2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season
The 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season will be the club's sixteenth season of existence, and their second consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Silverbacks will be trying to rebound from the 2011 campaign that saw the club finish at the bottom of the regular season standings.
| 2012 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | Boris Jerkunica John Latham | ||
| Head coach | Brian Haynes | ||
| Stadium | Atlanta Silverbacks Park | ||
| NASL | 7th | ||
| Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Third round | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6000 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2357 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 4504 | ||
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Background
The 2011 season marked the Silverbacks return to American soccer following a two-year hiatus, that did not see the organization field a senior men's team throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.[1]
The return season was arguably an abysmal campaign for the Silverbacks, as the club lost 20 of its 28 regular season matches, drawing and winning four matches apiece. During the regular season, the Silverbacks were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with seven weeks left in the NASL regular season. José Manuel Abundis, then the head coach, was fired following the season replaced by then-assistant coach, Alex Pineda Chacón, whom played for the Silverbacks from 2003–04. The announcement came on November 7, 2011.[2]
Review
Offseason
On February 6, the Silverbacks released their preseason schedule, that involved matches against local college soccer and nearby NASL/USL Pro clubs.[3]
Competitions
Preseason
| March 3, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2 - 0 | UAB | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:00 EST | Horth  11', 33' |
Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 10, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1 - 0 | Charleston Battery | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:00 EST | Paulini 11' Cox  67' |
Report | Unknown 67' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 17, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1 - 1 | Mercer University | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:00 EST | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 18, 2012 | United States U-23 | 3 - 0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Nashville, Tennessee USA |
| 19:00 EST | Shea 31', 45' Stephens 67' |
Report | Stadium: Lipscomb University Attendance: Closed-door |
| March 21, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3 - 2 | Clayton State University | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:30 EST | Santamaria , Carr |
Report | Cruz 23' Ray 85' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 24, 2012 | Furman University | 0 - 0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Greenville, South Carolina USA |
| 13:30 EST | Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium |
| March 24, 2012 | Georgia State University | 0 - 0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Greenville, South Carolina USA |
| 15:00 EST | Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium |
| March 30, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0 - 0 | Charlotte Eagles | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 18:00 EST | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
NASL
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 40 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 40 | 46 | −6 | 36 | |
| 6 | Minnesota United | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 35 | |
| 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 25 |
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 46 | −11 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 26 | −9 |
Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source: Match results
Results by round
Updated to match(es) played on September 22, 2012. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Match results
| 8 April 2012 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Moroney  38'Navia 89' |
Report | Pablo Campos 14' Soto 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 15 April 2012 2 | Carolina RailHawks FC | 4–4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00 | Palacio 2' Krause 26'Zimmerman 37', 74'Lowery 61'Shriver 89'Ackley 90' |
Report | Matsushita 21' Navia 39', 80'Cox 42'Paulini 43'Hunt 54'  77' 67'O'Brien 70'Illyés 81'Colaluca 90' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,653 |
| 22 April 2012 3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Robertson 73' Navia 86' |
Report | Antoniuk 71' Mulholland 84' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,261 |
| 28 April 2012 4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–3 | Minnesota Stars FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Navia 48', 64' 81' Santamaria 79' |
Report | Walker 66' Del Do 88'Davis 90' 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,176 |
| 5 May 2012 5 | Minnesota Stars FC | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 20:30 | Ernest Tchoupe 24' 40' Takada 42'Davis 59'Ibarra 76' |
Summary | Robertson 33' Lancaster 52'Carr 59' 88'McManus 70' 71' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,692 |
| 12 May 2012 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Navia 26' Moroney 58' |
Summary | Hatchi 10' Cox 14' 77'van Leerdam 87' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,743 |
| 16 May 2012 7 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30 | Foley 19' 53' Faña 36'Ramos 78'Wilson 88' |
Summary | McManus 30' Navia 40'Lancaster 52' |
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,000 |
| 19 May 2012 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Moroney 64', 89' Carr 80' |
Summary | Antoniuk 12', 37' Yamada 60'Ambersley 78' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 26 May 2012 9 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30 | Anderson 27' 49' Blake 35'Gebor 59'Ståhl 68' 73'Glaeser 74'Restrepo 88' |
Summary | Paulini 47' Navia 69'O'Brien 89' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,404 |
| 2 June 2012 10 | FC Edmonton | 1–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton |
| 16:00 | Hatchi 6' 52' |
Summary | O'Brien 30' Moroney 40'Lancaster 78' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,521 |
| 9 June 2012 11 | San Antonio Scorpions | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio |
| 20:45 | Pablo Campos 27', 83' Ramírez 35'Harmse 45'Wagner 54' |
Summary | O'Brien 45' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,007 |
| 16 June 2012 12 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 20:30 | Navia 31' |
Summary | Schilawski 44' Agbossoumonde 45+2'Ackley 86' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 6,000 |
| 23 June 2012 13 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Horth 37' Lancaster 56' |
Summary | Addlery 16', 70' vanSchaik 20'Telesford 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 31 June 2012 14 | San Antonio Scorpions | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
| 19:45 | Cochrane 15' Bayona 25'Pablo Campos 63', 81' |
Summary | Lancaster 72' Robertson 81'Illyés 88' |
Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 11,912 |
| 3 July 2012 15 | Carolina RailHawks | 2–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00 | Zimmerman 4', 50' 84' |
Summary | Horth 15' Robertson 64' |
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,475 |
| 7 July 2012 16 | Minnesota Stars FC | 0–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 20:30 | Venegas 35' |
Summary | Horth 10' McManus 68'Carr 75' |
Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,728 |
| 14 July 2012 17 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Lancaster 9' Colaluca 45' 80'Horth 63' |
Summary | Addlery 27' Edward 36'Richardson 86'Vázquez 87' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,869 |
| 21 July 2012 18 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | O'Brien 74' (pen.) |
Summary | Barthélémy 63' Pinto 65' 89'Joseph-Augustin 73' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,250 |
