2024 season | |
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Owner | Thomas Clark Sheldon Grizzle |
Chairman | David Grizzard |
Head coach | Rod Underwood |
Stadium | Finley Stadium |
MLSNP | Southeast Division: 4th Eastern Conference: 9th MLSNP:14th |
MLSNP Cup Playoffs | Did not Qualify |
2024 U.S. Open Cup | 1st Round |
Top goalscorer | League: Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals) All: Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals) |
Highest home attendance | 4,741 July 27 vs Orlando City B |
Lowest home attendance | 2,469 June 1 vs New England Revolution II |
Average home league attendance | 3,691 |
Biggest win | CFC6–2 MIA (MLSNP) (4/13) TOR 1–5 CFC (MLSNP) (4/13) |
Biggest defeat | CFC 1–5 MIA (MLSNP) (8/25) |
All statistics correct as of 19:59, May 5, 2024 (UTC). |
The 2024 Chattanooga season is the club's sixteenth season. The first eleven seasons Chattanooga FC competed as an amateur team in National Premier Soccer League. Chattanooga FC was a successful amateur team, winning the NPSL season champion eight times and finish second in post-season playoffs four times. In 2015, Chattanooga FC claimed the title of best amateur team in the country by winning the United States Adult Soccer Association Hank Steinbrecher Cup, beating Michigan Bucks 3–0. [1] In 2019, Chattanooga FC became a professional team, joining National Independent Soccer Association. [2] Chattanooga FC success continued in 2023 when the team finished as the NISA season champions and advanced to the post season semi-finals. [3]
Position | Name |
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Chief Executive Officer | ![]() |
Head Coach and Sporting Director | ![]() |
No. | Pos. | Player | Nation |
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2 | DF | Robert Screen | ![]() |
3 | DF | Joseph Patrick Pérez | ![]() |
5 | DF | Anatolie Prepeliță | ![]() |
6 | MF | Callum Watson | ![]() |
7 | MF | Damian Rodriguez | ![]() |
8 | MF | Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu | ![]() |
9 | FW | Mehdi Ouamri | ![]() |
10 | MF | Luis Garcia Sosa | ![]() |
11 | FW | Taylor Gray | ![]() |
12 | MF | Ethan Koren | ![]() |
14 | DF | Farid Sar-Sar | ![]() |
15 | GK | Jean Antoine | ![]() |
16 | MF | Gavin Castle( [A] ) | ![]() |
17 | MF | Darwin Ortiz | ![]() |
18 | MF | Min-jae Kwak | ![]() |
19 | FW | Carlos Rivas | ![]() |
20 | DF | Duvan Viafara | ![]() |
22 | DF | Milo Garvanian | ![]() |
23 | DF | Jesse Williams | ![]() |
24 | DF | Logan Brown | ![]() |
25 | MF | Jude Arthur | ![]() |
32 | GK | Jon Burke | ![]() |
33 | MF | Alex McGrath | ![]() |
51 | GK | Michael Barrueta | ![]() |
58 | FW | Jesus Ibarra | ![]() |
71 | MF | Jalen James | ![]() |
99 | FW | Markus Naglestad | ![]() |
Date | Position | No. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
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December 15, 2023 | DF | 23 | ![]() | ![]() | Free agent | [10] |
January 3, 2024 | DF | 22 | ![]() | ![]() | Free agent | [11] |
January 10, 2024 | DF | 2 | ![]() | ![]() | Free agent | [12] |
January 14, 2024 | DF | ![]() | ![]() | Free agent | [13] | |
February 23, 2024 | CB | 20 | ![]() | ![]() | one-year deal | [14] |
Date | Position | No. | Name | To | Type | Fee | Ref. |
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November 10, 2023 | FW | ![]() | Released | N/A | [15] | ||
FW | ![]() | Released | N/A | ||||
MF | ![]() | Released | N/A | ||||
FW | 99 | ![]() | Released | N/A | |||
DF | ![]() | Released | N/A | ||||
MF | 5 | ![]() | Released | N/A | |||
MF | 9 | ![]() | Loan expired | N/A |
February 16 | Chattanooga FC | 1–0 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | Huntsville, Alabama |
![]() | Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium | |||
Note: Huntsville City FC Blastoff Battle |
February 18 | Chattanooga FC | 2–0 | UAH Chargers | Huntsville, Alabama |
11:00 AM CT |
| Stadium: Joe W. Davis Stadium | ||
Note: Huntsville City FC Blastoff Battle |
February 24 | Chattanooga FC | 4–0 | UMA FC | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
3:00 pm EST |
| Report | Stadium: Finley Stadium |
March 2 | Chattanooga FC | 0–3 | Birmingham Legion | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
3:00 pm EST | Report | Stadium: Finley Stadium |
Pos | Div | Team | Pld | W | SOW | SOL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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7 | NE | Columbus Crew 2 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 53 | 47 | +6 | 45 | Qualification for the Playoffs |
8 | SE | Crown Legacy FC | 28 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 46 | +5 | 45 | |
9 | SE | Chattanooga FC | 28 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 45 | |
10 | SE | Carolina Core FC | 28 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 43 | |
11 | NE | New York Red Bulls II | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 56 | 61 | −5 | 40 |
Matchday | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result [a] | Scorers | Attendance | Referee | Position |
