Chattanooga FC

Chattanooga FC
Full name Chattanooga Football Club
Founded 2009
Stadium Finley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee
(Capacity: 20,668)
Owners Krue Brock
Sheldon Grizzle
Head Coach Bill Elliott
League National Premier Soccer League
2011 3rd, Southeast
Lamar Hunt US Open Cup: 1st Round
Home colors
Away colors
Current season

Chattanooga FC is an American soccer team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division.

The team plays its home games at Finley Stadium, where they have played since 2009. The team's colors are navy blue and white.

Contents

History

Players

Roster

Source: [1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Thomas Hunter
2 MF Aldo Heredia
3 MF James Moore
4 DF Joshua Scott
5 DF Thomas Clark
6 DF John Calderwood
7 FW Luis Salazar
8 MF Ivan Heredia
10 FW Michael Brooks
11 DF Russell Courtney
12 DF Andy Stewart
13 MF Drew Courtney
14 MF Nick Chase
15 MF Jake Warren
No. Position Player
16 MF Phil Beene
17 MF Luke Winter
18 MF Tim Sparks
19 MF Fynn Glover
20 FW Chris Ochieng
21 DF Mac Gambill
26 FW Robbie Hill
30 GK Ryan Peck
87 GK Richard Masters
FW Moises Drummond
GK Ryan Berube
DF Aaron Stanton
MF Travis Giles

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2009 4 NPSL 3rd, Southeast Did not qualify Did not enter
2010 4 NPSL 1st, Southeast Final Did not enter
2011 4 NPSL 3rd, Southeast Did not qualify 1st Round

Honors

Domestic

Head coaches

Stadia

Attendance

Chattanooga FC boasts the highest average and single-game attendance in the NPSL.[3] In its inaugural match on May 16, 2009, over 1,600 fans watched Chattanooga FC host Atlanta FC.[4] In their second home match, held on June 7, 2009, over 1,500 watched as CFC notched their first win in club history over Saturn FC.[5] Over 2,100 fans watched as CFC tied eventual divisional champs Rocket City United on June 20, 2009.[6] In their final home game of the season, held July 4, 2009, over 3,000 fans witnessed CFC's victory over Birmingham, Alabama's Pumas FC.[7] The club's average season attendance for league games was approximately 2,100.

In its second season, CFC continued to build upon its remarkably high attendance figures. In the season-beginning league match-up against Pumas FC on June 5, 2010, attendance numbers hit over 3,000.[8] The second league game on June 19, 2010, drew over 2,900 fans to witness CFC host Atlanta FC.[9] On July 4, 2010, an NPSL record crowd of over 3,400 watched CFC take on league newcomer FC Tulsa.[10] CFC beat all NPSL attendance records, for a regular season game, on July 17, 2010 when 5,117 fans watched the CFC roll over Rocket City United, 4 - 0.[11] The club's average attendance for their second season was approximately 4,400 per game (including a 6,317 home attendance count[12] against non-league opponent F.C. Atlas's Under-20 squad.)

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