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2024 Chattanooga FC season

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Chattanooga FC
2024 season
OwnerThomas Clark
Sheldon Grizzle
ChairmanDavid Grizzard
Head coachRod Underwood
StadiumFinley Stadium
MLSNPSoutheast Division: 4th
Eastern Conference: 9th
MLSNP:14th
MLSNP Cup PlayoffsDid not Qualify
2024 U.S. Open Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals)
All: Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals)
Highest home attendance4,741 July 27 vs Orlando City B
Lowest home attendance2,469 June 1 vs New England Revolution II
Average home league attendance3,691
Biggest winCFC 6–2 MIA (MLSNP) (4/13)
TOR 1–5 CFC (MLSNP) (4/13)
Biggest defeatCFC 1–5 MIA (MLSNP) (8/25)
← 2023
2025 →
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]

Staff

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As of January 15, 2024[4]
Position Name
Chief Executive Officer United States Alton Byrd
Head Coach and Sporting Director United States Rod Underwood

Current roster

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As of March 26, 2024[5]
No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Robert Screen  United States
3 DF Joseph Patrick Pérez  United States[6]
5 DF Anatolie Prepeliță  Moldova
6 MF Callum Watson  England
7 MF Damian Rodriguez  United States
8 MF Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu  United States
9 FW Mehdi Ouamri  France
10 MF Luis Garcia Sosa  Mexico
11 FW Taylor Gray  United States
12 MF Ethan Koren  United States
14 DF Farid Sar-Sar  Argentina[7]
15 GK Jean Antoine  Haiti
16 MF Gavin Castle ([A])  United States[8]
17 MF Darwin Ortiz  United States[9]
18 MF Min-jae Kwak  South Korea
19 FW Carlos Rivas  Colombia
20 DF Duvan Viafara  Colombia
22 DF Milo Garvanian  United States
23 DF Jesse Williams  Trinidad and Tobago
24 DF Logan Brown  United States
25 MF Jude Arthur  Ghana
32 GK Jon Burke  United States
33 MF Alex McGrath  England
51 GK Michael Barrueta  United States
58 FW Jesus Ibarra  United States
71 MF Jalen James  United States
99 FW Markus Naglestad  Norway

Transfers

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In

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Date Position No. Name From Fee Ref.
December 15, 2023 DF 23 Trinidad and Tobago Jesse Williams United States Central Valley Fuego Free agent [10]
January 3, 2024 DF 22 United States Milo Garvanian United States New Mexico United Free agent [11]
January 10, 2024 DF 2 United States Robert Screen United States Forward Madison Free agent [12]
January 14, 2024 DF Colombia Duvan Viafara Venezuela BDeportivo La Guaira Free agent [13]
February 23, 2024 CB 20 United States Logan Brown United States University of Dayton one-year deal [14]


Out

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Date Position No. Name To Type Fee Ref.
November 10, 2023 FW United States Alexi Jaimes Released N/A [15]
FW United States Lenny Lopez Released N/A
MF Zambia Mutaya Mwape Released N/A
FW 99 Norway Markus Naglestad Released N/A
DF South Korea So Jung-Woo Released N/A
MF 5 United States Colin Stripling Released N/A
MF 9 United States Leonel Alvarenga Loan expired N/A


Non-competitive fixtures

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Preseason

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February 16 Chattanooga FC 1–0 South Georgia Tormenta FC Huntsville, Alabama
87' (pen.) 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
  • 6'
  • 35'
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

Competitive fixtures

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MLS Next Pro Regular Season

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Standings

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Pos Div Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: MLSNP Eastern Conference
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

League

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Matchday Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee Position
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.
  1. ^ Chattanooga FC's score written first

U.S. Open Cup

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Matchday Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee
First Round March 19 Florida Miami United FC (USSL) Finley Stadium 0–1 2,312 Geoff Cameron
  1. ^ Chattanooga FC's score written first


Statistics

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Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF United States USA Robert Screen 4 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF United States USA Joseph Patrick Pérez 26 0 15+10 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Moldova MDA Anatolie Prepeliță 23 0 20+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF England ENG Callum Watson 18 1 8+9 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF United States USA Damian Rodriguez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF United States USA Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 29 0 25+3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW France FRA Mehdi Ouamri 28 12 25+2 12 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF Mexico MEX Luis Garcia Sosa 21 0 12+8 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW United States USA Taylor Gray 28 4 25+2 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF United States USA Ethan Koren 8 1 1+6 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Argentina ARG Farid Sar-Sar 24 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 GK Haiti HAI Jean Antoine 19 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF United States USA Gavin Castle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF United States USA Darwin Ortiz 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF South Korea KOR Min-jae Kwak 15 1 9+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Colombia COL Carlos Rivas 10 0 1+9 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Colombia COL Duvan Viafara 24 2 23+1 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF United States USA Milo Garvanian 28 5 25+2 5 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jesse Williams 16 0 12+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF United States USA Logan Brown 5 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF Ghana GHA Jude Arthur 19 0 17+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 GK United States USA Jon Burke 12 0 9+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF England ENG Alex McGrath 28 7 24+3 7 1+0 0 0+0 0
51 GK United States USA Michael Barrueta 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
58 FW United States USA Jesus Ibarra 18 7 13+4 7 0+1 0 0+0 0
71 MF United States USA Jalen James 23 5 6+16 5 0+1 0 0+0 0
99 FW Norway NOR Markus Naglestad 6 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

