2011 Atlanta Silverbacks season

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Atlanta Silverbacks
2011 season
OwnersBoris Jerkunica
John Latham
Head coach José Manuel Abundis
Stadium Atlanta Silverbacks Park
NASL 8th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Denied entry
Top goalscorer Matt Horth (6)
Highest home attendance3,543 vs.  MIN
(Apr 9, 2011)
Lowest home attendance2,328 vs.  CAR
(June 25, 2011)
Average home league attendance2,866 [1]
  2008
2012  

The 2011 Atlanta Silverback season was the club's fifteenth year of existence, and their first year in the North American Soccer League (NASL). It's the team's first year back after a two-year hiatus from competitive play. [2]

Contents

On January 25, the Silverbacks announced their full schedule in the NASL. The Silverbacks will host each NASL opponent twice over the course of the season. [3]

On March 8, the Silverbacks announced three preseason games against Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia State University and Clayton State University. [4] All three games resulted in a scoreless tie. [5]

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. [6]

Review

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 to 2004. The announcement came on November 7, 2011. [7]

Club

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Felipe Quintero
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tyler Ruthven
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane Moroney
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Patrick Robertson
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ciaran O'Brien
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jordan Davis
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jose Parada
10 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Lucas Paulini
12 MF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Fernando González
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Willie Hunt
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nico Colaluca
14 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Mario Pérez Zúñiga
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kohei Matsushita
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Josh Casarona
17 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Moussa Toure
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Horth
19 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Grant Kerr
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jimmy Maurer
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raphael Cox
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jon Cox
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mattias Schnorf
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Conor Chinn
26 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Ati

Technical Staff

Competitions

Preseason

NASL

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2891183536138 Playoff quarterfinals
5 FC Edmonton 28106123540536 [lower-alpha 1]
6 NSC Minnesota Stars (C)2899103032236 [lower-alpha 1]
7 Montreal Impact 2898113527+835
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 28442025633816
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. [8]
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 1 2 EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2844202563 −381631101432 −1813101131 −20

Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source: Match results

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
Stadium H H H A H A H A H H A A H H A A H A H A A A H H A A A H
ResultLLLDLLDLLWLLLLWDWLLLLLLWLLDL
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09)1 Atlanta Silverbacks 12 NSC Minnesota Stars Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Horth Soccerball shade.svg64' Report Takada Soccerball shade.svg57'
Gotsmanov Soccerball shade.svg90'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,543
April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)2 Atlanta Silverbacks 01 FC Edmonton Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Surprenant Soccerball shade.svg11'Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,161
April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23)3 Atlanta Silverbacks 12 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Pérez Soccerball shade.svg16' Report Nuñez Soccerball shade.svg14'
Coudet Soccerball shade.svg87' (pen.)
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,227
April 30, 2011 (2011-04-30)4 FC Tampa Bay 11 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:00 PM ET Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Hunt Soccerball shade.svg45'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,021
May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07)5 Atlanta Silverbacks 02 FC Edmonton Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Craig Soccerball shade.svg69'
Porter Soccerball shade.svg76'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,433
May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14)6 NSC Minnesota Stars 30 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, Minnesota
7:30 PM CT Cosgriff Soccerball shade.svg17'
Hlavaty Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.)
Rodríguez Soccerball shade.svg66'
Report Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 963
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)7 Atlanta Silverbacks 00 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,764
June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04)9 Atlanta Silverbacks 02 NSC Minnesota Stars Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Del Do Soccerball shade.svg3', 64'Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,447
June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08)10 Atlanta Silverbacks 21 Montreal Impact Atlanta
7:30 PM ET R. Cox Soccerball shade.svg13'
Horth Soccerball shade.svg34'
Report Diouf Soccerball shade.svg43'Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,880
June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)11 FC Tampa Bay 32 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
6:00 PM ET Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg31', 54'
King Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Hunt Soccerball shade.svg34'
Davis Soccerball shade.svg64'
Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,319
June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)13 Atlanta Silverbacks 15 Carolina RailHawks Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Horth Soccerball shade.svg10' Report Barbara Soccerball shade.svg21'
Zimmerman Soccerball shade.svg29', 63'
Nurse Soccerball shade.svg36'
Rusin Soccerball shade.svg88'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,328
July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)16 Montreal Impact 22 Atlanta Silverbacks Montreal
3:30 PM ET Sebrango Soccerball shade.svg42', 90' Report Horth Soccerball shade.svg17', 64'Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 10,077
July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23)17 Atlanta Silverbacks 21 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Sandoval Soccerball shade.svg7'
O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg41'
Report King Soccerball shade.svg43'Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,515
July 30, 2011 (2011-07-30)18 Carolina RailHawks 10 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EST Barbara Soccerball shade.svg8' Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,011
August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06)19 Atlanta Silverbacks 04 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Savage Soccerball shade.svg28', 60'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg33'
Clare Soccerball shade.svg82'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,126
August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)21 Montreal Impact 40 Atlanta Silverbacks Montreal
6:00 PM ET Ilcu Soccerball shade.svg3'
Camara Soccerball shade.svg8'
Ubiparipovic Soccerball shade.svg35'
Diouf Soccerball shade.svg80'
Report Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,136
August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21)22 FC Edmonton 30 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, Alberta
9:30 ET Saiko Soccerball shade.svg63'
M. Cox Soccerball shade.svg71', 76'
Report Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,607
August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)23 Atlanta Silverbacks 24 Carolina RailHawks Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Hunt Soccerball shade.svg26'
R. Cox Soccerball shade.svg76'
Report Barbara Soccerball shade.svg28', 79' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
McManus Soccerball shade.svg76'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,313
September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07)25 FC Edmonton 2–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, Alberta
Yamada Soccerball shade.svg52'Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Craig Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
Report Robertson Red card.svg 29'
Josh Casarona Yellow card.svg 58'
Ruthven Soccerball shade.svg75'
Hunt Yellow card.svg 88'
Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,868
September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10)26 NSC Minnesota Stars 20 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, Minnesota
8:30 PM ET Cosgriff Soccerball shade.svg12'

