Chattanooga Football Club midfielder Thibault Charmey handles the ball during practice at the Baylor School soccer facilities.The Chattanooga Football Club schedule for its sixth season will look a bit different from last summer’s National Premier Soccer League slate — just as the 2012 schedule was different from the year before.
As the NPSL keeps growing and evolving, Chattanooga’s opponents in the Southeast division of the South Conference have changed as well. This time the changes favor the CFC’s robust fan base, general manager Sean McDaniel said.
Rivalry games will abound for CFC this season with the usual matchups against Rocket City United, the Knoxville Force and new rival Pensacola City FC. There is also the return to the division of the Georgia Revolution and Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves.
Perhaps most significantly, however, is the addition of Nashville Atlas FC to the NPSL and the Southeast division.
“Tennnessee now has FC Atlas from Nashville, the Knoxville Force and Chattanooga Football Club — what a great Tennessee rivalry just within two hours of each other,” McDaniel said Monday.