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1 | March 16 | Huntsville City FC | Finley Stadium | 2–2 (3–2 p) | Gray 40' McGrath 84' (pen.) | 4,378 | JC Griggs | 6th Eastern Conf. |
2 | March 23 | FC Cincinnati 2 | Finley Stadium | 3–0 | Ibarra 60', 67' Ouamri 71' | 2,810 | Anya Voigt | 3rd Eastern Conf. |
3 | March 27 | New York City FC II | Belson Stadium | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Gray 8' | Joshua Encarnacion | 3rd Eastern Conf. | |
4 | April 13 | Inter Miami CF II | Finley Stadium | 6–2 | James 6', 40', 45+3' McGrath 35', 71' Koren 90+1' | 3,948 | Elvis Osmanovic | 3rd Eastern Conf. |
5 | April 20 | Huntsville City FC | Wicks Family Stadium | 1–0 | McGrath 86' | 4,260 | Luis Diego Arroyo | 2nd Eastern Conf. |
6 | April 24 | Atlanta United 2 | Fifth Third Bank Stadium | 0–1 | Mario Maric | 3rd Eastern Conf. | ||
7 | April 27 | Carolina Core FC | Finley Stadium | 2–0 | Ibarra 7' Garvanian 75' | 3,614 | Atahan Yaya | 1st Eastern Conf. |
8 | May 4 | Orlando City B | Finley Stadium | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Ouamri 3' | 3,811 | Kyle Johnston | 1st Eastern Conf. |
9 | May 10 | Inter Miami CF II | Chase Stadium | 2–1 | Ibarra 13', Ouamri 86' | Alex Beehler | 1st Eastern Conf. | |
10 | May 15 | Crown Legacy FC | Sportsplex at Matthews | 1–4 | James 77' | Arnel Selman | 1st Eastern Conf. | |
11 | May 25 | Atlanta United 2 | Finley Stadium | 2–2 (5–3 p) | Garvanian 47', Ibarra 87' | 4,115 | Esad Omanovic | 2nd Eastern Conf. |
12 | June 1 | New England Revolution II | Finley Stadium | 1–0 | Ouamri 80' | 2,469 | Wes Caouette | 2nd Eastern Conf. |
13 | June 7 | Chicago Fire FC II | SeatGeek Stadium | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Ouamri 68' | Greg Dopka | 2nd Eastern Conf. | |
14 | June 13 | Orlando City B | Osceola County Stadium | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Ouamri 56', Viafara 90+5' | Calin Radosav | 2nd Eastern Conf. | |
15 | June 22 | Carolina Core FC | Finley Stadium | 1–2 | James 76' | 3,867 | Olvin Olvia | 2nd Eastern Conf. |
16 | July 6 | Crown Legacy FC | Finley Stadium | 1–2 | Ouamri 70' Pen. | 3,294 | Stearne Briem | 3rd Eastern Conf. |
17 | July 11 | Philadelphia Union II | Subaru Park | 1–3 | Viafara 34' | Ricardo Montero | 4th Eastern Conf. | |
18 | July 17 | Carolina Core FC | Truist Point | 1–2 | McGrath 88' | 3,152 | Marie Durr | 4th Eastern Conf. |
19 | July 27 | Orlando City B | Finley Stadium | 1–0 | McGrath 57' | 4,741 | John Matto | 4th Eastern Conf. |
20 | August 3 | Toronto FC II | Finley Stadium | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Ouamri 36' | 3,769 | Russell Miller | 6th Eastern Conf. |
21 | August 10 | Huntsville City FC | Wicks Family Stadium | 0–1 | 4,567 | Johnathan Luk | 6th Eastern Conf. | |
22 | August 18 | Crown Legacy FC | Sportsplex at Matthews | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Ouamri 88' | Elvis Osmanovic | 6th Eastern Conf. | |
23 | August 25 | Inter Miami CF II | Chase Stadium | 1–5 | Ouamri 19' | Melvin Rivas | 8th Eastern Conf. | |
24 | September 1 | Atlanta United 2 | Finley Stadium | 3–4 | Garvanian 27', Ouamri 45+1, 62' | 3,554 | William Hale | 9th Eastern Conf. |
25 | September 8 | Columbus Crew 2 | Finley Stadium | 2–1 | Ibarra 41', Garvanian 67' | 3,127 | Jordan Gray | 9th Eastern Conf. |
26 | September 21 | New England Revolution II | Gillette Stadium | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Kwak 18' | Melinda Homa | 9th Eastern Conf. | |
27 | September 29 | Toronto FC II | York Lions Stadium | 5–1 | Ibarra 35', Garvanian 62', Gray 66' 80', McGrath 70' | Fabrizio Stasolla | 9th Eastern Conf. | |
28 | October 6 | New York Red Bulls II | Finley Stadium | 1–1 (7–6 p) | Watson 6' | 4,178 | Adam Kilpatrick | 9th Eastern Conf. |
Matchday | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result [a] | Scorers | Attendance | Referee |
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First Round | March 19 | ![]() | Finley Stadium | 0–1 | 2,312 | Geoff Cameron |
Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | MLS Next Pro | U.S. Open Cup | MLSNP Playoffs | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
2 | DF | ![]() | Robert Screen | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Joseph Patrick Pérez | 26 | 0 | 15+10 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Anatolie Prepeliță | 23 | 0 | 20+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | Callum Watson | 18 | 1 | 8+9 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() | Damian Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu | 29 | 0 | 25+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | Mehdi Ouamri | 28 | 12 | 25+2 | 12 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() | Luis Garcia Sosa | 21 | 0 | 12+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() | Taylor Gray | 28 | 4 | 25+2 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() | Ethan Koren | 8 | 1 | 1+6 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() | Farid Sar-Sar | 24 | 0 | 16+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
