Central Valley Fuego FC Falls to Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

June 12, 2022 – United Soccer League One (USL1) – Central Valley Fuego FC News Release

FRESNO, Calif. – In its first match in the state of California, Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (4-5-2, 2nd) defeated Central Valley Fuego FC (3-2-4, 7th) 2-0 at Fresno State Soccer Stadium. A back-and-forth affair for the majority of the contest, the visiting Red Wolves broke the match open in the final 10 minutes of play via a Moe Espinoza free-kick golazo and a Juan Galindrez dagger in stoppage time.

UP NEXT: Central Valley Fuego FC takes on FC Tucson on June 18 at 7:30 PM PST at Fresno State Soccer Stadium. The match will be available on ESPN+.

Match: Central Valley Fuego FC vs Chattanooga Red Wolves SC

Date: June 11, 2022

Venue: Fresno State Soccer Stadium

Weather: 97 degrees and sunny

GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN

CHA: Moe Espinoza 81′

CHA: Juan Galindrez (Jorge Paez) 90’+5

NOTES

Newly signed academy player, David Diaz made his first appearance for Fuego FC in after being subbed in for Diego Casillas in the 60th minute.

This was the second match against Chattanooga Red Wolves SC, but the first match and the first loss at Fresno State Soccer Stadium.

Scoring Summary 1 2 F

Central Valley Fuego FC 0 0 0

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC 0 2 2

CHA – Moe Espinoza scores off a free-kick.

CHA – Juan Galindrez wins possession, carries the ball, lays it to Jorge Paez for a wall pass, and Galindrez scores.

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

CV – Cherif Dieye 13′ (CAUTION)

CV – William Gillingham 40′ (CAUTION)

CV – Maxi Schenfeld 45′ (CAUTION)

CHA – Rafael Mentzingen 45’+2 (CAUTION)

CV- David Diaz 69′ (CAUTION)

CHA- Timmy Mehl 70′ (CAUTION)

CV- Ofek Antman 78′ (CAUTION)

CHA- Juan Galindrez 90’+5 (CAUTION)

LINEUPS

Central Valley Fuego FC (1-4-3-3): Ofek Antman, William Gillingham, Nathan Smith, Jordan Chavez, Michael Hornsby, Victor Falck, Maxi Schenfeld (Mouhamed Dabo) (Jesus Partida), Ozzie Ramos (Anthony Velarde), Diego Casillas (David Diaz), Cherif Dieye (Christian Chaney), Villyan Bijev

Subs not used: Mitchell North, Marco Torralva

Chattanooga Red Wolves SC (1-2-5-3): Carlos Avilez, Aaron Lombardi, Jorge Luna, Sebastian Capozucchi, Devin Benton, Jose Carrera, Josue Espana (Andres Hernandez), Jimmie Villalobos (Jorge Paez), Rey Ortiz (Ernesto Espinoza ), Juan Galindrez, Rafael Mentzingen (Pedro Hernandez)

Subs not used: Tor Saunders, Timmy Mehl, Josue Cartagena

TEAM PERSPECTIVE

“The approach for tonight’s game was to get our first victory at home. Our approach was to get three points. We played poorly the majority of the first half…