| 27 July 2012 19 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 5–3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30 | Paulo Araújo 5' Pecka 8'Anderson 28'Stewart 30'Hassan 54', 67' (pen.) 63'Shanosky 55'Motagalvan 85'Restrepo 90+3' |
Summary | Barrera 22' Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 31' (pen.)Horth 41'Blanco 57'Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 76' |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,160 |
| 4 August 2012 20 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 4–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 8', 78' 79' Horth 29'Carr 64'Colaluca 73' |
Summary | Gordon 26' Anderson 55'Orozco 66' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,090 |
| 12 August 2012 21 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 | Mulholland 84' Arango 90' |
Summary | Willis 54' Randolph 70' |
Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,027 |
| 18 August 2012 22 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | Minnesota Stars FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | O'Brien 61' 61' |
Summary | Altman 23' Davis 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,911 |
| 25 August 2012 23 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–1 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Burciaga, Jr. 19' Navarro 26' |
Summary | Agbossoumonde 29' Lowery 55'Ackley 66' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,896 |
| 2 September 2012 24 | FC Edmonton | 0–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton |
| 15:05 | Summary | Horth 56', 61' Blanco 84' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,475 |
| 8 September 2012 25 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 | Yamada 42' Ababio 53' |
Summary | Horth 30' Carr 87' |
Stadium: Progress Energy Park |
| 15 September 2012 26 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Horth 11' Paulini 42'Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 81' |
Summary | King 26' Motagalvan 74' 75'Hassan 86'Herron 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,511 |
| 19 September 2012 27 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Hunt 3' Blanco 31'Wagner 40' (o.g.)Paulini 45'Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 74' |
Summary | Harmse 30' Soto 68' 77'Wagner 83'Pitchkolan 90' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,357 |
| 22 September 2012 28 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30 | Telesford 27' Fojo 54'deRoux 59' |
Summary | Barrera 17' 30' Hunt 51'Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 67'Navia 79'Blanco 89' |
Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,507 |
U.S. Open Cup
| 22 May 2012 Round 2 | Georgia Revolution | 0 - 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Conyers, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Summary | Raphel Cox 61' |
Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex |
| 30 May 2012 Round 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 5 - 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Tukwila, Washington |
| 22:00 | Rose 44' Alonso 47'Caskey 54'Burch 59'Ochoa 62', 66' |
Summary | Navia 53' 59' |
Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,703 |
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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- Source:
Clean sheets
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NASL | U.S. Open Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Clean sheets | Apps | Clean sheets | Apps | Clean sheets | ||||
| 1 | GK |  |
Daniel Illyes | 22 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | GK |  |
Joe Nasco | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | GK |  |
Eric Ati | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
- Source:
Disciplinary record
| No. | Nat | Pos. | Player | Total | NASL | U.S. Open Cup | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | | ||||
| 1 | |
GK | Daniel Illyes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | |
DF | Shane Moroney | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | |
DF | Patrick Robertson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  |
MF | Lucas Paulini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | |
DF | Beto Navarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | |
MF | Ciaran O'Brien | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  |
FW | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | |
MF | Danny Barrera | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  |
FW | Reinaldo Navia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  |
MF | Fernando Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | |
DF | Willie Hunt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | |
MF | Nico Colaluca | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  |
DF | Kohei Matsushita | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | |
MF | Andrew Duran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  |
FW | Borfor Carr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  |
MF | Danilo Turcios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | |
MF | Raphael Cox | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | |
DF | Mike Randolph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | |
FW | Milton Blanco | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | |
MF | Jordan Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 |  |
DF | Martyn Lancaster | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | |
DF | José Burciaga, Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | |
MF | Tony McManus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | |
DF | Rilla | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | |
FW | Jahbari Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | |
FW | David Santamaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: February 20, 2012
Source: SoccerWay.com
Only competitive matches
Transfers
In
Last updated: 22 March 2013
Out
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | DF | |
Josh Casarona | 19 | Option declined | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 22 | FW | |
Jon Cox | 24 | Option declined | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 17 | MF | |
Moussa Toure | 26 | Option declined | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 7 | MF | |
Jose Parada | 24 | Option declined | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 2 | DF | |
Tyler Ruthven | 23 | New York Red Bulls | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 20 | MF | |
Danilo Turcios | 34 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 44 | DF | |
Rilla | 29 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 15 | DF | |
Kohei Matsushita | 26 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 26 | MF | |
Jordan Davis | 29 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 12 | MF | |
Fernando González | 23 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 99 | DF | |
David Santamaria | 21 | Terminate loan | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
| 21 | MF | |
Raphael Cox | 26 | Released | Summer | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Last updated: 22 March 2013
Loan in
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | FW | |
David Santamaria | 21 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Loan | Pre-season | 2012 | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 17 | DF | |
Andrew Duran | 22 | Seattle Sounders | Loan | Summer | 2012 | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Last updated: 22 March 2013
Loan out
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF | |
Chris Klute | 22 | Colorado Rapids | Loan | Fall | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Last updated: 22 March 2013
References
- Roberson, Doug (March 29, 2011). "Silverbacks are back". Atlanta Journal–Constitution. AJC.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- "Silverbacks Make Coaching Change". North American Soccer League. NASL.com. November 7, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
- "Silverbacks Release Preseason Schedule". Atlanta Silverbacks Communications. AtlantaSilverbacks.com. February 6, 2012. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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