With the way his soccer team was playing at times Wednesday night – creating opportunities, knocking on the door, but not finishing – Chattanooga Football Club coach Bill Elliott’s prevailing thought was that if CFC could just find a way to score once, everything would be fine.
The levy was damaged midway through the second half. Soon after, the floodgates opened.
CFC scored four goals in a 15-minute span against the Atlanta Silverbacks, quickly erasing a one-goal deficit on the way to a 4-1 win in front of 3,176 at Finley Stadium.
The win gives CFC its fifth win to go along with three ties this season. With 18 points in nine matches, the team sits comfortably in first place of the National Premier Soccer League’s Southeast Conference. New Orleans – which beat CFC this past Saturday – is second with a per-match average of 1.78 points.
CFC hosts the Georgia Revolution at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. After that is another match against the Silverbacks next week, which could be played at Chattanooga Christian School and considered a home match for the Silverbacks, whose home venue has a conflict. The match is currently scheduled to be played next Wednesday at Christian Heritage School in Dalton, Georgia, but could be moved to CCS to create an opportunity for more revenue for Atlanta.