The Chattanooga Red Wolves lost 2-1 to North Carolina FC on Saturday night at CHI Memorial Stadium in East Ridge.
Chattanooga fell to 4-15-4 and remains last in the 12-team USL League One standings with 16 points and a season goal differential of minus-17. Second-place North Carolina (10-4-4, 34 points) completed a sweep of the home-and-home season series, having beaten the Red Wolves 3-0 on April 21.
In Saturday’s match, North Carolina scored first in the 33rd minute and again in the 39th, but Chattanooga avoided being shut out when Pedro Hernandez knocked in a header in the 83rd minute. The Red Wolves earned a corner kick in the fifth of six minutes of added time at the end of the match, but a penalty called before the kick thwarted any opportunity.
The Red Wolves return to the road, where they are 1-8 this season but coming off a 3-2 victory at One Knoxville on July 22, for their next match. They’ll face Central Valley Fuego at 10:30 p.m. Eastern next Saturday in Fresno, California.
Compiled by Gene Henley. Contact him at ghenley@timesfreepress.com.