| 2011 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Owners | Boris Jerkunica John Latham | ||
| Head coach | José Manuel Abundis | ||
| Stadium | Atlanta Silverbacks Park | ||
| NASL | 8th | ||
| Playoffs | Did not qualify | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Denied entry | ||
| Top goalscorer | Matt Horth (6) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 3,543 vs. MIN (Apr 9, 2011) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,328 vs. CAR (June 25, 2011) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 2,866[1] | ||
The2011 Atlanta Silverback season was theclub's fifteenth year of existence, and their first year in theNorth American Soccer League (NASL). It's the team's first year back after a two-year hiatus from competitive play.[2]
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 againstSouthern Polytechnic State University,Georgia State University andClayton State University.[4] All three games resulted in a scoreless tie.[5]
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]
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
José Manuel Abundis –Head Coach
Alex Pineda Chacón –Assistant Coach
José Pinho –Goalkeeper Coach
Rodrigo Rios –Director of Soccer| March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | Southern Polytechnic State University | Atlanta |
| 16:30EDT | Report | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) | Georgia State University | 0–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Atlanta |
| 16:30EDT | Report |
| March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | Clayton State University | Atlanta |
| 16:30EDT | Report | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 38 | Playoff quarterfinals |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 40 | −5 | 36[a] | |
| 6 | NSC Minnesota Stars(C) | 28 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 36[a] | |
| 7 | Montreal Impact | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 35 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 16 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 28 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 32 | −18 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 | −20 |
Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source:Match results
| April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09)1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | NSC Minnesota Stars | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PMET | Horth 64' | Report | Takada 57' Gotsmanov 90' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,543 |
| April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–1 | FC Edmonton | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PMET | Report | Surprenant 11' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,161 |
| April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23)3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–2 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PMET | Pérez 16' | Report | Nuñez 14' Coudet 87' (pen.) | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,227 |
| April 30, 2011 (2011-04-30)4 | FC Tampa Bay | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 7:00 PMET | Ambersley 74' | Report | Hunt 45' | Stadium:Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,021 |
| May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07)5 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | FC Edmonton | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Report | Craig 69' Porter 76' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,433 |
| May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14)6 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 7:30 PM CT | Cosgriff 17' Hlavaty 57' (pen.)Rodríguez 66' | Report[dead link] | Stadium:NSC Stadium Attendance: 963 |
| May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21)7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,764 |
| May 28, 2011 (2011-05-28)8 | Carolina RailHawks | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| Pablo Campos 81' Russell 90' | Report | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,015 |
| June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04)9 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–2 | NSC Minnesota Stars | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Report | Del Do 3',64' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,447 |
| June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08)10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | Montreal Impact | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | R. Cox 13' Horth 34' | Report | Diouf 43' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,880 |
| June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12)11 | FC Tampa Bay | 3–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 6:00 PM ET | Ambersley 31',54' King 86' | Report | Hunt 34' Davis 64' | Stadium:Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,319 |
| June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19)12 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 3–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| Faña 2' Hansen 81'Foley 90' | Report | Paulini 45' | Stadium:Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Attendance: 1,377 |
| June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)13 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1–5 | Carolina RailHawks | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Horth 10' | Report | Barbara 21' Zimmerman 29',63'Nurse 36'Rusin 88' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 2,328 |
| July 4, 2011 (2011-07-04)14 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–4 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Atlanta |
| 5:00 PM ET | Ciaran O'Brien 32' (pen.),54' (pen.) Sandoval 59' | Report | Pitchkolan 27' Bouraee 38'Foley 65' (pen.)Faña 90' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09)15 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 2–3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 PM ET | Thompson 7' Arguez 74' | Report | Paulini 17' O'Brien 32'Horth 63' | Stadium:Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 2,661 |
| July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)16 | Montreal Impact | 2–2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Montreal |
| 3:30 PM ET | Sebrango 42',90' | Report | Horth 17',64' | Stadium:Saputo Stadium Attendance: 10,077 |
| July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23)17 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | FC Tampa Bay | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Sandoval 7' O'Brien 41' | Report | King 43' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,515 |
| July 30, 2011 (2011-07-30)18 | Carolina RailHawks | 1–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| 7:00 PM EST | Barbara 8' | Report | Stadium:WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 5,011 |
| August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06)19 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–4 | FC Tampa Bay | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Report | Savage 28',60' Ambersley 33'Clare 82' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,126 |
| August 10, 2011 (2011-08-10)20 | Puerto Rico Islanders | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
| 7:30 PM ET | Foley 26' Villaroel 66' | Report | Stadium:Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Attendance: 1,182 |
| August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14)21 | Montreal Impact | 4–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Montreal |
| 6:00 PM ET | Ilcu 3' Camara 8'Ubiparipovic 35'Diouf 80' | Report | Stadium:Saputo Stadium Attendance: 11,136 |
| August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21)22 | FC Edmonton | 3–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 9:30 ET | Saiko 63' M. Cox 71',76' | Report | Stadium:Foote Field Attendance: 1,607 |
| August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27)23 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–4 | Carolina RailHawks | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Hunt 26' R. Cox 76' | Report | Barbara 28',79' (pen.),90' (pen.) McManus 76' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,313 |
| September 3, 2011 (2011-09-03)24 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–0 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Matt Horth 28',30' | Report | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07)25 | FC Edmonton | 2–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
