Fall 2021 Chattanooga FC season

Chattanooga FC
2021 season
Managing director	Jeremy Alumbaugh
Head coach	Peter Fuller
Stadium	Finley Stadium; Chattanooga, Tennessee
NISA	TBD
Highest home attendance	2,916; (Aug. 7 vs. STU)
Lowest home attendance	1,960; (Sept. 18 vs. SDG)
Average home league attendance	2,198
Biggest win	CFC 3–0 MAR; (Aug. 21)
Biggest defeat	NAM 2–1 CFC; (Aug. 14)
Home colors	Away colors
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Managing directorJeremy Alumbaugh

Head coachPeter Fuller

StadiumFinley Stadium
Chattanooga, Tennessee

NISATBD

The Fall 2021 Chattanooga FC season was the club's third professional season playing in the National Independent Soccer Association and 14th overall since being established in 2009.

No.	Position	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Alec Redington
2	FW	USA	Ryan Marcano
3	DF	USA	Shaun Russell
4	DF	JAM	Richard Dixon
6	MF	USA	Nick Spielman
7	MF	USA	Tate Robertson
9	FW	NOR	Markus Naglestad
10	MF	ESP	Juan Hernandez
11	MF	USA	Christopher Marshall
13	MF	USA	Cutler Coleman
14	FW	USA	Brian Bement
15	DF	USA	Angel Hurtado
16	MF	USA	Ricardo Bahena
17	FW	USA	Daniel Jackson
20	FW	USA	Brett Jones
21	DF	USA	James Kasak
22	MF	USA	Cameron Woodfin
23	GK	USA	Nick Nelson
24	FW	USA	Sean Hoffstatter
28	MF	USA	Damian Rodriguez
31	MF	USA	Alec McKinley
66	DF	USA	Kaio DaSilva
77	GK	USA	Phillip D’Amico

Technical staff
Technical Director	Bill Elliott
Head Coach	Peter Fuller
Director of Soccer Operations	Jordan Mattheiss
Assistant Coach	Drew Courtney

#	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
28	MF	Damian Rodriguez	North Georgia Soccer Academy	Academy contract	July 2021	^[2]
17	FW	Daniel Jackson	Tormenta FC	Academy contract	August 13, 2021	^[3]

#	Pos.	Player	Signed by	Details	Date	Source
5	MF	Kyle Carr	Unattached	Not re-signed	July 6	^[4]
8	MF	Ian McGrath	Unattached	Not re-signed	July 6	^[5]
17	FW	Felipe Oliveira	Unattached	Not re-signed	July 26	^[6]
51	GK	Michael Barrueta	Chattanooga Red Wolves Academy	Not re-signed

July 7 Friendly	Chattanooga FC	3–2	Appalachian FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	McKinley 25' Naglestad 31', 51' Coleman 45' Oliveira 58'	Broadcast	Fabricio 21' van den Bergh 26' Bates 35' Kellman 89'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Referee: Carlos Pielago

Fall 2021 Chattanooga FC season

Players

Technical staff

Transfers

Out

Out

Friendlies

Competitions

NISA Independent Cup

Standings

Matches

National Independent Soccer Association season

Standings

Results summary

Matches

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

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July 21 Friendly	Appalachian FC	3–3	Chattanooga FC	Boone, North Carolina
8:00 p.m. EDT	Holbrook 90+4' (Pen.) Rogers 69' Fabricio 82', 90' Kurz 86'	Broadcast	Hernandez 4' (Pen.), 88' Spielman 31' Jones 33' McKinley 45+4' 50' Trialist #1 90+2' Trialist #2 90+8'	Stadium: Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex Attendance: 1,100^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chattanooga FC (C)	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9
2	Atletico Atlanta	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2
3	Savannah Clovers FC	3	0	2	1	5	9	−4	2
4	Soda City FC	3	0	2	1	2	7	−5	2

July 10 Match 1	Chattanooga FC	1–0	Atletico Atlanta	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	Naglestad 11' Dixon 22' Robertson 29' 89' Spielman 90+3'	Broadcast	Profit 75' Koloko 90+3'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,094^[11] Referee: Carlos Pielago

