The Atlanta Silverbacks FC were an American professional soccer club based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1998 as Atlanta Ruckus, the club played in many leagues over the years before folding after the 2015 season. The team played its home games at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, a large soccer complex featuring a 5,000-seat soccer-specific stadium in Atlanta, 15 miles northeast of downtown. The team's colors were red, black, grey, and white.
Brent Sancho CM is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago.
Atlanta Soccer Club was an American soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 2007 as Atlanta FC, it became the reserve team of the Atlanta Silverbacks in 2011, and licensed the name of the first team when it folded in 2016. On January 4, 2019, the club announced that it had parted ways with Atlanta Silverbacks Park, the owner of the trademarks, and had to rebrand as a result.
Ciaran Patrick O'Brien is an American former soccer coach and player.
Efraín Antonio Burgos Jr., better known as Junior Burgos, is a Salvadoran professional footballer who plays for the El Salvador national team.
James "Jimmy" Maurer is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club FC Dallas.
Jordan Davis is an American former soccer player and former manager of the PDL's Peachtree City MOBA.
David Santamaria is an American soccer player who currently plays for Miami United F.C. of the National Premier Soccer League.
Daniel Francisco Barrera is a professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Hartford Athletic in the USL Championship. Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Barrera moved to the United States at the age of eight, growing up in Thousand Oaks, California. He developed his skills both in the United States Soccer residency program and at the high school level with Westlake High School, where he was named a Parade magazine All-American and regarded as one of the top recruits coming out of high school. He was the #1 recruit in his class according to RiseMag.com.
Christopher Klute is an American soccer player currently without a club. He most recently played for the California United Strikers FC in the National Independent Soccer Association.
Richard "Richie" Guillermo Menjivar Peraza is a Salvadoran international footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Chalatenango.
Bobby Reiss is a retired American professional soccer player.
The 2014 season was the Atlanta Silverbacks' 18th season of existence, and their 4th consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
Edgar Espinoza is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender.
Abdulrahman Bangura is a Sierra Leonean footballer. He is a central defender who last played for Atlanta Silverbacks.
Ramiro Canovas is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a center back for the Atlanta Silverbacks in the North American Soccer League.
Thomas Hunter is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Atlanta Silverbacks in the North American Soccer League.
Mitchell "Mitch" Garcia is an American professional soccer player.
Carl Howard "CJ" Cochran Jr. is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper.
Dionysius "DZ" Harmon is a Liberian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Championnat National 3 club Entente SSG and the Liberia national team.