Yamada 52' 90+4'Craig 90+3' | Report | Robertson 29'Josh Casarona 58'Ruthven 75'Hunt 88' | Stadium:Foote Field Attendance: 1,868 |
| September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10)26 | NSC Minnesota Stars | 2–0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 8:30 PM ET | Cosgriff 12' Altman 84' (pen.) | Report | Hunt 72' O'Brien 80' | Stadium:NSC Stadium Attendance: 2,435 |
| September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)27 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 1–1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| 7:30 PM ET | Morales 62' Shriver 90+1' | Report | Colaluca 90' | Stadium:Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 4,688 |
| September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24)28 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0–4 | Montreal Impact | Atlanta |
| 7:30 PM ET | Ruthven 54' R. Cox 74' | Report | Pore 6',30',45+' (pen.) Montaño 18' | Stadium:Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NASL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | MEX | Felipe Quintero | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | DF |  USA | Tyler Ruthven | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Shane Moroney | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | USA | Patrick Robertson | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | USA | Ciaran O'Brien | 19 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | USA | Jordan Davis | 23 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | USA | Jose Parada | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | FW |  BIH | Emsad Zahirovic | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | HON | Junior Sandoval | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | MF |  ARG | Lucas Paulini | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| 12 | MF |  PUR | Fernando González | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | USA | Willie Hunt | 22 | 3 | 22 | 3 |
| 14 | MF | USA | Nico Colaluca | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MEX | Mario Pérez | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 15 | DF |  JPN | Kohei Matsushita | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Josh Casarona | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | MF |  LBR | Moussa Toure | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | USA | Matt Horth | 22 | 6 | 22 | 6 |
| 19 | MF |  SCO | Grant Kerr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF |  COL | Cristian Quiñones | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | USA | Jimmy Maurer | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | USA | Raphael Cox | 22 | 2 | 22 | 2 |
| 22 | FW | USA | Jon Cox | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | DF |  SUI | Mattias Schnorf | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | USA | Conor Chinn | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | USA | Eric Ati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | MF | MEX | Paco Rueda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: August 30, 2011
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | NASL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Clean sheets | Apps | Clean sheets | ||||
| 1 | GK | MEX | Felipe Quintero | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 20 | GK | USA | Jimmy Maurer | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| No. | Nat | Pos. | Player | Total | NASL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | | | | | ||||
| 1 | | GK | Felipe Quintero | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | | DF | Tyler Ruthven | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | DF | Robertson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | MF | Ciaran O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Jordan Davis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | DF | Jose Parada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Lucas Paulini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | | DF | Willie Hunt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | DF | Mario Peréz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | DF | Kohei Matsushita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | | DF | Josh Casarona | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Moussa Toure | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | FW | Matt Horth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | FW | Raphael Cox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | FW | Jon Cox | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | | DF | Mattias Schnorf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: August 30, 2011
Source:NASL
Only competitive matches.
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | DF | | Kohei Matsushita | 25 | Ehime | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 23 | DF | | Mattias Schnorf | 26 | Winterthur | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 18 | FW | | Matt Horth | 21 | Gordon College Fighting Scotts | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 3 | DF | | Shane Moroney | 22 | Berry College Vikings | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 12 | MF | | Fernando González | 21 | South Florida Bulls | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 8 | FW | | Emsad Zahirovic | 22 | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |
| 7 | MF | | Jose Parada | 23 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 4 | DF | | Patrick Robertson | 24 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 14 | DF | | Mario Pérez | 28 | Club Atlas | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 10 | MF | | Lucas Paulini | 21 | Mississippi Brilla | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 6 | MF | | Jordan Davis | 28 | Atlanta Silverbacks U23 | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 2 | DF | | Tyler Ruthven | 22 | Harrisburg City Islanders | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 1 | GK | | Felipe Quintero | 31 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 5 | MF | | Ciaran O'Brien | 23 | Colorado Rapids | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 22 | FW | | Jon Cox | 24 | Georgia Southern Eagles | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 20 | GK | | Jimmy Maurer | 22 | New York Red Bulls | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 13 | DF | | Willie Hunt | 23 | Mississippi Brilla | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 21 | MF | | Raphael Cox | 24 | Real Salt Lake | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 16 | DF | | Josh Casarona | 18 | Deportivo Español | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 65 | MF | | Paco Rueda | 27 | La Piedad | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 17 | MF | | Moussa Toure | 25 | Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 25 | FW | | Conor Chinn | 23 | Real Salt Lake | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | NASL.com |
| 14 | MF | | Nico Colaluca | 25 | Norrby IF | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | NASL.com |
| 14 | GK |  | Eric Ati | 22 | Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | NASL.com |
Last updated: February 2013
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | DF | | Mario Pérez | 29 | Estudiantes Tecos | Transfer | Summer | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 65 | MF | | Paco Rueda | 27 | Released | Summer | – | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |
| 19 | DF | | Cristian Quiñones | 19 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Loan terminated | Summer | – | NASL.com |
| 8 | FW | | Emsad Zahirovic | 23 | Breach of contract | Summer | – | NASL.com |
Last updated: February 2013
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer window | Ends | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | MF | | Junior Sandoval | 20 | Puerto Rico Islanders | Loan | Pre-season | August 12, 2011 | – | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
| 19 | DF | | Cristian Quiñones | 19 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Loan | Summer | 2011 | – | NASL.com |
| 19 | MF | | Grant Kerr | 26 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Loan | Summer | 2011 | – | NASL.com |
Last updated: February 2013
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Transfer fee | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | DF | | Mattias Schnorf | 27 | SC Young Fellows Juventus | Loan | Post-season | – | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Last updated: February 2013
