Detroit City Wire

Detroit City FC continues their push for the playoffs this Saturday night, traveling to Texas to face off against El Paso Locomotive FC. Kickoff from Southwest University Park is set for 9:00 PM EDT and will be streamed live on ESPN+, broadcast locally on Detroit50 (WKBD-TV). Supporters located in Michigan can stream the match for free at www.cbsnews.com/detroit.

Detroit comes into this match off a 1-1 draw last Saturday against Hartford Athletic. DCFC went down early as a result of some build-up play by Hartford. Le Rouge quickly answered as Laurent Kissiedou delivered a ball to Ben Morris in the box, who beat his defender and slid it past the Hartford keeper, equalizing the game at 1-1. Both teams struggled to find momentum throughout the rest of the match, leaving them sharing the points.

The draw still helped Detroit City in the playoff race. The point puts them back in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. Detroit is currently one point ahead of fifth-place Rhode Island FC, two points ahead of sixth-place Indy Eleven, and three points ahead of seventh-place Birmingham Legion FC.

Both DCFC and El Paso have claimed eight points in their last five matches. For bottom-of-the-Western-Conference-table El Paso, this is the best run of form since early June.

El Paso is coming off a bye week. They last played on August 24th, drawing 0-0 at Monterey Bay FC. Locomotive’s center-back Noah Dollenmayer picked up a red card late in that match, meaning he will miss out on this matchup.

The road has been favorable for Le Rouge lately, having picked up two wins and a draw in their last three road matches.

DCFC traveled to El Paso last year and walked away with a 3-1 victory over Locomotive. An own goal from El Paso early on gave DCFC an early lead, but after an equalizer in the 17th minute, two second-half goals from Yazeed Matthews and Maxi Rodriguez clinched three points for Le Rouge.

Detroit City returns to Keyworth Stadium next Saturday, September 14, to face Western Conference side New Mexico United. Tickets for all Detroit City matches can be found at www.detcityfc.com/tickets.