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]
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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

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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

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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]

Club

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Roster

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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

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Competitions

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Preseason

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NASL

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Standings

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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
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary

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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

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumHHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAAAHHAAAH
ResultLLLDLLDLLWLLLLWDWLLLLLLWLLDL
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

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April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09) 1 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Atlanta
7:30 PM ET 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 PM ET 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 PM ET 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 PM ET 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 Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 963
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 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 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'

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) 27 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort 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) 28 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 Montreal Impact Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Ruthven   54'

R. Cox   68'

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

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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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

Clean sheets

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No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL
Apps Clean
sheets
Apps Clean
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1 GK   MEX Felipe Quintero 10 1 10 1
20 GK   USA Jimmy Maurer 13 1 13 1

Disciplinary record

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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
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Transfers

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No.
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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

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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

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No.
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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

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23 DF   Mattias Schnorf 27 SC Young Fellows Juventus   Loan Post-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com

Last updated: February 2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "| NASL".
  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. ^ "Schedule | Atlanta Silverbacks". Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  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".