July 17 Match 2	Savannah Clovers FC	0–4	Chattanooga FC	Savannah, Georgia
7:00 p.m. EDT	Guerrero 78'	Broadcast	Oliveira 19' Naglestad 23', 35' Dixon 43' Kasak 56' Woodfin 84'	Stadium: Memorial Stadium Attendance: 300^[12]

July 24 Match 3	Chattanooga FC	5–0	Soda City FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	Naglestad 7', 45' Jones 15' Hernandez 68' Bement 88'	Broadcast	Flores 52' Bravo 73' Daniel 78'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Referee: Amin Hadzic

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Detroit City FC (C)	18	14	3	1	35	10	+25	45^[a]
2	California United Strikers FC	18	9	6	3	31	20	+11	33
3	Los Angeles Force	18	7	9	2	20	14	+6	30^[a]
4	New Amsterdam FC	18	7	2	9	29	29	0	23
5	Chattanooga FC	18	7	2	9	20	21	−1	23
6	Chicago House AC	18	7	2	9	18	26	−8	23
7	Michigan Stars FC	18	5	6	7	24	24	0	21
8	Stumptown AC	18	4	8	6	13	18	−5	20
9	Maryland Bobcats FC	18	5	5	8	20	28	−8	20
10	San Diego 1904 FC	18	2	3	13	17	37	−20	9

August 7 1	Chattanooga FC	3–1	Stumptown AC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	Jones 77' Hoffstatter 81' Bement 90' (Pen.) Hernandez 90+4'	Report Broadcast	Garcia Sosa 19' Shibata 56'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,916 Referee: Jose Lara
Note: Hernandez yellow card missing from report, shown on broadcast, report times ahead by a few minutes

August 14 2	New Amsterdam FC	2–1	Chattanooga FC	Hempstead, New York
7:00 p.m. EDT	Malango 16' Vicente 35' John-Brown 44' Bosua 66' 90' Waugh 71' Diosa 81' Barone 90+2'	Report Broadcast	Jones 85' Dixon 87'	Stadium: Hofstra Soccer Stadium Attendance: 333 Referee: Jervis Atagana
Note: Dixon's card misreported as going to NAFC's Ojai Bedward on report, but correctly shown on broadcast (both players wear #4)

August 21 3	Chattanooga FC	3–0	Maryland Bobcats FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	Jackson 14', 74' Robertson 52' Hernandez 70' (Pen.) Bement 90+3'	Report Broadcast	Dawkins 35' Caulker 65'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,008
Note: Dawkins card missing from match report, shown/heard on broadcast

August 28 4	Chattanooga FC	0–1	Los Angeles Force	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 p.m. EDT	Russell 74' Kasak 78'	Report Broadcast	Barrera 48' (Pen.) Alvarado 86'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 2,158 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
Note: Card shown to Chattanooga bench at 45+1'

September 4 5	Chattanooga FC	1–2	Detroit City FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	Russell 26' Kasak 39' Naglestad 55' McKinley 58' Dixon 63'	Report Broadcast	Faz 42' Lewis 45' Matthews 88'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Note: Russell and McKinley yellows missing from report, shown on broadcast, Chattanooga 90th min sub missing from report (Rodriguez IN, Kasak OUT), shown in broadcast.

September 11 6	Los Angeles Force	3–1	Chattanooga FC	Santa Ana, California
7:00 p.m. PDT	Barrera 24', 70' Casillas 88' (Pen.)	Report Broadcast	Hoffstatter 30' Mckinley 44' Hernandez 70' Woodfin 83' Nelson 87'	Stadium: Valley High School Attendance: 175 Referee: Luis Diego Arroyo
Note: Report missing Chattanooga substitution in 53' (Woodfin IN, Robertson OUT), heard by PA in broadcast

September 18 7	Chattanooga FC	1–1	San Diego 1904 FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT	McKinley 54' Robertson 77' Naglestad 88'	Report Broadcast	Cutler 23' Benito 90+1', 90+5'	Stadium: Finley Stadium Attendance: 1,960 Referee: Aleksandar Zhelyazkov
Note: Report missing Chattanooga substitution in 87' (Bement IN, Jackson OUT), shown in broadcast

September 25 8	San Diego 1904 FC	v	Chattanooga FC	Pacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego
7:00 p.m. PDT				Stadium: Canyon Crest Stadium

