With what appears to be a schedule-friendly home portion of their 2020 slate, the Chattanooga Red Wolves are taking full advantage and inserting themselves into the USL League One championship conversation at the midway point of the year.
The Red Wolves controlled formerly second-place Union Omaha Tuesday, taking a 2-0 win at CHI Memorial Stadium and pinning a first loss of the season on the visitors. The win improved the Chattanooga team to 5-2-3 on the season, with its 18 points pushing them into second place in the standings.
The Chattanooga club is 4-0-1 in its past five games, and has an opportunity to close the gap between it and first-place Greenville Triumph when the two teams face off Saturday at CHI Memorial, the last of a big three-game home stand for the Red Wolves, who currently trail the Triumph by four points.
The top two teams at season’s end will play for the League One title.
“Everything is so important in this race,” midfielder Tanner Dietrich, who scored for the second straight match, said after the Red Wolves’ 2-1 win over Richmond on Saturday. “When you’re in it, you never really know how important each match is going to be, so you have to make the most of these opportunities, especially at home and I think the guys did an excellent job.”