Vinyals scores late as Spokane Velocity edges Chattanooga

SPOKANE, Wash. (Interstat) — Nil Vinyals scored in the 90th minute to give Spokane Velocity a 1-0 victory over Chattanooga Red Wolves on Saturday at One Spokane Stadium. Lucky Opara assisted on the goal. Vinyals entered as a substitute and finished with one goal in 11 minutes. Spokane improved to 2-1 in USL League One play and 2-1 across all competitions. Chattanooga dropped to 0-1 in the competition and 0-1 overall. Spokane entered after a loss at Greenville and a win at One Knoxville. The match included several yellow cards. Chattanooga’s Vaughan and Spokane’s Mensah were booked in the 63rd minute, Spokane’s Gil and Veidman were cautioned in the 67th, and Spokane’s Waldeck was booked in the 77th. Chattanooga’s Bentley and Engmann entered as substitutes, while Spokane used Brett, Gil and Vinyals off the bench. Spokane next faces New York Cosmos and FC Naples. Chattanooga next faces New York Cosmos.