For the second time in two months, an international soccer squad has visited the Scenic City. This time, the visitors came away the victors.
The South Korea women’s under-17 national team was in Chattanooga on Tuesday to face a squad of current and former Tennessee Olympic Development Program players, including several area standouts now playing collegiately.
South Korea won the exhibition 2-1 in front of a crowd that peaked at about 300 at the Baylor School.
“We were just talking about how this was an experience we’ll never have again,” said midfielder Christin Moss, a Cleveland resident and Grace Academy graduate who now plays for Lander University. “Who else gets to say they played against Korea? It was a great experience and I’m glad we all got to do it.”
Among the other participants were Alabama sophomore Josie Rix from GPS, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior Kelly Downs from Soddy-Daisy High School and Sweetwater’s Melissa Morris and Mandy Seiler, now at Carson-Newman and Maryville College, respectively.