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. In 2019, Chattanooga FC became a professional team, joining National Independent Soccer Association. Chattanooga FC success continued in 2023 when the team finished as the NISA season champions and advanced to the post season semi-finals.

Staff

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

Current roster

No.Pos.NationPlayerhttps://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/253086/joseph-p%C3%83%C2%83%C3%82%C2%A9rez

https://www.mlsnextpro.com/players/farid-sar-sar/

https://www.chattanoogan.com/2023/8/14/473233/Chattanooga-FC-Signs-Local-Midfielder.aspx https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/381238/darwin-ortiz

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

Out Date Position No. Name To Type Fee Ref.November 10, 2023FW Alexi JaimesReleased N/A FW Lenny LopezReleased N/AMF Mutaya MwapeReleased N/AFW99 Markus NaglestadReleased N/ADF So Jung-WooReleased N/AMF5 Colin StriplingReleased N/AMF9 Leonel AlvarengaLoan expired N/A

Non-competitive fixtures Preseason

Competitive fixtures MLS Next Pro Regular Season

Standings

League

+MatchdayDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceRefereePosition1March 16Huntsville City FCFinley Stadium2–2Gray 40'4,378JC Griggs6thEastern Conf.2March 23FC Cincinnati 2Finley Stadium3–0Ibarra 60', 67'Ouamri 71' 2,810Anya Voigt3rdEastern Conf.3March 27New York City FC IIBelson Stadium1–1Gray 8'Joshua Encarnacion3rdEastern Conf.4April 13Inter Miami CF IIFinley Stadium6–2McGrath 35', 71'Koren 90+1'3,948Elvis Osmanovic3rdEastern Conf.5April 20Huntsville City FCWicks Family Stadium1–0 McGrath 86'4,260 Luis Diego Arroyo2ndEastern Conf.6April 24Atlanta United 2Fifth Third Bank Stadium0–1Mario Maric3rdEastern Conf.7April 27Carolina Core FCFinley Stadium2–0Ibarra 7'Garvanian 75'3,614 Atahan Yaya1stEastern Conf.8May 4Orlando City BFinley Stadium 1–1Ouamri 3'3,811 Kyle Johnston1stEastern Conf.9May 10Inter Miami CF IIChase Stadium2–1Ibarra 13',Ouamri 86' Alex Beehler1stEastern Conf.10May 15Crown Legacy FCSportsplex at Matthews1–4James 77' Arnel Selman1stEastern Conf.11May 25Atlanta United 2Finley Stadium2–2Garvanian 47', Ibarra 87'4,115 Esad Omanovic2ndEastern Conf.12June 1New England Revolution IIFinley Stadium1–0 Ouamri 80' 2,469 Wes Caouette 2ndEastern Conf.13June 7Chicago Fire FC IISeatGeek Stadium 1–1 Ouamri 68' Greg Dopka 2ndEastern Conf.14June 13Orlando City BOsceola County Stadium 2–2 Ouamri 56', Viafara 90+5' Calin Radosav2ndEastern Conf.15June 22Carolina Core FCFinley Stadium 1–2 James 76' 3,867 Olvin Olvia 2ndEastern Conf.16July 6Crown Legacy FCFinley Stadium 1–2 Ouamri 70' Pen.3,294 Stearne Briem 3rdEastern Conf.17July 11Philadelphia Union IISubaru Park1–3 Viafara 34' Ricardo Montero 4thEastern Conf.18July 17Carolina Core FCTruist Point1–2 McGrath 88' 3,152 Marie Durr4thEastern Conf.19July 27Orlando City BFinley Stadium1–0 McGrath 57'4,741 John Matto4thEastern Conf.20August 3Toronto FC IIFinley Stadium1–1 Ouamri 36'3,769 Russell Miller6thEastern Conf.21August 10Huntsville City FCWicks Family Stadium0–14,567 Johnathan Luk6thEastern Conf.22August 18Crown Legacy FCSportsplex at Matthews 1–1 Ouamri 88' Elvis Osmanovic6thEastern Conf.23August 25Inter Miami CF IIChase Stadium 1–5 Ouamri 19' Melvin Rivas8thEastern Conf.24September 1Atlanta United 2Finley Stadium3–4Garvanian 27', Ouamri 45+1, 62' 3,554 William Hale9thEastern Conf.25September 8Columbus Crew 2Finley Stadium2–1Ibarra 41', Garvanian 67'3,127 Jordan Gray 9thEastern Conf.26September 21New England Revolution IIGillette Stadium 1–1 Kwak 18' Melinda Homa 9thEastern Conf.27September 29Toronto FC IIYork Lions Stadium 5–1 Ibarra 35', Garvanian 62', Gray 66' 80', McGrath 70' Fabrizio Stasolla 9thEastern Conf.28October 6New York Red Bulls IIFinley Stadium 1–1 Watson 6'4,178 Adam Kilpatrick9thEastern Conf.

