There was a mass turnover in the lineup for the Chattanooga Football Club in its National Premier Soccer League Southeast Conference match Saturday night against Nashville FC, as eight of the 11 starters were different from Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup match.
Yet the team still produced another win.
Samuel Goni and Luke Winter had second-half goals, and Chattanooga FC was able to hold on for a 2-1 victory in front of 5,593 fans at Finley Stadium.
After three matches in the first eight days of the season, CFC doesn’t play again until Friday, when it hosts the Steinbrecher Cup with three of the top amateur clubs in the country coming to Chattanooga.
It took a while to really get going, as CFC didn’t scratch the scoring column until the 55th minute when Goni worked his way around a defender on the left side, took a step and fired a low shot past the keeper. The margin doubled seven minutes later when John Carrier broke free and fed a pass to Winter, who made it 2-0.