2011 Atlanta Silverbacks season

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]

Atlanta Silverbacks
2011 season
OwnersBoris Jerkunica
John Latham
Head CoachJosé Manuel Abundis
StadiumAtlanta Silverbacks Park
NASL8th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupDenied entry
Top goalscorerMatt 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]

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 2003–04. 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. Nation Player
1 GK  MEX Felipe Quintero
2 DF  USA Tyler Ruthven
3 DF  USA Shane Moroney
4 DF  USA Patrick Robertson
5 MF  USA Ciaran O'Brien
6 MF  USA Jordan Davis
7 MF  USA Jose Parada
10 MF  ARG Lucas Paulini
12 MF  PUR Fernando González
13 DF  USA Willie Hunt
14 MF  USA Nico Colaluca
14 DF  MEX Mario Pérez Zúñiga
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  JPN Kohei Matsushita
16 DF  USA Josh Casarona
17 MF  LBR Moussa Toure
18 FW  USA Matt Horth
19 MF  SCO Grant Kerr
20 GK  USA Jimmy Maurer
21 MF  USA Raphael Cox
22 FW  USA Jon Cox
23 DF   SUI Mattias Schnorf
25 FW  USA Conor Chinn
26 GK  USA Eric Ati

Technical Staff

Competitions

Preseason
March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23) Atlanta Silverbacks0–0Southern Polytechnic State UniversityAtlanta
16:30 EDT Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) Georgia State University0–0Atlanta SilverbacksAtlanta
16:30 EDT Report
March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30) Atlanta Silverbacks0–0Clayton State UniversityAtlanta
16:30 EDT Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

NASL
Main article: 2011 North American Soccer League season

Standings
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[lower-alpha 1]
6 NSC Minnesota Stars (C) 28 9 9 10 30 32 −2 36[lower-alpha 1]
7 Montreal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 4 20 25 63 −38 16
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. EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Results by round
Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundHHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAAAHHAAAH
ResultLLLDLLDLLWLLLLWDWLLLLLLWLLDL
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results
April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09) 1Atlanta Silverbacks1–2NSC Minnesota StarsAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Horth  64' Report Takada  57'
Gotsmanov  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,543
April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16) 2Atlanta Silverbacks0–1FC EdmontonAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Surprenant  11' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,161
April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23) 3Atlanta Silverbacks1–2Fort Lauderdale StrikersAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Pérez  16' Report Nuñez  14'
Coudet  87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,227
April 30, 2011 (2011-04-30) 4FC Tampa Bay1–1Atlanta SilverbacksSt. Petersburg, Florida
7:00 PM ET Ambersley  74' Report Hunt  45' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,021
May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07) 5Atlanta Silverbacks0–2FC EdmontonAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Craig  69'
Porter  76'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,433
May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14) 6NSC Minnesota Stars3–0Atlanta SilverbacksBlaine, Minnesota
7:30 PM CT Cosgriff  17'
Hlavaty  57' (pen.)
Rodríguez  66'		 Report Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 963
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21) 7Atlanta Silverbacks0–0Fort Lauderdale StrikersAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,764
May 28, 2011 (2011-05-28) 8Carolina RailHawks2–0Atlanta SilverbacksCary, North Carolina
Pablo Campos  81'
Russell  90'		 Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,015
June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) 9Atlanta Silverbacks0–2NSC Minnesota StarsAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Del Do  3', 64' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,447
June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08) 10Atlanta Silverbacks2–1Montreal ImpactAtlanta
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) 11FC Tampa Bay3–2Atlanta SilverbacksSt. 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) 12Puerto Rico Islanders3–1Atlanta SilverbacksBayamón, 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) 13Atlanta Silverbacks1–5Carolina RailHawksAtlanta
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) 14Atlanta Silverbacks3–4Puerto Rico IslandersAtlanta
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) 15Fort Lauderdale Strikers2–3Atlanta SilverbacksFort 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) 16Montreal Impact2–2Atlanta SilverbacksMontreal
3:30 PM ET Sebrango  42', 90' Report Horth  17', 64' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 10,077
July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23) 17Atlanta Silverbacks2–1FC Tampa BayAtlanta
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) 18Carolina RailHawks1–0Atlanta SilverbacksCary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EST Barbara  8' Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,011
August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06) 19Atlanta Silverbacks0–4FC Tampa BayAtlanta
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) 20Puerto Rico Islanders2–0Atlanta SilverbacksBayamón, 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) 21Montreal Impact4–0Atlanta SilverbacksMontreal
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) 22FC Edmonton3–0Atlanta SilverbacksEdmonton, Alberta
9:30 ET Saiko  63'
M. Cox  71', 76'		 Report Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,607
August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27) 23Atlanta Silverbacks2–4Carolina RailHawksAtlanta
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) 24Atlanta Silverbacks2–0Puerto Rico IslandersAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Matt Horth  28', 30' Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07) 25FC Edmonton2–1Atlanta SilverbacksEdmonton, 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) 26NSC Minnesota Stars2–0Atlanta SilverbacksBlaine, Minnesota
8:30 PM ET Cosgriff  12'

