Chattanooga’s Brittney Reed and Kelly Downs dribble the ball down field past Mississippi’s Jade Pennock during the women’s Chattanooga Football Club versus Mississippi Fuego Football Club soccer game at Finley Stadium on May 18, 2014, in Chattanooga.Patrick Winecoff and the first-year Chattanooga Football Club women’s soccer team got the result they wanted last week with a 2-1 road win over the Knoxville Force.
They are hoping for similar outcomes this weekend.
The Chattanooga side (1-2) plays the Alabama FC tonight in Birmingham and hosts the Georgia Revolution at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Finley Stadium. Chattanooga plays the same teams next weekend, hosting Alabama FC on Friday night and visiting the Revolution on Sunday afternoon.
Alabama FC is 2-0, with wins over the Revolution and the Mississippi Fuego FC, which stole a 3-2 victory over CFC on May 18 with a goal in the final seconds. Duke University junior midfielder Toni Payne has scored three of the Birmingham club’s five goals so far this season.
The Revolution will present a different challenge, as they are 0-4 heading into the Saturday matchup.