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)
All statistics correct as of 19:59, May 5, 2024 (UTC).

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

Current roster
As of 26 March 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

In
Date Position No. Name From Fee Ref.
December 15, 2023DF23 Jesse Williams Central Valley FuegoFree agent[10]
January 3, 2024DF22 Milo Garvanian New Mexico UnitedFree agent[11]
January 10, 2024DF2 Robert Screen Forward MadisonFree agent[12]
January 14, 2024DF Duvan Viafara BDeportivo La GuairaFree agent[13]
February 23, 2024CB20 Logan Brown University of Daytonone-year deal[14]


Out
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

Preseason
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
  • Trialist 2 2'
  • Sosa 15'
  • Trialist 1 44'
  • Trialist 3 84'
 Report Stadium: Finley Stadium
March 2 Chattanooga FC 0–3 Birmingham Legion Chattanooga, Tennessee
3:00 pm EST Report
Stadium: Finley Stadium

Competitive fixtures

MLS Next Pro Regular Season
Main article: 2024 MLS Next Pro season

Standings
Pos Div Team Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NE Philadelphia Union II 14 8 2 1 3 30 17 +13 29 Qualification for the Playoffs
2 NE FC Cincinnati 2 14 9 0 1 4 27 17 +10 28
3 SE Chattanooga FC 15 6 4 2 3 26 19 +7 28
4 NE Chicago Fire FC II 13 6 4 1 2 29 19 +10 27
5 NE New York Red Bulls II 15 6 2 1 6 28 32 −4 23
Updated to match(es) played on June 26, 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
Matchday Date Opponent Venue Result[lower-alpha 1] 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 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' 2nd
Eastern Conf.
14 June 13 Orlando City B Osceola County Stadium 2–2
(4–2 p)		 Ouamri 56', Viafara 90+5' 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
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
Main article: 2024 U.S. Open Cup
Matchday Date Opponent Venue Result[lower-alpha 1] 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

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

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalMLS Next ProU.S. Open CupMLSNP Playoffs
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2 DF  USA Robert Screen 100+001+000+00
3 DF  USA Joseph Patrick Pérez 1408+501+000+00
5 DF  MDA Anatolie Prepeliță 14012+101+000+00
6 MF  ENG Callum Watson 701+501+000+00
7 MF  USA Damian Rodriguez 000+000+000+00
8 MF  USA Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 16013+201+000+00
9 FW  FRA Mehdi Ouamri 16613+260+100+00
10 MF  MEX Luis Garcia Sosa 1106+400+100+00
11 FW  USA Taylor Gray 16213+221+000+00
12 MF  USA Ethan Koren 411+211+000+00
14 DF  ARG Farid Sar-Sar 1206+501+000+00
15 GK  HAI Jean Antoine 10010+000+000+00
16 MF  USA Gavin Castle 000+000+000+00
17 MF  USA Darwin Ortiz 000+000+000+00
18 MF  KOR Min-jae Kwak 402+200+000+00
19 FW  COL Carlos Rivas 1001+900+000+00
20 DF  COL Duvan Viafara 14113+110+000+00
22 DF  USA Milo Garvanian 15213+121+000+00
23 DF  TRI Jesse Williams 1008+200+000+00
24 DF  USA Logan Brown 101+000+000+00
25 MF  GHA Jude Arthur 11011+000+000+00
32 GK  USA Jon Burke 605+001+000+00
33 MF  ENG Alex McGrath 16413+241+000+00
51 GK  USA Michael Barrueta 000+000+000+00
58 FW  USA Jesus Ibarra 14510+350+100+00
71 MF  USA Jalen James 1455+850+100+00

Top scorers
Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 9 Mehdi Ouamri 6 0 0 6
2 FW 58 Jesus Ibarra 5 0 0 5
MF 71 Jalen James 5 0 0 5
3 MF 33 Alex McGrath 4 0 0 4
5 FW 11 Taylor Gray 2 0 0 2
DF 22 Milo Garvanian 2 0 0 2
7 MF 12 Ethan Koren 1 0 0 1
DF 20 Duvan Viafara 1 0 0
Total 26 0 0 26

Top assists
Rank Position Number Name MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
1 FW 11 Taylor Gray 7 0 0 7
2 MF 33 Alex McGrath 5 0 0 5
3 MF 6 Callum Watson 3 0 0 3
FW 58 Jesus Ibarra 3 0 0
5 DF 20 Milo Garvanian 2 0 0 2
FW 9 Mehdi Ouamri 2 0 0
MF 25 Jude Arthur 2 0 0
8
DF 5 Anatolie Prepeliță 1 0 0 1
MF 10 Luis Garcia Sosa 1 0 0
FW 19 Carlos Rivas 1 0 0
DF 23 Jesse Williams 1 0 0
DF 24 Logan Brown 1 0 0
MF 71 Jalen James 1 0 0
Total 30 0 0 30

Disciplinary record
No. Pos. Player MLS Next Pro U.S. Open Cup MLSNP Playoffs Total
       
2 DF Robert Screen 000000000000
3 DF Joseph Perez 100000000100
5 DF Anatolie Prepeliță 610100000710
6 MF Callum Watson 100000000100
7 MF Damian Rodriguez 000000000000
8 MF Andrés Jiménez Aranzazu 300000000300
9 FW Mehdi Ouamri 200000000200
10 MF Luis Garcia Sosa 000000000000
11 FW Taylor Gray 200000000200
12 MF Ethan Koren 000000000000
14 DF Farid Sar-Sar 100000000100
15 GK Jean Antoine 000000000000
16 MF Gavin Castle 000000000000
17 MF Darwin Ortiz 000000000000
18 MF Min-jae Kwak 100000000100
19 FW Carlos Rivas 300000000300
20 DF Duvan Viafara 200000000200
22 DF Milo Garvanian 500000000500
23 DF Jesse Williams 200000000200
24 DF Logan Brown 000000000000
25 MF Jude Arthur 500000000500
32 GK Jon Burke 000000000000
33 MF Alex McGrath 500000000500
51 GK Michael Barrueta 000000000000
58 FW Jesus Ibarra 100000000100
71 MF Jalen James 000000000000
Total40101000004210

Awards and Honors

MLSNP Goal of the Week
Week Player Ref
2 Jesus Ibarra [16]

MLSNP Team of the Matchweek
MatchWeek Ref
5 [17]

MLSNP Team of the Month
Month Ref
April [18]

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.
  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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