Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Chattanooga Red Wolves forward Sito Seoane reacts to his goal in the 32nd minute in Saturday’s home win over Richmond.The Chattanooga Red Wolves hung on to their USL League One playoff hopes by a thread Saturday night.
Playing the final 71 minutes a man up on the Richmond Kickers, Chattanooga survived for a 2-1 victory at David Stanton Field.
Goalkeeper Alex Mangels snagged a pair of line-drive shots late in the second half as the defense bent but did not break to improve to 8-1-4 at home and set up a must-win regular-season finale next weekend.
“I love the goals we had, but we have to start thinking and correcting some of the mistakes we made as well,” interim head coach Dave Barrueta said. “Mangels has been there all year for us, and Richard Dixon played unbelievable in his first game back, but we just have to be smarter in certain situations.”
Staff photo by Patrick MacCoon / Chattanooga defender Tony Walls points to Vangjel Zguro after a first-half goal by the Red Wolves, who beat Richmond 2-1 at David Stanton Field.The Richmond speedster duo of Mutaya Mwape and Charles Boateng created problems for the defense often and connected in the 64th minute as Boateng drilled a shot across the box into the top right of the net.