our USL team is coming together. The fans are getting anxious and are ready for the new year. Some pieces of the team are coming together. Earlier this month the top 5 finalist for the team name were announced, also just couple of weeks ago our Head Coach and Technical Director was announced also, going along with our first player of the team Omar Salgado introduced this summer.

Our Coach

The first Coach our USL team is Mark Lowry. The fans automatically took a liking to the coach because in his introduction speech he stated how he wants this team to play. He wants to fight for possession and play aggressive.

“We expect to be contenders since day one” Lowry said.

This season, his previous team the Jacksonville Armada FC is ranked 2nd in the Sunshine Conference Divison in the North American Soccer League. With 12 games played having a record of 7 wins 2 loses and 3 draws.

Photo Credit: El Paso Times

Our Name

The 5 finalist for the team name were announced earlier this month. With not alot of creativity and keeping it simple with names that have ties to the city of El Paso. The five finalist were

Stars Estrellas Lagartos Tejanos Locomotives

The first 2 names Stars and Estrellas is using the city’s most iconic landmark which is the Star on the mountain. This has been a great trademark for the city of El Paso. Converting this name into the Spanish language creates opportunity for sponsorship with companies like Estrella beer which is already one of the sponsors at Southwest University Stadium which is where the El Paso USL team will play their first season.

Lagartos would make awesome mascot opportunities and great color kit ideas. Using the tradition of the “Plaza de los Lagartos” downtown. This name hits home for alot of fans. Everybody has gone downtown and visited “La Plazita” and with regular events at the downtown plaza, this would create an easy way of bringing more attention and traffic to a up and coming downtown scene here in El Paso, Texas.

Tejanos is probably one of the least popular names out of the finalist because we already have a team in El Paso with this name. Our Community College Baseball team is called The Tejanos. There was not a lot of steam behind this name

Talking about steam, the name that has been having people jump on board is The Locomotives. Local fan bases like the El Paso 6 Shooter and the Bridge Town Brigade can say that this has been there favorite one. With the city having a long history with Trains and Union Pacific this would be a great name, and the ideas for chants and songs have been pouring in since day one.

Our Player

Omar Salgado was the first player introduced to the El Paso USL franchise. Hometown kid, he is coming back to home to play in El Paso. Omar has great experience as he has played for teams like Vancouver White Caps in the MLS and also Tigres in Liga MX. In his young career he did have some time with Mexico’s under 17 squad and most recently has had some seasons with United States under 18, 20 and 23 teams. Currently he is on loan with another USL team, The Last Vegas Lights. Scoring his first goal just this past week. Giving El Paso one more thing to be excited about.

Photo Credit: El Paso USL

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