The Chattanooga Red Wolves’ nine-game unbeaten streak came to an end in Michigan with a 2-0 loss to Lansing Ignite FC on Wednesday night.
The Red Wolves fell to the fifth spot in the USL League One standings. They need to be in the top four by season’s end to make the playoffs.
Chattanooga is 1-5-3 away from home, with only six goals, and 6-5-7 overall. The club’s 25 points have it tied with Forward Madison FC, which is listed fourth due to a goal-differential tiebreaker edge of plus-4 to minus-2.
Third-place Lansing Ignite improved to 7-5-9 with goals from Tumi Moshobane and Pato Botello, scored in the 33rd and 84th minutes.
The Red Wolves will face the top two teams in the league standings, North Texas SC (10-3-4) and South Georgia Tormenta (8-3-6), twice each in their next four matches in a make-or-break time.