The Chattanooga Red Wolves closed the regular season with a 2-0 loss to South Georgia Tormenta FC on Saturday night in Statesboro, missing out on a chance to improve their position in the upcoming USL League One playoffs.
Chattanooga needed a win to take over second place in the league standings and earn a bye into the semifinals, but the Greenville Triumph secured that spot after drawing 1-1 against the Richmond Kickers, who had already clinched the league’s top spot.
Richmond (14-7-9, 51 points) and Greenville (12-8-10, 46) will rest next weekend before joining the postseason players in the semis on Oct. 28-30.
The Red Wolves (12-11-7, 43 points) will host a quarterfinal as the No. 4 seed against No. 5 Union Omaha (10-7-12, 43) at CHI Memorial Stadium in East Ridge. The quarterfinals will be played Oct. 21-23, with specific dates and times for matches to be revealed Sunday.
Chattanooga went 0-2-1 against Omaha in the regular season, losing 1-0 on June 4 at home, drawing 1-1 on July 30 in Nebraska and losing 2-1 there on Sept. 3.