15 | GK | ![]() | Jean Antoine | 19 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
16 | MF | ![]() | Gavin Castle | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() | Darwin Ortiz | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() | Min-jae Kwak | 15 | 1 | 9+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() | Carlos Rivas | 10 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() | Duvan Viafara | 24 | 2 | 23+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | DF | ![]() | Milo Garvanian | 28 | 5 | 25+2 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() | Jesse Williams | 16 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() | Logan Brown | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() | Jude Arthur | 19 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
32 | GK | ![]() | Jon Burke | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() | Alex McGrath | 28 | 7 | 24+3 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
51 | GK | ![]() | Michael Barrueta | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
58 | FW | ![]() | Jesus Ibarra | 18 | 7 | 13+4 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
71 | MF | ![]() | Jalen James | 23 | 5 | 6+16 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
99 | FW | ![]() | Markus Naglestad | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS Next Pro | U.S. Open Cup | MLSNP Playoffs | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | ![]() | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
2 | FW | 58 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
MF | 33 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
4 | DF | 22 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
5 | MF | 71 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
6 | FW | 11 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
7 | DF | 20 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
8 | MF | 6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MF | 12 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 45 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
Rank | Position | Number | Name | MLS Next Pro | U.S. Open Cup | MLSNP Playoffs | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | FW | 11 | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2 | DF | 20 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
3 | MF | 33 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
4 | FW | 9 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
FW | 58 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | MF | 6 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MF | 10 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | 25 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | DF | 3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DF | 5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | 8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | 19 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
DF | 24 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
MF | 71 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | 99 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
No. | Pos. | Player | MLS Next Pro | U.S. Open Cup | MLSNP Playoffs | Total | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | |||
2 | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
6 | MF | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
7 | MF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
9 | FW | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
10 | MF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
11 | FW | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
15 | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | MF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | MF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
19 | FW | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
20 | DF | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
22 | DF | ![]() | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
24 | DF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | MF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
32 | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | MF | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
51 | GK | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
58 | FW | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
71 | MF | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
99 | FW | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 76 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 2 |
Week | Player | Ref |
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2 | ![]() | [16] |
12 | ![]() | [17] |
28 | ![]() | [18] |
MatchWeek | Ref |
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5 | [19] |
26 | [20] |
29 | [21] |
Month | Ref |
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April | [22] |
Player | Position | Ref |
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![]() | Forward | [23] |
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