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2024 Chattanooga FC season

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]

Chattanooga FC
2024 season
OwnerThomas Clark
Sheldon Grizzle
ChairmanDavid Grizzard
Head coachRod Underwood
StadiumFinley Stadium
MLSNPSoutheast Division: 1st
Eastern Conference: 1st
MLSNP: 1st
MLSNP Cup PlayoffsTBD
2024 U.S. Open Cup1st Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Jesus Ibarra &
Alex McGrath (4)
All: Jesus Ibarra &
Alex McGrath (4)
Biggest winCFC 6–2 MIA (MLSNP) (4/13)
Biggest defeatCFC 0–1 Miami United FC (USOC) (3/19)
ATL 1–0 CFC (MLSNP) (4/24)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 19:59, May 5, 2024 (UTC).

Staff edit

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

Current roster edit

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

Transfers edit

In edit

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


Out edit

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


Non-competitive fixtures edit

Preseason edit

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
March 2 Chattanooga FC 0–3 Birmingham Legion Chattanooga, Tennessee
3:00 pm EST Report
Stadium: Finley Stadium

Competitive fixtures edit

MLS Next Pro Regular Season edit

Main article: 2024 MLS Next Pro season

Standings edit

Pos Div Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 SE Chattanooga FC 9 5 2 1 1 18 8 +10 20 Qualification for the Playoffs
2 NE Philadelphia Union II 8 4 2 1 1 15 8 +7 17
3 NE New York Red Bulls II 9 4 2 1 2 18 17 +1 17
4 NE FC Cincinnati 2 9 5 0 1 3 16 13 +3 16
5 NE Chicago Fire FC II 8 3 2 1 2 17 15 +2 14
Updated to match(es) played on May 13, 2024. 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 edit

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' 		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
11 May 25 Atlanta United 2 Finley Stadium
12 June 1 New England Revolution II Finley Stadium
13 June 7 Chicago Fire FC II SeatGeek Stadium
14 June 13 Orlando City B Osceola County Stadium
15 June 22 Carolina Core FC Finley Stadium
16 July 6 Crown Legacy FC Finley Stadium
17 July 11 Philadelphia Union II Subaru Park
18 July 17 Carolina Core FC Truist Point
19 July 27 Orlando City B Finley Stadium
20 August 3 Toronto FC II Finley Stadium
21 August 10 Huntsville City FC Wicks Family Stadium
22 August 18 Crown Legacy FC Sportsplex at Matthews
23 August 25 Inter Miami CF II Chase Stadium
24 September 1 Atlanta United 2 Finley Stadium
25 September 8 Columbus Crew 2 Finley Stadium
26 September 21 New England Revolution II Gillette Stadium
27 September 29 Toronto FC II York Lions Stadium
28 October 6 New York Red Bulls II Finley Stadium
  1. ^ Chattanooga FC's score written first

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup
Matchday Date Opponent Venue Result[a] Scorers Attendance Referee
First Round March 19   Miami United FC (USSL) Finley Stadium 0–1 2,312 Geoff Cameron
  1. ^ Chattanooga FC's score written first


Statistics edit

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

Appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   USA Robert Screen 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   USA Joseph Patrick Pérez 10 0 5+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   MDA Anatolie Prepeliță 10 0 9+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   ENG Callum Watson 7 0 1+5 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF   USA Damian Rodriguez 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   USA Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 10 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   FRA Mehdi Ouamri 10 3 7+2 3 0+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF   MEX Luis Garcia Sosa 6 0 5+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
11 FW   USA Taylor Gray 10 2 8+1 2 1+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF   USA Ethan Koren 4 1 1+2 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF   ARG Farid Sar-Sar 6 0 1+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 GK   HAI Jean Antoine 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   USA Gavin Castle 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF   USA Darwin Ortiz 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   KOR Min-jae Kwak 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   COL Carlos Rivas 7 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF   COL Duvan Viafara 8 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 DF   USA Milo Garvanian 10 1 9+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF   TRI Jesse Williams 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   USA Logan Brown 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 MF   GHA Jude Arthur 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 GK   USA Jon Burke 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF   ENG Alex McGrath 10 4 8+1 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
51 GK   USA Michael Barrueta 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
58 FW   USA Jesus Ibarra 9 4 5+3 4 0+1 0 0+0 0
71 MF   USA Jalen James 9 3 4+4 3 0+1 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 58   Jesus Ibarra 4 0 0 4
MF 33   Alex McGrath 4 0 0
3 FW 9   Mehdi Ouamri 3 0 0 3
MF 71   Jalen James 3 0 0
5 FW 11   Taylor Gray 2 0 0 2
6 MF 12   Ethan Koren 1 0 0 1
DF 22   Milo Garvanian 1 0 0
Total 18 0 0 18

Top assists edit

Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 11   Taylor Gray 5 0 0 5
2 MF 6   Callum Watson 3 0 0 3
3 DF 20   Milo Garvanian 2 0 0 2
FW 9   Mehdi Ouamri 2 0 0
5
MF 10   Luis Garcia Sosa 1 0 0 1
FW 19   Carlos Rivas 1 0 0
DF 23   Jesse Williams 1 0 0
DF 24   Logan Brown 1 0 0
MF 33   Alex McGrath 1 0 0
FW 58   Jesus Ibarra 1 0 0
MF 71   Jalen James 1 0 0
Total 19 0 0 19

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Player MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
                               
2 DF   Robert Screen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Joseph Perez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
5 DF   Anatolie Prepeliță 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
6 MF   Callum Watson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 MF   Damian Rodriguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
9 FW   Mehdi Ouamri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
10 MF   Luis Garcia Sosa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW   Taylor Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF   Ethan Koren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   Farid Sar-Sar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 GK   Jean Antoine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   Gavin Castle 0 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 0
18 MF   Min-jae Kwak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Carlos Rivas 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
20 DF   Duvan Viafara 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 DF   Milo Garvanian 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
23 DF   Jesse Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 DF   Logan Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 MF   Jude Arthur 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
32 GK   Jon Burke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   Alex McGrath 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 GK   Michael Barrueta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
58 FW   Jesus Ibarra 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
71 MF   Jalen James 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 0 0

Awards and Honors edit

MLSNP Goal of the Week edit

Week Player Ref
2   Jesus Ibarra [16]

MLSNP Team of the Matchweek edit

MatchWeek Ref
5 [17]

MLSNP Team of the Month edit

Month Ref
April [18]

References edit

  1. ^ "Chattanooga FC Claims Steinbrecher Trophy With 3-0 Win". The Chattanoogan. May 30, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  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.
  4. ^ "Front Office". ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga FC. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  5. ^ "Chattanooga FC 2023 Roster". chattanoogafc.com. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  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
  10. ^ "Chattanooga FC signs Trinidad and Tobago international Jesse Williams". www.ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga FC. December 15, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  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.
  15. ^ "Chattanooga FC announces year-end roster decisions". ChattanoogaFC.com. Chattanooga VC. November 10, 2023. Retrieved January 15, 2023.
  16. ^ Chavez, Ramon (March 27, 2024). "MLS NEXT Pro Goal of Matchweek 2: Jesus Ibarra". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  17. ^ "2024 MLS NEXT Pro Matchweek 5 Honors". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  18. ^ Henry Jr., Larry (May 1, 2024). "MLS NEXT Pro Monthly Awards: April". MLSNextPro.com. MLS Next Pro. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
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