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Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 9 France Mehdi Ouamri 12 0 0 12
2 FW 58 United States Jesus Ibarra 7 0 0 7
MF 33 England Alex McGrath 7 0 0 7
4 DF 22 United States Milo Garvanian 6 0 0 6
5 MF 71 United States Jalen James 5 0 0 5
6 FW 11 United States Taylor Gray 4 0 0 4
7 DF 20 Colombia Duvan Viafara 2 0 0 2
8 MF 6 England Callum Watson 1 0 0 1
MF 12 United States Ethan Koren 1 0 0 1
MF 18 South Korea Min-jae Kwak 1 0 0 1
Total 45 0 0 45

Top assists

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Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 11 United States Taylor Gray 8 0 0 8
2 DF 20 United States Milo Garvanian 7 0 0 7
3 MF 33 England Alex McGrath 5 0 0 5
4 FW 9 France Mehdi Ouamri 3 0 0 3
FW 58 United States Jesus Ibarra 3 0 0
6 MF 6 England Callum Watson 2 0 0 2
MF 10 Mexico Luis Garcia Sosa 2 0 0
MF 25 Ghana Jude Arthur 2 0 0
9 DF 3 United States Joseph Patrick Pérez 1 0 0 1
DF 5 Moldova Anatolie Prepeliță 1 0 0
MF 8 United States Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 1 0 0
FW 19 Colombia Carlos Rivas 1 0 0
DF 24 United States Logan Brown 1 0 0
MF 71 United States Jalen James 1 0 0
FW 99 Norway Markus Naglestad 1 0 0
Total 40 0 0 40

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Player MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
2 DF United States Robert Screen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF United States Joseph Perez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
5 DF Moldova Anatolie Prepeliță 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0
6 MF England Callum Watson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
7 MF United States Damian Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF United States Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
9 FW France Mehdi Ouamri 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
10 MF Mexico Luis Garcia Sosa 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
11 FW United States Taylor Gray 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
12 MF United States Ethan Koren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Argentina Farid Sar-Sar 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
15 GK Haiti Jean Antoine 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 MF United States Gavin Castle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF United States Darwin Ortiz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF South Korea Min-jae Kwak 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
19 FW Colombia Carlos Rivas 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
20 DF Colombia Duvan Viafara 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
22 DF United States Milo Garvanian 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
23 DF Trinidad and Tobago Jesse Williams 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
24 DF United States Logan Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF Ghana Jude Arthur 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
32 GK United States Jon Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF England Alex McGrath 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
51 GK United States Michael Barrueta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 FW United States Jesus Ibarra 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
71 MF United States Jalen James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Norway Markus Naglestad 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

Awards and Honors

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MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Week

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Week Player Ref
2 United States Jesus Ibarra [16]
12 France Mehdi Ouamri [17]
28 South Korea Min-jae Kwak [18]

MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Matchweek

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MatchWeek Ref
5 [19]
26 [20]
29 [21]

MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Month

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Month Ref
April [22]

MLS NEXT Pro Best XI

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Player Position Ref
France Mehdi Ouamri Forward [23]

References

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  2. ^ "NISA Announces Chattanooga FC, Detroit City FC & Oakland Roots SC". NISA. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Chattanooga FC to Join MLS NEXT Pro". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. November 14, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
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  6. ^ https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/253086/joseph-p%C3%83%C2%83%C3%82%C2%A9rez
  7. ^ https://www.mlsnextpro.com/players/farid-sar-sar/
  8. ^ https://www.chattanoogan.com/2023/8/14/473233/Chattanooga-FC-Signs-Local-Midfielder.aspx
  9. ^ https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/381238/darwin-ortiz
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  11. ^ "Chattanooga Football Club signs Milo Garvanian". www.ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga FC. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  12. ^ "Chattanooga Football Club signs Robert Screen". www.ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga FC. January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  13. ^ "Chattanooga Football Club Signs Columbian Duvan Viafara". The Chattanoogan. January 14, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  14. ^ "Chattanooga Football Club signs defender Logan Brown". www.ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga FC. February 23, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2024.
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  17. ^ Chavez, Ramon (June 5, 2024). "MLS NEXT Pro Goal of Matchweek 12: Mehdi Ouamri". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
  18. ^ Chavez, Ramon (September 27, 2024). "MLS NEXT Pro Goal of Matchweek 28: Minjae Kwak". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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  20. ^ "2024 MLS NEXT Pro Matchweek 26 Honors". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  21. ^ "2024 MLS NEXT Pro Matchweek 29 Honors". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. September 30, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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