The 2020 Chattanooga Red Wolves SC season was the second season in the soccer team's history, where they compete in the third division of American soccer, USL League One, the second season of that competition. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC will also participate in the 2020 U.S. Open Cup. Chattanooga Red Wolves SC will play their home games at CHI Memorial Stadium in East Ridge, Tennessee, United States, moving from their previous stadium, David Stanton Field. Matches were played under reduced capacity due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and stadium construction.
| 2020 season | |||
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| Owner | Robert Martino | ||
| Head coach | Tim Hankinson | ||
| Stadium | CHI Memorial Stadium | ||
| USL League One | 5th | ||
| USL1 Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled | ||
| Biggest win | CHA 4–0 NE (Aug. 29) | ||
| Biggest defeat | CHA 1–3 NTX (Oct. 7) | ||
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Club edit
Roster edit
As of February 25, 2020[update].[1]
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | DF |  |
Leo Folla |
| 7 | MF |  |
Ualefi |
| 8 | MF | |
Josue Soto |
| 10 | FW |  |
Steven Beattie |
| 12 | FW |  |
Éamon Zayed |
| 13 | DF |  |
Nicholas Amponsah |
| 14 | MF | |
Amirgy Pineda |
| 17 | FW |  |
Greg Hurst |
| 21 | FW | |
Alexi Jaimes |
| 22 | FW | |
Conor Doyle |
| 24 | GK | |
Alex Mangels |
| MF | |
Mark Hernández | |
| DF |  |
Travis Nicklaw | |
| DF |  |
Nikolaos Pettas | |
| FW | |
Ronaldo Pineda | |
| DF | |
Jason Ramos | |
| MF | |
Jonathan Ricketts | |
| MF | |
Ricardo Ruiz | |
| GK | |
Tim Trilk | |
| DF |  |
Uchenna Uzo | |
| FW | |
Ricardo Zacarías |
Coaching staff edit
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Obleda
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Head coach and technical director |
Competitions edit
Exhibitions edit
| February 16, 2020 Preseason 1 | Atlanta United 2 | 0–4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Marietta, Georgia |
| 1:00 PM EDT | Report | Stadium: Atlanta United Training Facility | ||
| Note: Three thirty-minute periods | ||||
| February 25, 2020 Preseason 2 | Charleston Battery | 4–1 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Mount Pleasant, South Carolina |
| 10:00 AM EDT | Report |
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Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 0 | |
| Note: Closed door scrimmage | ||||
| February 29, 2020 Preseason 3 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 0–0 | Young Harris Mountain Lions | |
| 1:00 PM EDT | Report | Attendance: 0 | ||
| Note: Closed door scrimmage | ||||
| March 6, 2020 Preseason 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 3–1 | Dalton State Roadrunners | |
| 10:00 AM EDT | Report |
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Attendance: 0 | |
| Note: Closed door scrimmage | ||||
USL League One edit
Standings edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | North Texas SC[a] | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 27 | 1.69 |
| 4 | Richmond Kickers | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 26 | 1.63 |
| 5 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 22 | 1.47 |
| 6 | FC Tucson | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 22 | 1.38 |
| 7 | Forward Madison FC | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 21 | 1.31 |
Source: 2020 USL League One standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 6) disciplinary points; 7) coin toss or drawing of lots
Notes:
- ^ Professional teams that are owned by teams playing in a higher division are ineligible for the U.S. Open Cup.