Kallman Yellow card.svg 15'
Takada Yellow card.svg 63'

Altman Soccerball shade.svg84' (pen.)
Report Hunt Yellow card.svg 72'
O'Brien Yellow card.svg 80'
Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)27 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 11 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM ET Morales Yellow card.svg 62'

Stahl Yellow card.svg 68'
Gordon Yellow card.svg 78'

Shriver Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report Colaluca Soccerball shade.svg90'Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 4,688
September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)28 Atlanta Silverbacks 04 Montreal Impact Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Ruthven Yellow card.svg 54'

R. Cox Yellow card.svg 68'

Davis Yellow card.svg 74'
Report Pore Soccerball shade.svg6', 30', 45+' (pen.)
Montaño Soccerball shade.svg18'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.PosNatPlayerTotal NASL
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Felipe Quintero 100100
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Tyler Ruthven 220220
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane Moroney 180180
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Patrick Robertson 140140
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Ciaran O'Brien 194194
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jordan Davis 231231
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jose Parada 8080
8 FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Emsad Zahirovic 7070
9 FW Flag of Honduras.svg  HON Junior Sandoval 152152
10 MF Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Lucas Paulini 222222
12 MF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  PUR Fernando González 5050
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Willie Hunt 223223
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Nico Colaluca 4040
14 DF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Mario Pérez 101101
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Kohei Matsushita 130130
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Josh Casarona 8080
17 MF Flag of Liberia.svg  LBR Moussa Toure 3030
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Horth 226226
19 MF Flag of Scotland.svg  SCO Grant Kerr 1010
19 DF Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Cristian Quiñones 1010
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jimmy Maurer 130130
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Raphael Cox 222222
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jon Cox 120120
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  SUI Mattias Schnorf 150150
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Conor Chinn 6060
26 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Eric Ati 0000
65 MF Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Paco Rueda 0000

Last updated: August 30, 2011

Clean sheets

No.PosNatPlayerTotal NASL
AppsClean
sheets
AppsClean
sheets
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX Felipe Quintero 101101
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jimmy Maurer 131131

