| 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 | ||
The 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season was 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 has finished in 2011 at the bottom of the regular season standings.
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]
On February 6, the Silverbacks released their preseason schedule, that involved matches against local college soccer and nearby NASL/USL Pro clubs. [3]
| March 3, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2 - 0 | UAB | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:00 EST | Horth | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 10, 2012 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1 - 0 | Charleston Battery | Chamblee, Georgia USA |
| 16:00 EST | Paulini Cox | Report | Unknown | 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 Stephens | 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 Ray | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
| 8 April 20121 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | San Antonio Scorpions FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Moroney Navia | Report | Pablo Campos Soto | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 15 April 20122 | Carolina RailHawks FC | 4–4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00 | Palacio Krause Zimmerman Lowery Shriver Ackley | Report | Matsushita Navia Cox Paulini Hunt O'Brien Illyés Colaluca | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,653 |
| 22 April 20123 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Robertson Navia | Report | Antoniuk Mulholland | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,261 |
| 28 April 20124 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–3 | Minnesota Stars FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Navia Santamaria | Report | Walker Del Do Davis | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,176 |
| 5 May 20125 | Minnesota Stars FC | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 20:30 | Ernest Tchoupe Takada Davis Ibarra | Summary | Robertson Lancaster Carr McManus | Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,692 |
| 12 May 20126 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Navia Moroney | Summary | Hatchi Cox van Leerdam | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,743 |
| 16 May 20127 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30 | Foley Faña Ramos Wilson | Summary | McManus Navia Lancaster | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,000 |
| 19 May 20128 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Moroney Carr | Summary | Antoniuk Yamada Ambersley | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 26 May 20129 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30 | Anderson Blake Gebor Ståhl Glaeser Restrepo | Summary | Paulini Navia O'Brien | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,404 |
| 2 June 201210 | FC Edmonton | 1–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton |
| 16:00 | Hatchi | Summary | O'Brien Moroney Lancaster | Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,521 |
| 9 June 201211 | San Antonio Scorpions | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio |
| 20:45 | Pablo Campos Ramírez Harmse Wagner | Summary | O'Brien | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 7,007 |
| 16 June 201212 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 20:30 | Navia | Summary | Schilawski Agbossoumonde Ackley | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 6,000 |
| 23 June 201213 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Horth Lancaster | Summary | Addlery vanSchaik Telesford | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
| 31 June 201214 | San Antonio Scorpions | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
| 19:45 | Cochrane Bayona Pablo Campos | Summary | Lancaster Robertson Illyés | Stadium: Heroes Stadium Attendance: 11,912 |
| 3 July 201215 | Carolina RailHawks | 2–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 19:00 | Zimmerman | Summary | Horth Robertson | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,475 |
| 7 July 201216 | Minnesota Stars FC | 0–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 20:30 | Venegas | Summary | Horth McManus Carr | Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 1,728 |
| 14 July 201217 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Lancaster Colaluca Horth | Summary | Addlery Edward Richardson Vázquez | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,869 |
| 21 July 201218 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | O'Brien | Summary | Barthélémy Pinto Joseph-Augustin | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,250 |
| 27 July 201219 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 5–3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 19:30 | Paulo Araújo Pecka Anderson Stewart Hassan Shanosky Motagalvan Restrepo | Summary | Barrera Pedro Ferreira-Mendes Horth Blanco Paulo Ferreira-Mendes | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,160 |
| 4 August 201220 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 4–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes Horth Carr Colaluca | Summary | Gordon Anderson Orozco | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,090 |
| 12 August 201221 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 | Mulholland Arango | Summary | Willis Randolph | Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,027 |
| 18 August 201222 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | Minnesota Stars FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | O'Brien | Summary | Altman Davis | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,911 |
| 25 August 201223 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–1 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Burciaga, Jr. Navarro | Summary | Agbossoumonde Lowery Ackley | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,896 |
| 2 September 201224 | FC Edmonton | 0–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton |
| 15:05 | Summary | Horth Blanco | Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,475 |
| 8 September 201225 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 | Yamada Ababio | Summary | Horth Carr | Stadium: Progress Energy Park |
| 15 September 201226 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Horth Paulini Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | Summary | King Motagalvan Hassan Herron | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,511 |
| 19 September 201227 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Hunt Blanco Wagner Paulini Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | Summary | Harmse Soto Wagner Pitchkolan | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,357 |
| 22 September 201228 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 19:30 | Telesford Fojo deRoux | Summary | Barrera Hunt Pedro Ferreira-Mendes Navia Blanco | Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,507 |
| 22 May 2012Round 2 | Georgia Revolution | 0 - 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Conyers, Georgia |
| 19:30 | Summary | Raphel Cox | Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex |
| 30 May 2012Round 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 5 - 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Tukwila, Washington |
| 22:00 | Rose Alonso Caskey Burch Ochoa | Summary | Navia | Stadium: Starfire Sports Complex Attendance: 3,703 |
| 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 | |
| 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
Last updated: 22 March 2013
| No. | 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
| 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 FC | Loan | Summer | 2012 | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Last updated: 22 March 2013
| No. | 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