Chattanooga FC clinches conference's top seed

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Chattanooga Football Club emblem

The Chattanooga Football Club clinched the top seed in the National Premier Soccer League's Southeast Conference Friday night with a 3-0 road win over the Georgia Revolution in McDonough.

CFC will play its regular-season finale Sunday night in Atlanta against the Silverbacks, but with 27 points in 13 matches, it has already won the seventh conference title in the team's history. CFC will host a conference semifinal Thursday at Finley Stadium.

CFC - which had to sit through another weather delay, this time before play started -controlled Friday's match from the outset.

Attackers Santiago Moore and Caleb Cole had shots that glanced off the crossbar early, but it was a pair of defenders who gave the team a 2-0 edge at halftime. In the 25th minute, Steven Rocca scored with an assist from Moore; a few minutes later, Juan Sanchez put in a header after a CFC corner kick.

Moore then finished a penalty kick in the 55th minute after Jonathan Ricketts was fouled in the box.

Phil D'Amico earned the shutout in goal.

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