Disciplinary record

No.NatPos.PlayerTotal NASL
Yellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svgYellow card.svgYellow card.svg Yellow-red card.svgRed card.svg
1 Flag of Mexico.svg GK Felipe Quintero 201201
2 Flag of the United States.svg DF Tyler Ruthven 500500
4 Flag of the United States.svg DF Robertson 200200
5 Flag of the United States.svg MF Ciaran O'Brien 100100
6 Flag of the United States.svg MF Jordan Davis 400400
7 Flag of the United States.svg DF Jose Parada 100100
10 Flag of Argentina.svg MF Lucas Paulini 110110
13 Flag of the United States.svg DF Willie Hunt 200200
14 Flag of Mexico.svg DF Mario Peréz 400400
15 Flag of Japan.svg DF Kohei Matsushita 100100
16 Flag of the United States.svg DF Josh Casarona 300300
17 Flag of Liberia.svg MF Moussa Toure 100100
18 Flag of the United States.svg FW Matt Horth 200200
21 Flag of the United States.svg FW Raphael Cox 300300
22 Flag of the United States.svg FW Jon Cox 101101
23 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg DF Mattias Schnorf 400400

Last updated: August 30, 2011
Source: NASL
Only competitive matches
.

Transfers

In

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
15 DF Flag of Japan.svg Kohei Matsushita 25 Ehime Flag of Japan.svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mattias Schnorf 26 Winterthur Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg Matt Horth 21 Gordon College Fighting Scotts TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
3 DF Flag of the United States.svg Shane Moroney 22 Berry College Vikings TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
12 MF Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Fernando González 21 South Florida Bulls TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
8 FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Emsad Zahirovic 22TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
7 MF Flag of the United States.svg Jose Parada 23 Tulsa Golden Hurricane TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Robertson 24 Puerto Rico Islanders Flag of Puerto Rico.svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
14 DF Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Pérez 28 Club Atlas Flag of Mexico.svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
10 MF Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Paulini 21 Mississippi Brilla TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
6 MF Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Davis 28 Atlanta Silverbacks U23 TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Ruthven 22 Harrisburg City Islanders TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
1 GK Flag of Mexico.svg Felipe Quintero 31 Atlanta Silverbacks TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
5 MF Flag of the United States.svg Ciaran O'Brien 23 Colorado Rapids TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
22 FW Flag of the United States.svg Jon Cox 24 Georgia Southern Eagles TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Maurer 22 New York Red Bulls TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
13 DF Flag of the United States.svg Willie Hunt 23 Mississippi Brilla TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
21 MF Flag of the United States.svg Raphael Cox 24 Real Salt Lake TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
16 DF Flag of the United States.svg Josh Casarona 18 Deportivo Español Flag of Argentina.svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
65 MF Flag of Mexico.svg Paco Rueda 27 La Piedad Flag of Mexico.svg TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
17 MF Flag of Liberia.svg Moussa Toure 25 Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy TransferPre-seasonUndisclosedUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
25 FW Flag of the United States.svg Conor Chinn 23 Real Salt Lake TransferSummerUndisclosedUndisclosed NASL.com
14 MF Flag of the United States.svg Nico Colaluca 25 Norrby IF Flag of Sweden.svg TransferSummerUndisclosedUndisclosed NASL.com
14 GK Flag of Cameroon.svg Eric Ati 22 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves TransferSummerUndisclosedUndisclosed NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
14 DF Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Pérez 29 Estudiantes Tecos Flag of Mexico.svg TransferSummerUndisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
65 MF Flag of Mexico.svg Paco Rueda 27ReleasedSummer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 DF Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Quiñones 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan terminatedSummer NASL.com
8 FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Emsad Zahirovic 23Breach of contractSummer NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Loan in

No.
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
9 MF Flag of Honduras.svg Junior Sandoval 20 Puerto Rico Islanders Flag of Puerto Rico.svg LoanPre-seasonAugust 12, 2011 AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 DF Flag of Colombia.svg Cristian Quiñones 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers LoanSummer2011 NASL.com
19 MF Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Kerr 26 Fort Lauderdale Strikers LoanSummer2011 NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Loan out

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving to
Type
Transfer
window
Transfer
fee
Source
23 DF Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mattias Schnorf 27 SC Young Fellows Juventus Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg LoanPost-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com

Last updated: February 2013

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