U.S. Open Cup

+MatchdayDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceRefereeFirst RoundMarch 19 Miami United FC (USSL)Finley Stadium0–12,312Geoff Cameron

Statistics

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

Appearances and goals

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |FW |9 |align="left"| Mehdi Ouamri |12 |0 |0 |12 |- |rowspan=2|2 |FW |58 |align="left"| Jesus Ibarra |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |MF |33 |align="left"| Alex McGrath |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |4 |DF |22 |align="left"| Milo Garvanian |6 |0 |0 |6 |- |5 |MF |71 |align="left"| Jalen James |5 |0 |0 |5 |- |6 |FW |11 |align="left"| Taylor Gray |4 |0 |0 |4 |- |7 |DF |20 |align="left"| Duvan Viafara |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=3|8 |MF |6 |align="left"| Callum Watson |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |12 |align="left"| Ethan Koren |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |18 |align="left"| Min-jae Kwak |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 45 ! 0 ! 0 ! 45

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |FW |11 |align="left"| Taylor Gray |8 |0 |0 |8 |- |2 |DF |20 |align="left"| Milo Garvanian |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |3 |MF |33 |align="left"| Alex McGrath |5 |0 |0 |5 |- |rowspan=2|4 |FW |9 |align="left"| Mehdi Ouamri |3 |0 |0 |rowspan=2|3 |- |FW |58 |align="left"| Jesus Ibarra |3 |0 |0 |- |rowspan=3|6 |MF |6 |align="left"| Callum Watson |2 |0 |0 |rowspan=3|2 |- |MF |10 |align="left"| Luis Garcia Sosa |2 |0 |0 |- |MF |25 |align="left"| Jude Arthur |2 |0 |0 |- |rowspan=7|9 |DF |3 |align="left"| Joseph Patrick Pérez |1 |0 |0 |rowspan=7|1 |- |DF |5 |align="left"| Anatolie Prepeliță |1 |0 |0 |- |MF |8 |align="left"| Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu |1 |0 |0 |- |FW |19 |align="left"| Carlos Rivas |1 |0 |0 |- |DF |24 |align="left"| Logan Brown |1 |0 |0 |- |MF |71 |align="left"| Jalen James |1 |0 |0 |- |FW |99 |align="left"| Markus Naglestad |1 |0 |0 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 40 ! 0 ! 0 ! 40

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=120|Player ! colspan="3"|MLS Next Pro ! colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup ! colspan="3"|MLSNP Playoffs ! colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- |2 |DF |align="left"| Robert Screen |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |3 |DF |align="left"| Joseph Perez |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |5 |DF |align="left"| Anatolie Prepeliță |8||1||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||9||1||0 |- |6 |MF |align="left"| Callum Watson |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0 |- |7 |MF |align="left"| Damian Rodriguez |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |8 |MF |align="left"| Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu |7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0||0 |- |9 |FW |align="left"| Mehdi Ouamri |4||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||1||0 |- |10 |MF |align="left"| Luis Garcia Sosa |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |11 |FW |align="left"| Taylor Gray |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0 |- |12 |MF |align="left"| Ethan Koren |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |14 |DF |align="left"| Farid Sar-Sar |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |15 |GK |align="left"| Jean Antoine |0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1 |- |16 |MF |align="left"| Gavin Castle |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |17 |MF |align="left"| Darwin Ortiz |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |18 |MF |align="left"| Min-jae Kwak |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |19 |FW |align="left"| Carlos Rivas |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |20 |DF |align="left"| Duvan Viafara |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |22 |DF |align="left"| Milo Garvanian |8||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||8||0||0 |- |23 |DF |align="left"| Jesse Williams |2||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||1 |- |24 |DF |align="left"| Logan Brown |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |25 |MF |align="left"| Jude Arthur |7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0||0 |- |32 |GK |align="left"| Jon Burke |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |33 |MF |align="left"| Alex McGrath |7||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||7||0||0 |- |51 |GK |align="left"| Michael Barrueta |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |58 |FW |align="left"| Jesus Ibarra |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |71 |MF |align="left"| Jalen James |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |99 |FW |align="left"| Markus Naglestad |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Total!!76!!2!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!77!!2!!2

Awards and honors MLS NEXT Pro Goal of the Week WeekPlayerRef2 Jesus Ibarra12 Mehdi Ouamri28 Min-jae Kwak

MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Matchweek MatchWeekRef52629

MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Month MonthRefApril

MLS NEXT Pro Best XI PlayerPositionRef Mehdi OuamriForward

References