The 2026 Chattanooga season is the club's eighteenth season. It is the third season in MLS Next Pro and the third with independent teams with the Carolina Core and Connecticut United FC. The first eleven seasons Chattanooga FC competed as an amateur team in National Premier Soccer League. Chattanooga FC was a successful amateur team, winning the NPSL season champion eight times and finish second in post-season playoffs four times. Last season Chattanooga FC made the playoffs for the first time in MLS Next Pro but lost in the first round to Huntsville City FC 2–0. Technical staff

Technical staff Current roster

No.Pos.NationPlayer

Transfers In Date Position No. Name From Type Fee Ref. November 17, 2025 DF 13 Anthony Sorenson Charlotte Independence One-year Deal NA November 24, 2025 GK 77 Griffin Huff Lexington SC One-year Deal NA December 1, 2025 DF 2 Yves Tcheuyap Crown Legacy FC One-year Deal NA January 6, 2026 MF 9 Damian Barker John Huntsville City FC One-year Deal NA January 8, 2026 FW 29 Alexis Arrúa Racing Club One-year Deal NA January 12, 2026 DF 38 Junior Flores Club Atlético Colón Two-year Deal NA January 13, 2026 MF 20 Kenneth Tsokli Right to Dream Academy One-year Deal NA January 14, 2026 MF 21 Francis Amoateng Right to Dream Academy One-year Deal NA January 20, 2026 DF 4 Mattias Hanchard Rot Weiss Ahlen One-year Deal NA February 24, 2026 FW 23 Alex Krehl CD Lealtad One-year Deal NA

Loan In No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource19FW Ashton Gordon Atlanta UnitedJanuary 7, 2026December 31, 202647MF Isaiah Jones Nashville SCJanuary 9, 2026December 31, 2026 Loan Out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromStartEndSource26FW Keegan Ancelin Drogheda UnitedJuly 15, 2026December 31, 2026

Out Date Position No. Name To Type Fee Ref.October 27, 2025GK25 J.P. PhilpotOption Declined N/A FW11 Minjae KwakOption Declined N/ADF4 Logan Brown NAReleased N/AMF27 Nick Mendonca New York CosmosOption Declined N/ADF20 Ethan Dudley Sporting JAXReleased N/ADF2 Robert ScreenReleased N/AMF8 Callum Watson NAReleased N/AFW10 Markus NaglestadReleased N/AFW10 Gavin Turner DC UnitedLoan Expired N/A

Non-competitive fixtures Preseason

Competetive Fixtures Standings

League Match results

Playoffs

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup

Statistics

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

Appearances and goals

Top scorers {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |MF |23 | Alex Krehl |18 |0 |0 |18 |- |rowspan=2|2 |DF |3 | Tate Robertson |8 |0 |0 |8 |- |MF |9 | Damien Barker John |8 |0 |0 |8 |- |4 |MF |33 | Alex McGrath |7 |0 |0 |7 |- |5 |MF |47 | Isaiah Jones |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan=5|6 |DF |5 | Farid Sar-sar |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |10 | Daniel Mangarov |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |18 | Luke Husakiwsky |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |11 | Ameziane Sid Mohand |1 |1 |0 |2 |- |DF |14 | Nathan Koehler |1 |1 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=6|11 |MF |6 | Steeve Louis-Jean |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |26 | Keegan Ancelin |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |29 | Alexis Arrúa |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |90 | Yuval Cohen |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |2 | Yves Tcheuyap |0 |1 |0 |1 |- |MF |17 | Darwin Ortiz |0 |1 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 56 ! 4 ! 0 ! 60

Top assists {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- !width=30|Rank !width=30|Position !width=30|Number !width=175|Name !width=75| !width=75| !width=75| !width=75|Total |- |1 |DF |3 | Tate Robertson |9 |1 |0 |10 |- |2 |MF |10 | Daniel Mangarov |7 |1 |0 |8 |- |rowspan=2|3 |DF |2 | Yves Tcheuyap |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |MF |23 | Alex Krehl |3 |0 |0 |3 |- |rowspan=3|5 |DF |6 | Steeve Louis-Jean |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |MF |9 | Damien Barker John |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |FW |19 | Ashton Gordon |2 |0 |0 |2 |- |rowspan=5|8 |DF |5 | Farid Sar-sar |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |DF |13 | Anthony Sorenson |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |18 | Luke Husakiwsky |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |FW |29 | Alexis Arrúa |1 |0 |0 |1 |- |MF |33 | Alex McGrath |1 |0 |0 |1 |- !colspan="4"|Total ! 36 ! 2 ! 0 ! 37

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=15| ! rowspan="2" !width=120|Player ! colspan="3"|MLS Next Pro ! colspan="3"|U.S. Open Cup ! colspan="3"|MLSNP Playoffs ! colspan="3"|Total |- !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#fe9;| !width=34; background:#ff8888;| |- |1 |GK |align="left"| Eldin Jakupović |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |2 |DF |align="left"| Yves Tcheuyap |4||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||1||0 |- |3 |DF |align="left"| Tate Robertson |4||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||5||0||0 |- |4 |DF |align="left"| Mattias Hanchard |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |5 |DF |align="left"| Farid Sar-Sar |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0 |- |6 |MF |align="left"| Steeve Louis Jean |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |7 |FW |align="left"| Anthony Garcia |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |9 |MF |align="left"| Damien Barker John |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |10 |MF |align="left"| Daniel Mangarov |3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||3||0||0 |- |11 |FW |align="left"| Ameziane Sid Mohand |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |13 |DF |align="left"| Anthony Sorenson |5||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||5||1||0 |- |14 |DF |align="left"| Nathan Koehler |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |17 |MF |align="left"| Darwin Ortiz |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |18 |MF |align="left"| Luke Husakiwsky |2||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||2||0||0 |- |19 |FW |align="left"| Ashton Gordon |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |20 |MF |align="left"| Kenneth Tsokli |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |21 |MF |align="left"| Francis Amoateng |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |23 |FW |align="left"| Alex Krehl |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |26 |FW |align="left"| Keegan Ancelin |0||0||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |29 |FW |align="left"| Alexis Arrúa |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||0 |- |33 |MF |align="left"| Alex McGrath |4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||4||0||0 |- |38 |DF |align="left"| Junior Flores |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |47 |MF |align="left"| Isaiah Jones |6||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||6||0||0 |- |51 |GK |align="left"| Michael Barrueta |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |77 |GK |align="left"| Griffin Huff |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- |90 |FW |align="left"| Yuval Cohen |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 |- !colspan="3"|Total!!50!!2!!0!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!53!!2!!0

Awards and honors MLS NEXT Pro Team of the Matchweek WeekRef14212628

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