2024 Chattanooga FC season explained

Club:Chattanooga FC
Season:2024
League:MLSNP
League Result:Southeast Division: 4th

MLSNP:14th
Owner:Thomas Clark
Sheldon Grizzle
Chairman:David Grizzard
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:Rod Underwood
Stadium:Finley Stadium
Cup1:MLSNP Cup Playoffs
Cup1 Result:Did not Qualify
Cup2:2024 U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:1st Round
League Topscorer:Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals)
Season Topscorer:Mehdi Ouamri (12 goals)
Largest Win:
Highest Attendance:4,741 July 27 vs Orlando City B
Lowest Attendance:2,469 June 1 vs New England Revolution II
Average Attendance:3,691
American:true
Prevseason:2023
Nextseason:2025
Updated: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

PositionName
Chief Executive Officer Alton Byrd
Head Coach and Sporting Director Rod Underwood

Current roster

Transfers

In

DatePositionNo.NameFromFeeRef.
December 15, 2023 DF 23 Free agent [4]
January 3, 2024 DF 22 Free agent [5]
January 10, 2024 DF 2 Forward MadisonFree agent [6]
January 14, 2024 DF Duvan Viafara Free agent [7]
February 23, 2024 CB 20 University of Daytonone-year deal [8]

Out

DatePositionNo.NameTo TypeFeeRef.
November 10, 2023FW Alexi JaimesReleasedN/A[9]
FW Lenny LopezReleasedN/A
MF Mutaya MwapeReleasedN/A
FW99 Markus NaglestadReleasedN/A
DF So Jung-WooReleasedN/A
MF5 Colin StriplingReleasedN/A
MF9 Leonel AlvarengaLoan expiredN/A

Non-competitive fixtures

Preseason

Competitive fixtures

MLS Next Pro Regular Season

See main article: 2024 MLS Next Pro season.

League

Opponent!Venue!Result!Scorers!Attendance!Referee!Position
1March 16Huntsville City FCFinley Stadium2–2
Gray 40'
4,378JC Griggs6th
Eastern Conf.
2March 23FC Cincinnati 2Finley Stadium3–0Ibarra 60', 67'
Ouamri 71'		2,810Anya Voigt3rd
Eastern Conf.
3March 27New York City FC IIBelson Stadium1–1
Gray 8'Joshua Encarnacion3rd
Eastern Conf.
4April 13Inter Miami CF IIFinley Stadium6–2
McGrath 35', 71'
Koren 90+1'		3,948Elvis Osmanovic3rd
Eastern Conf.
5April 20Huntsville City FCWicks Family Stadium1–0McGrath 86'4,260Luis Diego Arroyo2nd
Eastern Conf.
6April 24Atlanta United 2Fifth Third Bank Stadium0–1Mario Maric3rd
Eastern Conf.
7April 27Carolina Core FCFinley Stadium2–0Ibarra 7'
Garvanian 75'		3,614Atahan Yaya1st
Eastern Conf.
8May 4Orlando City BFinley Stadium1–1
Ouamri 3'3,811Kyle Johnston1st
Eastern Conf.
9May 10Inter Miami CF IIChase Stadium2–1Ibarra 13',
Ouamri 86'		Alex Beehler1st
Eastern Conf.
10May 15Crown Legacy FCSportsplex at Matthews1–4James 77'Arnel Selman1st
Eastern Conf.
11May 25Atlanta United 2Finley Stadium2–2
Garvanian 47', Ibarra 87'4,115Esad Omanovic2nd
Eastern Conf.
12June 1New England Revolution IIFinley Stadium1–0Ouamri 80'2,469Wes Caouette2nd
Eastern Conf.
13June 7Chicago Fire FC IISeatGeek Stadium1–1
Ouamri 68'Greg Dopka2nd
Eastern Conf.
14June 13Orlando City BOsceola County Stadium2–2
Ouamri 56', Viafara 90+5'Calin Radosav2nd
Eastern Conf.
15June 22Carolina Core FCFinley Stadium1–2James 76'3,867Olvin Olvia2nd
Eastern Conf.
16July 6Crown Legacy FCFinley Stadium1–2Ouamri 70' Pen.3,294Stearne Briem3rd
Eastern Conf.
17July 11Philadelphia Union IISubaru Park1–3Viafara 34'Ricardo Montero4th
Eastern Conf.
18July 17Carolina Core FCTruist Point1–2McGrath 88' 3,152Marie Durr4th
Eastern Conf.
19July 27Orlando City BFinley Stadium1–0McGrath 57'4,741John Matto4th
Eastern Conf.
20August 3Toronto FC IIFinley Stadium1–1 Ouamri 36'3,769Russell Miller6th
Eastern Conf.
21August 10Huntsville City FCWicks Family Stadium0–14,567Johnathan Luk6th
Eastern Conf.
22August 18Crown Legacy FCSportsplex at Matthews1–1 Ouamri 88'Elvis Osmanovic6th
Eastern Conf.
23August 25Inter Miami CF IIChase Stadium1–5Ouamri 19'Melvin Rivas8th
Eastern Conf.
24September 1Atlanta United 2Finley Stadium3–4Garvanian 27', Ouamri 45+1, 62'3,554William Hale9th
Eastern Conf.
25September 8Columbus Crew 2Finley Stadium2–1Ibarra 41', Garvanian 67'3,127Jordan Gray9th
Eastern Conf.
26September 21New England Revolution IIGillette Stadium1–1 Kwak 18'Melinda Homa9th
Eastern Conf.
27September 29Toronto FC IIYork Lions Stadium5–1Ibarra 35', Garvanian 62', Gray 66' 80', McGrath 70'Fabrizio Stasolla9th
Eastern Conf.
28October 6New York Red Bulls IIFinley Stadium1–1 Watson 6'4,178Adam Kilpatrick9th
Eastern Conf.