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 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 |
Source: USL League One[2]
Results by round edit
Match results edit
| July 25, 2020 1 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | 2–2 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Statesboro, Georgia |
| 8:00 PM EDT | Micaletto  7',  26' Mayr-Fälten 16' Rowe 71' Jackson 90+1' |
Report | Hurst 28', 52', 61' Ruiz 42' A. Pineda 82' Ualefi 83' Hernández 90+3' |
Stadium: Eagle Field at Erk Russell Athletic Park Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| August 1, 2020 2 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 1–0 | FC Tucson | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 5:00 PM EDT | Soto 5' Folla 15'Doyle 38'Zacarías 41'Hurst 53'Mangels 68'R. Pineda 84' |
Report | Liadi 22' Magaña-Rivera 42'Somersall 59'Biek 61'Coan  69'Alarcón 89' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 721 Referee: Kyle Johnston |
| August 8, 2020 3 | North Texas SC | 2–2 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Frisco, Texas |
| 9:00 PM EDT | Redzic 47', 87' Rayo 68'  90+3' |
Report | Hurst 3' R. Pineda 76' Hernández 88', 90+5' |
Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 1,137 Referee: Héctor Hernández |
| August 12, 2020 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | P–P | Union Omaha | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 5:00 PM EDT | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to severe weather.[4] | ||||
| August 15, 2020 5 | Greenville Triumph SC | 1–0 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Greenville, South Carolina |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Fricke 43' Hawkins 45' Morrell 52' McLean 71' Donnelly 76' |
Report | Uzo 90+3' |
Stadium: Legacy Early College Field Attendance: 883 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| August 22, 2020 6 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 1–2 | South Georgia Tormenta FC | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1:00 PM EDT | Hurst 26' Folla 39' Ramos 84' |
Report | Vinyals 17' Micaletto 36', 79' (pen.) Phelps 41' Mayr-Fälten 82' DeLoach  90+1' Jara 90+6' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Attendance: 770 Referee: Richonne Clark |
| August 29, 2020 7 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 4–0 | New England Revolution II | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1:00 PM EDT | Zacarías 12', 90+2' Hernández 29', 38' Folla 57' Beattie 88' |
Report | Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Joshua Belk |
| September 5, 2020 8 | Fort Lauderdale CF | 1–1 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 8:00 PM EDT | Zacarías 26' (o.g.) |
Report | Ualefi 42' Soto 86' |
Stadium: Inter Miami CF Stadium Referee: Alejo Calume |
| September 9, 2020 9 | New England Revolution II | 1–2 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Foxborough, Massachusetts |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Sinclair 45+1' Presley 90+2' |
Report | Ramos 10' Ricketts 45' Souza 83' (o.g.) R. Pineda 89' |
Stadium: Gillette Stadium Referee: Joshua Encarnación |
| September 12, 2020 10 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 2–1 | Richmond Kickers | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1:00 PM EDT | R. Pineda 43' Dieterich 54' Soto 58' Okonkwo 75' Beattie 90+2', 90+2' |
Report | Terzaghi 13' Pavone 58' Diosa 90+4' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Izlen Peksenar |
| September 15, 2020 4 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 2–0 | Union Omaha | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 12:00 PM EDT | Zacarías 18' Ramos 51' Dieterich 62' Ruiz 90+4' |
Report | David 22' Mare 90+4' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Kyle Johnston |
| Note: Re-schedule of postponed August 12 match.[5] | ||||
| September 19, 2020 11 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 0–1 | Greenville Triumph SC | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 1:00 PM EDT | Mangels 21' Ramos 26' Soto 51' Hernández 70' |
Report | Murillo 36' McLean 45' Pilato 84' Stripling 90' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Amin Hadzic |
| September 26, 2020 12 | Forward Madison FC | 1–0 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Wauwatosa, Wisconsin |
| 2:00 PM EDT | Ovalle 23' Vang 50' Smart 63' Toyama 64' Fernandes 90+1' Cox 90+6' |
Report | Hurst 39' Ramos 66' R. Pineda 85' |
Stadium: Hart Park Referee: Rebeca Pagan |
| October 7, 2020 13 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 1–3 | North Texas SC | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 5:00 PM EDT | Hurst 22' (pen.) Nicklaw 57' Doyle 74' |
Report | Munjoma 13' A. Rodríguez 26' Burgess 48' Bruce 57' (pen.) |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| October 10, 2020 14 | Orlando City B | P–P | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Kissimmee, Florida |
| 3:00 PM EDT | Stadium: Osceola County Stadium | |||
| Note: Postponed due to two positive COVID-19 tests in the Chattanooga organization.[6] | ||||
| October 17, 2020 15 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | 1–1 | Forward Madison FC | East Ridge, Tennessee |
| 5:00 PM EDT | Hurst 8' (pen.), 90+2' Soto 19' Ruiz 73' |
Report | Vang 69' Ovalle 70' |
Stadium: CHI Memorial Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| October 24, 2020 16 | Richmond Kickers | 1–2 | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC | Richmond, Virginia |
| 6:30 PM EDT | Ackwei 25' Anderson 64' Boehme 90+1' |
Report | Hurst 57' Hernández 86', 90+3' R. Pineda 90+1' |
Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Danielle Chesky |
U.S. Open Cup edit
As a USL League One club, Chattanooga will enter the competition in the Second Round, to be played April 7–9.[7]
| April 7, 2020 2nd round | Chattanooga Red Wolves SC  | P–P |  Birmingham Legion FC | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
| 7:00 PM EDT | Stadium: David Stanton Field | |||
| Note: Match postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] | ||||
References edit
- ^ "Club News". Chattanooga Red Wolves SC. chattredwolves.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ "2020 USL League One Standings". USL League One.
- ^ "Chattanooga Red Wolves SC Schedule". USL League One.
- ^ "First match between Red Wolves and Union Omaha postponed". WRCBtv.com. August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ^ "USL League One Announces Pair of Rescheduled Dates". USLLeagueOne.com. September 9, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Match Between Orlando City B, Chattanooga Red Wolves Postponed". USLLeagueOne.com. October 10, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
- ^ "Restructured Competition Format For 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Provides Opportunity For More "David vs. Goliath" Matchups In 107th Edition Of U.S. Soccer's National Championship". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.