A historic day for professional soccer in the Scenic City has arrived.
For the first time ever Chattanooga’s two professional soccer clubs will meet as the Chattanooga Football Club faces the Chattanooga Red Wolves Wednesday in the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Finley Stadium at 7 p.m.
Chattanooga is one of only three cities in America with two professional soccer teams sharing the same level of play. The other two are Los Angeles’ Major League Soccer clubs (LA Galaxy and Los Angeles FC) and New York’s MLS clubs (New York Red Bulls and New York City FC).
Of those three cities, Chattanooga’s third-tier professional soccer clubs are the closest in proximity at only 8.2 miles.
CFC was founded in 2009, while the Red Wolves arrived in 2019.