TOP TO BOTTOM, CHATTANOOGA FUTBOL CLUB HAS A The club is also active promoting the game for the wider comprehensive approach to soccer development from the Chattanooga community. Their adult National Premiere Soccer Club youngest ages to adults. The club is also one of the larger clubs in (NPSL), regularly sets attendance records and is one of the most the area, having experienced a period of growth due to a handful competitive amateur teams in the nation. Chattanooga FC is also of mergers in recent years. In 2014, two recreation organizations, instrumental in bringing some high-profile special soccer events to Redoubt and North River, merged with Chattanooga FC Academy town. Chattanooga will host the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT) in as a way to help promote quality players into the Academy. Also in a friendly with Jamaica on February 3 — the first time ever the USMNT 2014, East Ridge Futbol Club merged its select soccer program has played in the city. Also, the Chattanooga FC NPSL team will host under the Chattanooga FC umbrella, followed by Middle Valley in Major League Soccer’s newest franchise, Atlanta United FC in a 2016 — creating one large club that places the city’s best players preseason match on February 11. in one organization. The club is not just interested in being the largest club around. MATTHEW YELTON Chattanooga FC leadership is dedicated toward putting Chattanooga’s Executive Director NSCAA Advanced National youth soccer players on the map and realized in order to achieve their goals, they had to work other like-minded soccer experts. TYPES OF PROGRAMS “Chattanooga FC hosted a soccer summit in 2012 with 30 of the city’s Competitive top soccer coaches to discuss how best to raise the quality of youth players in Chattanooga,” says Matthew Yelton, Executive Director PHONE: 423-902-5746 WEBSITE: www.chattanoogasoccer.com of Chattanooga FC. That summit, Yelton says, led to a more unified system across the city led by Chattanooga FC, and a new youth select club called Chattanooga FC Academy emerged. The vision of Chattanooga FC is to foster a stronger soccer community in Chattanooga by building relationships through the sport of soccer, the world’s game. “CFC Academy develops soccer players of a wide range of ages in the Chattanooga region through a unified system of coaches, teams, training, and facilities,” says Yelton. “Working alongside the Chattanooga community, we serve all youth, regardless of race, creed, or socioeconomic background, creating progressive and innovative opportunities for them to grow and excel in soccer skills, in the delight of play, in the discipline of teamwork, and in the benefits of dedication to the sport.”