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.

Atlanta Silverbacks
2012 season
OwnersBoris Jerkunica
John Latham
Head CoachBrian Haynes
StadiumAtlanta Silverbacks Park
NASL7th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupThird round
Highest home attendance6000
Lowest home attendance2357
Average home league attendance4504

Background
Main article: 2011 Atlanta Silverbacks season

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 Silverbacks2 - 0UABChamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Horth  11', 33' Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 10, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks1 - 0Charleston BatteryChamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Paulini  11'
Cox  67'		 Report Unknown  67' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 17, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks1 - 1Mercer UniversityChamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 18, 2012 United States U-233 - 0Atlanta SilverbacksNashville, Tennessee USA
19:00 EST Shea  31', 45'
Stephens  67'		 Report Stadium: Lipscomb University
Attendance: Closed-door
March 21, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks3 - 2Clayton State UniversityChamblee, Georgia USA
16:30 EST Santamaria ,
Carr 		Report Cruz  23'
Ray  85'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 24, 2012 Furman University0 - 0Atlanta SilverbacksGreenville, South Carolina USA
13:30 EST Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium
March 24, 2012 Georgia State University0 - 0Atlanta SilverbacksGreenville, South Carolina USA
15:00 EST Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium
March 30, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks0 - 0Charlotte EaglesChamblee, Georgia USA
18:00 EST Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

NASL
Main article: 2012 North American Soccer League season

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.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAAHHAHAHHAAHHA
ResultDDDDLLLLDWLLLLLWWLLWDDLWDWWD
Updated to match(es) played on September 22, 2012. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results
8 April 2012 1Atlanta Silverbacks0–0San Antonio Scorpions FCChamblee, Georgia
19:30 Moroney  38'
Navia  89'		 Report Pablo Campos  14'
Soto  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 5,000
15 April 2012 2Carolina RailHawks FC4–4Atlanta SilverbacksCary, 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 3Atlanta Silverbacks1–1Tampa Bay RowdiesChamblee, Georgia
19:30 Robertson  73'
Navia  86'		 Report Antoniuk  71'
Mulholland  84'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,261
28 April 2012 4Atlanta Silverbacks3–3Minnesota Stars FCChamblee, 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 5Minnesota Stars FC2–0Atlanta SilverbacksBlaine, 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 6Atlanta Silverbacks0–2FC EdmontonChamblee, 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 7Puerto Rico Islanders3–0Atlanta SilverbacksBayamón, 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 8Atlanta Silverbacks2–3Tampa Bay RowdiesChamblee, 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 9Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–1Atlanta SilverbacksFort 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 10FC Edmonton1–2Atlanta SilverbacksEdmonton
16:00 Hatchi  6'  52' Summary O'Brien  30'
Moroney  40'
Lancaster  78'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,521
9 June 2012 11San Antonio Scorpions3–0Atlanta SilverbacksSan 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 12Atlanta Silverbacks0–2Carolina RailHawksChamblee, Georgia
20:30 Navia  31' Summary Schilawski  44'
Agbossoumonde  45+2'
Ackley  86'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 6,000
23 June 2012 13Atlanta Silverbacks1–2Puerto Rico IslandersChamblee, 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 14San Antonio Scorpions3–0Atlanta SilverbacksSan 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 15Carolina RailHawks2–1Atlanta SilverbacksCary, North Carolina
19:00 Zimmerman  4', 50'  84' Summary Horth  15'
Robertson  64'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,475
7 July 2012 16Minnesota Stars FC0–2Atlanta SilverbacksBlaine, Minnesota
20:30 Venegas  35' Summary Horth  10'
McManus  68'
Carr  75'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,728
14 July 2012 17Atlanta Silverbacks2–1Puerto Rico IslandersChamblee, 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 18Atlanta Silverbacks1–2FC EdmontonChamblee, 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 19Fort Lauderdale Strikers5–3Atlanta SilverbacksFort 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 20Atlanta Silverbacks4–2Fort Lauderdale StrikersChamblee, 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 21Tampa Bay Rowdies0–0Atlanta SilverbacksSt. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 Mulholland  84'
Arango  90'		 Summary Willis  54'
Randolph  70'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,027
18 August 2012 22Atlanta Silverbacks0–0Minnesota Stars FCChamblee, Georgia
19:30 O'Brien  61'  61' Summary Altman  23'
Davis  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,911
25 August 2012 23Atlanta Silverbacks0–1Carolina RailHawksChamblee, 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 24FC Edmonton0–2Atlanta SilverbacksEdmonton
15:05 Summary Horth  56', 61'
Blanco  84'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,475
8 September 2012 25Tampa Bay Rowdies1–1Atlanta SilverbacksSt. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 Yamada  42'
Ababio  53'		 Summary Horth  30'
Carr  87'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
15 September 2012 26Atlanta Silverbacks1–0Fort Lauderdale StrikersChamblee, 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 27Atlanta Silverbacks3–1San Antonio ScorpionsChamblee, 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 28Puerto Rico Islanders1–1Atlanta SilverbacksBayamón, 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 2Georgia Revolution0 - 1Atlanta SilverbacksConyers, Georgia
19:30 Summary Raphel Cox  61' Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex
30 May 2012 Round 3Seattle Sounders FC5 - 1Atlanta SilverbacksTukwila, 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

