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Chattanooga FC 2019–20 NISA football season

The 2019–20 Chattanooga FC season was the club’s first season playing in the National Independent Soccer Association, a newly established third division soccer league in the United States, and first professional season since being established in 2009.

Overview[edit]

Chattanooga FC was admitted into the National Independent Soccer Association on August 15, 2019 and latter fully accepted by the U.S. Soccer Federation on December 11, 2019, and will start competing in the 2020 Spring season.[1][2][3] The team had spent its entire eleven-year history in the National Premier Soccer League, a semi-pro league generally considered the fourth tier of U.S. Soccer, and reached its National Final on four separate occasions (2010, 2012, 2014, & 2015) which is a shared record for the most finals appearance with Sonoma County Sol.

Prior to joining NISA, Chattanooga hosted two international friendlies. On May 25, the team hosted La Liga side Real Betis in the latter’s first game ever in the United States.[4][5] The home side scored twice in the final ten minutes in the 4–3 loss in front of 6,115 fans at Finley Stadium.[6] The next month, the team took part in 30-time Guatemalan league champion C.S.D. Municipal during its pre-season tour of the U.S., drawing 1–1 at Ridgeland High School in Rossville, Georgia.[7][8]

On April 27, 2020, following a stoppage of play and subsequent extension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NISA announced the cancellation of the 2020 Spring season.[9][10][11]

Players and staff[edit]

Current roster[edit]

As of March 16, 2020[12]

Technical staff[edit]

Technical staff
Technical Director United States Bill Elliott
Head Coach United States Peter Fuller
Director of Soccer Operations United States Jordan Mattheiss

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

# Pos. Player Signed from Details Date Source
5 DF Jamaica Richard Dixon United States Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Free transfer January 6, 2020 [13]
1 GK United States Phillip D’Amico United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 24, 2020 [14]
22 MF United States Cameron Woodfin United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 28, 2020 [15]
10 MF Spain Juan Hernandez United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 28, 2020 [16]
8 FW Brazil Joao Costa United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 29, 2020 [17]
21 DF Canada Jordan Dunstan United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 29, 2020 [18]
28 GK United States Alec Redington United States St. Louis Community College Free transfer January 30, 2020 [19]
17 FW Jamaica Jowayne Laidley United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer January 30, 2020 [20]
18 FW United States Sean Hoffstatter United States University of West Florida Free transfer January 31, 2020 [21]
14 FW United States Brian Bement United States Forward Madison FC Free transfer February 3, 2020 [22]
20 MF United States Christopher Marshall United States Oglethorpe University Free transfer February 3, 2020 [23]
4 DF Spain Juan Sanchez United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer February 5, 2020 [24]
11 FW United States Kaleb Jackson United States South Georgia Tormenta FC Free transfer February 6, 2020 [25]
24 DF Netherlands Soren Yuhaschek United States Chattanooga FC (NPSL) Free transfer February 7, 2020 [26]
7 FW United States Clayton Adams United States Austin Bold FC Free transfer February 10, 2020 [27]
9 FW United States Santiago Agudelo United States Fort Hays State University Free transfer February 11, 2020 [28]
23 MF United States Ian McGrath United States OKC Energy FC Free transfer February 21, 2020 [29]
3 DF Haiti Jerry Saint-Vil United States South Georgia Tormenta Free transfer February 25, 2020 [30]
2 DF United States Raymond Lee United States Hartford Athletic Free transfer February 26, 2020 [31]
15 DF United States Sean Reynolds United States Saint Louis FC Free transfer February 27, 2020 [32]
12 MF United States Kyle Carr United States Lansing Ignite FC Free transfer February 27, 2020 [33]
MF United States Alec McKinley United States Mobile Rams Free transfer February 28, 2020 [34]
19 FW United States Ryan Marcano United States Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels Free transfer February 28, 2020
6 MF United States Nick Spielman United States East Tennessee State Buccaneers Free transfer February 28, 2020
64 DF New Zealand Erik Panzer New Zealand Southern United FC Free transfer March 16, 2020 [35]

Friendlies[edit]

Competitions[edit]

NISA Fall season[edit]

Chattanooga did not take part in the 2019 NISA Fall season in an official capacity. On August 15, the NISA Board of Governors announced the team, along with Detroit City FC and Oakland Roots SC, had been accepted into the league but would not begin full league play until Spring 2020.[36][37][38] During the fall, Chattanooga did play a friendly home-and-away series against NISA side Stumptown Athletic with both games ending in a draw.[39][40]

NISA Spring season[edit]

Details for the 2020 NISA Spring season were announced January 27, 2020.[41]

Standings[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on March 8, 2020. Source: NISAofficial.com
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
1 0 1 0 1 1  0 1 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 1 0 1 1  0

Matches[edit]

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

For the first time in its history, Chattanooga will automatically qualify for the U.S. Open Cup tournament. The team will enter the 2020 tournament with the rest of the National Independent Soccer Association teams in the Second Round.[44] It was announced on January 29 that their first opponent would be USL Championship side Memphis 901 FC.[45]

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played 29 February 2020

Appearances and goals[edit]

Goal scorers[edit]

Disciplinary record[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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