Kallman  15'
Takada  63'

Altman  84' (pen.)		 Report Hunt  72'
O'Brien  80'		 Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17) 27Fort Lauderdale Strikers1–1Atlanta SilverbacksFort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM ET Morales  62'

Stahl  68'
Gordon  78'

Shriver  90+1'		 Report Colaluca  90' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 4,688
September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24) 28Atlanta Silverbacks0–4Montreal ImpactAtlanta
7:30 PM ET Ruthven  54'

R. Cox  68'

Davis  74'		 Report Pore  6', 30', 45+' (pen.)
Montaño  18'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

Statistics

Appearances and goals
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASL
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Felipe Quintero 100100
2 DF Tyler Ruthven 220220
3 DF Shane Moroney 180180
4 DF Patrick Robertson 140140
5 MF Ciaran O'Brien 194194
6 MF Jordan Davis 231231
7 MF Jose Parada 8080
8 FW Emsad Zahirovic 7070
9 FW Junior Sandoval 152152
10 MF Lucas Paulini 222222
12 MF Fernando González 5050
13 DF Willie Hunt 223223
14 MF Nico Colaluca 4040
14 DF Mario Pérez 101101
15 DF Kohei Matsushita 130130
16 DF Josh Casarona 8080
17 MF Moussa Toure 3030
18 FW Matt Horth 226226
19 MF Grant Kerr 1010
19 DF Cristian Quiñones 1010
20 GK Jimmy Maurer 130130
21 MF Raphael Cox 222222
22 FW Jon Cox 120120
23 DF Mattias Schnorf 150150
25 FW Conor Chinn 6060
26 GK Eric Ati 0000
65 MF Paco Rueda 0000
  • Source:

Last updated: August 30, 2011

Clean sheets
No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASL
AppsClean
sheets		AppsClean
sheets
1 GK Felipe Quintero 101101
20 GK Jimmy Maurer 131131
  • Source:

Disciplinary record
No. Nat Pos. Player TotalNASL
  
1 GK Felipe Quintero 201201
2 DF Tyler Ruthven 500500
4 DF Robertson 200200
5 MF Ciaran O'Brien 100100
6 MF Jordan Davis 400400
7 DF Jose Parada 100100
10 MF Lucas Paulini 110110
13 DF Willie Hunt 200200
14 DF Mario Peréz 400400
15 DF Kohei Matsushita 100100
16 DF Josh Casarona 300300
17 MF Moussa Toure 100100
18 FW Matt Horth 200200
21 FW Raphael Cox 300300
22 FW Jon Cox 101101
23 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 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

Out
N
 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

Loan In
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

Loan Out
N
 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

See also

References
  1. http://nasl.com/index.php?id=228
  2. "Atlanta Silverbacks Men's Team Returns to Play in New NASL". NASL.com. December 2, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. "NASL Announces 2011 Regular Season Schedule". NASL.com. January 25, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. "Silverbacks Preseason Dates Announced". Atlanta Silverbacks. March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Roberson, Doug (March 29, 2011). "Silverbacks are back". Atlanta Journal–Constitution. AJC.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  7. "Silverbacks Make Coaching Change". North American Soccer League. NASL.com. November 7, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  8. "NASL Standings".
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