EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Locomotive FC fell 2-1 at Southwest University Park to rivals New Mexico United on Saturday night.

Locomotive goalkeeper Jahmali Waite would concede a penalty to give the visitors a penalty kick, slotted in by Greg Hurst to give New Mexico the early lead.

Minutes later, El Paso’s Javier Nevarez would play the hero, first intercepting the ball atop the New Mexico box then striking the back-heel pass from Eric Calvillo with precision into the bottom right corner of the net to level the score.

In the 63′, the Locos thought they had made a comeback following Joaquin Rivas’ tap-in finish off a Nick Hinds cross, only for the goal to be ruled offside. Not too long after, New Mexico veteran Daniel Bruce would slot the eventual game-winner to secure three points for the visitors. 

NOTES

• Javier Nevarez scored his second goal of the season with his first-half equalizer.
• Eric Calvillo registered his first assist of the season with his setup for the Nevarez goal.
• New signings Robert Coronado and Ricky Ruiz played their first home match since joining the Locos.

FORECAST: 94ºF, cloudy
ATTENDANCE: 5,577

SCORING SUMMARY

• ELP – Javier Nevarez (Eric Calvillo) 21′
• NM – Greg Hurst (Penalty) 14′, Daniel Bruce (Abdi Mohamed) 68′

LINEUPS 

ELP – (4-1-4-1) Jahmali Waite, Ricky Ruiz, Noah Dollenmayer, Yuma-C, Lucas Stauffer, Francisco Nevarez, Amando Moreno (Ricardo Zacarias 83′), Tumi Moshobane (Nick Hinds 58′), Robert Coronado (Emiliano Rodriguez 84′), Eric Calvillo, Joaquin Rivas (Bolu Akinyode 78′)

Subs Not Used: Ramon Pasquel, Brandan Craig, Miles Lyons

NM – (4-2-3-1) Alex Tambakis, Abdi Mohamed, Talen Maples, Kalen Ryden-C, Arturo Astorga, Sergio Rivas, Nanan Houssou, Marco Micaletto (Nicky Hernandez 78′), Mukwelle Akale (Avionne Flanagan 60′), Greg Hurst, Daniel Bruce (Jacobo Reyes 78′)

Subs Not Used: Khristopher Shakes, Dayonn Harris, Will Seymore, Jackson Dubois

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

• ELP – Lucas Stauffer (Yellow) 31′, Ricky Ruiz (Yellow) 60′, Javier Nevarez (Yellow) 66′, Javier Nevarez (Red) 78′
• NM – Marco Micaletto (Yellow) 23′, Sergio Rivas (Yellow) 7′

MATCH STATS: ELP | NM

GOALS: 1|1
ASSISTS: 1|1
POSSESSION: 44|56
SHOTS: 7|16
SHOTS ON GOAL: 1|6
SAVES: 4|0
FOULS: 11|14
OFFSIDES: 4|2
CORNERS: 4|5

UP NEXT: El Paso are on the road to Tennessee, facing off against Memphis 901 FC next Saturday, August 3! Kickoff on ESPN+ is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. MT.

TAOS, N.M. — New Mexico State Police arrested a 76-year-old man for allegedly shooting and killing two people Thursday in Taos County.

NMSP officers responded Thursday around 8 p.m. to a reported shooting incident at the Smoke Shop, located at 1375 State Road 75. At the same time, they say another call reported a man not breathing at 96 Puertocito in Chamisal.

Officers found a woman in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. The women, a juvenile police identified as Faith Flores, later died from her wounds.

Meanwhile, at the other location, officers say they found Ruben Martinez dead in the driveway from at least gunshot wound. 76-year-old Manuel Martinez allegedly approached an officer there and admitted he was involved in the shooting.

A search of Martinez’s truck allegedly led to the discovery of a revolver on the seat. Officers investigated further and charged Martinez with two counts of murder. He is now in the Taos County Adult Detention Center.

“This tragic incident remains under active investigation. The NMSP extends its condolences to the families of the victims and urges anyone with additional information to contact the New Mexico State Police,” an NMSP news release stated.

A few lingering showers and storms are continuing to move through southern and western New Mexico this morning. Shower and storm chances will intensify once again as we head through this afternoon and evening.

Drier weather begins to move into the state this weekend. We will still see another active afternoon of storms on Saturday, but drier air will begin moving into western and northwestern New Mexico, while the northeastern part of the state has a better chance for rain. These storms will again taper off Saturday night, with another crop of afternoon storms on Sunday. However, Sunday will be significantly drier, with only a few storms in southwest New Mexico.

Storm chances remain low and isolated into early next week, but a few afternoon storms will still develop, especially in western New Mexico and across some mountain peaks of the central mountain chain. Temperatures will also be heating up next week, with highs in the 90s and triple-digits by Tuesday afternoon. A more traditional monsoon pattern will also start to set up by the middle of next week, bringing higher chances of afternoon storms. Widespread 90s and triple-digit heat is also expected next Wednesday and Thursday.

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