Southern Derby

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASLU.S. Open Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Daniel Illyes 22022000
2 DF Chris Klute 12012000
3 DF Shane Moroney 20318320
4 DF Patrick Robertson 14014000
5 MF Lucas Paulini 13013000
6 DF Beto Navarro 808000
7 MF Ciaran O'Brien 24222220
8 GK Joe Nasco 503020
9 FW Stephen Ademolu 000000
9 FW Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 503020
10 MF Danny Barrera 919100
11 FW Reinaldo Navia 19817721
12 MF Fernando González 909000
12 MF Horace James 404000
13 DF Willie Hunt 11211200
14 MF Nico Colaluca 17115120
15 DF Kohei Matsushita 404000
16 GK Eric Ati 303000
17 MF Andrew Duran 707000
18 FW Matt Horth 2510231020
19 FW Borfor Carr 24222220
20 MF Danilo Turcios 14012020
21 MF Raphael Cox 18316221
22 DF Mike Randolph 303000
23 FW Milton Blanco 909000
24 MF Pablo Cruz 606000
25 MF Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 10110100
26 MF Jordan Davis 907020
27 DF Martyn Lancaster 27025020
28 DF José Burciaga, Jr. 15013020
30 MF Tony McManus 23021020
44 DF Rilla 707000
77 FW Jahbari Willis 606000
99 FW David Santamaria 817110
  • Source:

Clean sheets
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASLU.S. Open Cup
AppsClean
sheets		AppsClean
sheets		AppsClean
sheets
1 GK Daniel Illyes 22422400
8 GK Joe Nasco 523121
16 GK Eric Ati 313100
  • Source:

Disciplinary record
No. Nat Pos. Player TotalNASLU.S. Open Cup
   
1 GK Daniel Illyes 200200000
3 DF Shane Moroney 101101000
4 DF Patrick Robertson 400400000
5 MF Lucas Paulini 400400000
6 DF Beto Navarro 100100000
7 MF Ciaran O'Brien 410410000
9 FW Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 300300000
10 MF Danny Barrera 200200000
11 FW Reinaldo Navia 700600100
12 MF Fernando Gonzalez 100100000
13 DF Willie Hunt 210210000
14 MF Nico Colaluca 201201000
15 DF Kohei Matsushita 200200000
17 MF Andrew Duran 100100000
19 FW Borfor Carr 301301000
20 MF Danilo Turcios 200200000
21 MF Raphael Cox 200200000
22 DF Mike Randolph 100100000
23 FW Milton Blanco 400400000
26 MF Jordan Davis 100100000
27 DF Martyn Lancaster 402402000
28 DF José Burciaga, Jr. 100100000
30 MF Tony McManus 310310000
44 DF Rilla 100100000
77 FW Jahbari Willis 100100000
99 FW David Santamaria 100100000

Last updated: February 20, 2012
Source: SoccerWay.com
Only competitive matches

Transfers

In
No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window		 Ends
 Transfer
fee		 Source
27 DF Martyn Lancaster 31 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
44 DF Rilla 29 Rio Verde Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
11 FW Reinaldo Navia 33 Ñublense Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
9 FW Stephen Ademolu 29 Windsor Stars Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
1 GK Dániel Illyés 29 Eger Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
30 MF Tony McManus 31 Carolina RailHawks Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
20 MF Danilo Turcios 33 Olimpia Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
8 GK Joe Nasco 27 Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 MF Borfor Carr 24 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Spring 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
28 DF Jose Burciaga, Jr. 30 Signed Spring 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
77 FW Jahbari Willis 21 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Summer 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
2 DF Chris Klute 22 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Summer 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
10 MF Danny Barrera 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
24 MF Pablo Cruz 20 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
22 DF Mike Randolph 26 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
23 FW Milton Blanco 28 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
25 MF Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
9 MF Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
6 DF Beto Navarro 23 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
12 MF Horace James 27 Montego Bay United Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com

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

See also

References
  1. Roberson, Doug (March 29, 2011). "Silverbacks are back". Atlanta Journal–Constitution. AJC.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  2. "Silverbacks Make Coaching Change". North American Soccer League. NASL.com. November 7, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  3. "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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