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup.

Matchday! style="background:#00AE42; color:black;
DateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceReferee
First RoundMarch 19 Miami United FC (USSL)Finley Stadium0–12,312Geoff Cameron

Statistics

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

Top scorers

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1FW9 Mehdi Ouamri120012
2FW58 Jesus Ibarra7007
MF33 Alex McGrath7007
4DF22 Milo Garvanian6006
5MF71 Jalen James5005
6FW11 Taylor Gray4004
7DF20 Duvan Viafara2002
8MF6 Callum Watson1001
MF12 Ethan Koren1001
MF18 Min-jae Kwak1001
Total450045

Notes and References

  1. News: . May 30, 2015 . Chattanooga FC Claims Steinbrecher Trophy With 3-0 Win . . January 15, 2024.
  2. Web site: NISA Announces Chattanooga FC, Detroit City FC & Oakland Roots SC. NISA. August 15, 2019.
  3. Web site: Chattanooga FC to Join MLS NEXT Pro . November 14, 2023 . MLSNextPro.com . MLS Next Pro . January 15, 2024.
  4. Web site: Chattanooga FC signs Trinidad and Tobago international Jesse Williams . December 15, 2023 . www.ChattanoogaFC.com . Chattanooga FC . January 15, 2024.
  5. Web site: Chattanooga Football Club signs Milo Garvanian . January 3, 2024 . www.ChattanoogaFC.com . Chattanooga FC . January 15, 2024.
  6. Web site: Chattanooga Football Club signs Robert Screen . January 10, 2024 . www.ChattanoogaFC.com . Chattanooga FC . January 15, 2024.
  7. News: . January 14, 2023 . Chattanooga Football Club Signs Columbian Duvan Viafara . The Chattanoogan . January 15, 2023.
  8. Web site: Chattanooga Football Club signs defender Logan Brown . February 23, 2024 . www.ChattanoogaFC.com . Chattanooga FC . February 26, 2024.
  9. Web site: Chattanooga FC announces year-end roster decisions . November 10, 2023 . ChattanoogaFC.com . Chattanooga VC . January 15, 2023.

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