October 3 9	California United Strikers FC	v	Chattanooga FC	Irvine, California
4:00 p.m. PDT				Stadium: Championship Soccer Stadium

October 7 10	Chattanooga FC	v	California United Strikers FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Finley Stadium

October 13 11	Chicago House AC	v	Chattanooga FC	Bridgeview, Illinois
7:30 p.m. CDT				Stadium: SeatGeek Stadium

October 17 12	Michigan Stars FC	v	Chattanooga FC	Washington, Michigan
3:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Romeo High School Stadium

October 23 13	Chattanooga FC	v	New Amsterdam FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Finley Stadium

October 30 14	Maryland Bobcats FC	v	Chattanooga FC	Germantown, Maryland
7:30 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Maryland SoccerPlex

November 3 15	Chattanooga FC	v	Chicago House AC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Finley Stadium

November 6 16	Detroit City FC	v	Chattanooga FC	Hamtramck, Michigan
4:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Keyworth Stadium

November 13 17	Chattanooga FC	v	Michigan Stars FC	Chattanooga, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. EST				Stadium: Finley Stadium

November 20 18	Stumptown AC	v	Chattanooga FC	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT				Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Regular season
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	USA	Alec Redington	6	0	6+0	0
23	GK	USA	Nick Nelson	1	0	1+0	0
77	GK	USA	Phillip D’Amico	0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
3	DF	USA	Shaun Russell	7	0	7+0	0
4	DF	JAM	Richard Dixon	6	0	6+0	0
15	DF	USA	Angel Hurtado	0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	USA	James Kasak	7	0	7+0	0
66	DF	USA	Kaio DaSilva	3	0	1+2	0
Midfielders
5	MF	USA	Kyle Carr	0	0	0+0	0
6	MF	USA	Nick Spielman	7	0	7+0	0
7	MF	USA	Tate Robertson	7	0	7+0	0
8	MF	USA	Ian McGrath	0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	ESP	Juan Hernandez	7	1	7+0	1
11	MF	USA	Christopher Marshall	4	0	0+4	0
13	MF	USA	Cutler Coleman	3	0	1+2	0
16	MF	USA	Ricardo Bahena	0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	USA	Cameron Woodfin	6	0	2+4	0
28	MF	USA	Damien Rodriguez	5	0	2+3	0
31	MF	USA	Alec McKinley	4	0	3+1	0
Forwards
2	FW	USA	Ryan Marcano	1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	NOR	Markus Naglestad	3	2	2+1	2
14	FW	USA	Brian Bement	6	1	2+4	1
17	FW	USA	Daniel Jackson	6	2	5+1	2
20	FW	USA	Brett Jones	4	2	4+0	2
24	FW	USA	Sean Hoffstatter	7	2	7+0	2

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Regular season
3		DF	Shaun Russell	2	0
4		DF	Richard Dixon	1	1
7		MF	Tate Robertson	2	0
10		MF	Juan Hernandez	2	0
14		FW	Brian Bement	1	0
21		DF	James Kasak	2	0
22		MF	Cameron Woodfin	1	0
23		GK	Nick Nelson	1	0
31		MF	Alec McKinley	3	0

v t e National Independent Soccer Association
Current teams	Arizona Monsoon FC Capo FC Club de Lyon Georgia FC Irvine Zeta FC Los Angeles Force Maryland Bobcats FC Michigan Stars FC Savannah Clovers FC
On hiatus	Albion San Diego California United Strikers FC Gold Star FC
Future teams	Calabasas FC
Former teams	Atlanta SC Bay Cities FC Chattanooga FC Chicago House Detroit City FC Flower City Union Miami FC New Amsterdam FC New York Cosmos Oakland Roots SC Philadelphia Fury San Diego 1904 FC Stumptown AC Syracuse Pulse Valley United FC
Seasons	2019–20 2020–21 Fall 2021 2022 2023 2024
Affiliated leagues	NISA Nation Cascadia Premier League Eastern Premier Soccer League Florida Gold Coast League Metroplex Premier League Mountain Premier League Southwest Premier League

v t e Fall 2021 NISA season by team
NISA Independent Cup
California United Strikers FC Chattanooga FC Chicago House AC Detroit City FC Los Angeles Force Maryland Bobcats FC Michigan Stars FC New Amsterdam FC San Diego 1904 FC Stumptown AC