2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season

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

The 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season was 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 has finished in 2011 at the bottom of the regular season standings.

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 Silverbacks 2 - 0 UAB Chamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Horth 11', 33' Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 10, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 - 0 Charleston Battery Chamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Paulini 11'
Cox  67'		 Report Unknown  67' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 17, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 1 - 1 Mercer University Chamblee, Georgia USA
16:00 EST Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 18, 2012 United States U-23 3 - 0 Atlanta Silverbacks Nashville, Tennessee USA
19:00 EST Shea 31', 45'
Stephens 67'		 Report Stadium: Lipscomb University
Attendance: Closed-door
March 21, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 3 - 2 Clayton State University Chamblee, Georgia USA
16:30 EST Santamaria ,
Carr 		Report Cruz 23'
Ray 85'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 24, 2012 Furman University 0 - 0 Atlanta Silverbacks Greenville, South Carolina USA
13:30 EST Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium
March 24, 2012 Georgia State University 0 - 0 Atlanta Silverbacks Greenville, South Carolina USA
15:00 EST Stadium: Stone Soccer Stadium
March 30, 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 0 - 0 Charlotte Eagles Chamblee, 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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
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
StadiumHAHHAHAHAAAHHAAAHHAHAHHAAHHA
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 1 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 San Antonio Scorpions FC Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 Moroney  38'
Navia  89'		 Report Pablo Campos  14'
Soto  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 5,000
15 April 2012 2 Carolina RailHawks FC 4–4 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, 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 3 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 Robertson  73'
Navia 86'		 Report Antoniuk 71'
Mulholland  84'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,261
28 April 2012 4 Atlanta Silverbacks 3–3 Minnesota Stars FC Chamblee, 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 5 Minnesota Stars FC 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, 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 6 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 FC Edmonton Chamblee, 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 7 Puerto Rico Islanders 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Bayamón, 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 8 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Chamblee, 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 9 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort 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 10 FC Edmonton 1–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton
16:00 Hatchi  6' 52' Summary O'Brien 30'
Moroney 40'
Lancaster  78'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,521
9 June 2012 11 San Antonio Scorpions 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks San 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 12 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 Carolina RailHawks Chamblee, Georgia
20:30 Navia  31' Summary Schilawski 44'
Agbossoumonde  45+2'
Ackley 86'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 6,000
23 June 2012 13 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–2 Puerto Rico Islanders Chamblee, 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 14 San Antonio Scorpions 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks San 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 15 Carolina RailHawks 2–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
19:00 Zimmerman 4', 50'  84' Summary Horth 15'
Robertson  64'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,475
7 July 2012 16 Minnesota Stars FC 0–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, Minnesota
20:30 Venegas  35' Summary Horth 10'
McManus  68'
Carr 75'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 1,728
14 July 2012 17 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–1 Puerto Rico Islanders Chamblee, 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 18 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–2 FC Edmonton Chamblee, 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 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 5–3 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort 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 20 Atlanta Silverbacks 4–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Chamblee, 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 21 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 Mulholland  84'
Arango  90'		 Summary Willis  54'
Randolph  70'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,027
18 August 2012 22 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Minnesota Stars FC Chamblee, Georgia
19:30 O'Brien  61'  61' Summary Altman  23'
Davis  90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,911
25 August 2012 23 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–1 Carolina RailHawks Chamblee, 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 24 FC Edmonton 0–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton
15:05 Summary Horth 56', 61'
Blanco  84'		 Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,475
8 September 2012 25 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 Yamada 42'
Ababio  53'		 Summary Horth 30'
Carr  87'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
15 September 2012 26 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Chamblee, 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 27 Atlanta Silverbacks 3–1 San Antonio Scorpions Chamblee, 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 28 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Bayamón, 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 2 Georgia Revolution 0 - 1 Atlanta Silverbacks Conyers, Georgia
19:30 Summary Raphel Cox 61' Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex
30 May 2012 Round 3 Seattle Sounders FC 5 - 1 Atlanta Silverbacks Tukwila, 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 Total NASL U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  HUN Daniel Illyes 22 0 22 0 0 0
2 DF  USA Chris Klute 12 0 12 0 0 0
3 DF  USA Shane Moroney 20 3 18 3 2 0
4 DF  USA Patrick Robertson 14 0 14 0 0 0
5 MF  ARG Lucas Paulini 13 0 13 0 0 0
6 DF  USA Beto Navarro 8 0 8 0 0 0
7 MF  USA Ciaran O'Brien 24 2 22 2 2 0
8 GK  USA Joe Nasco 5 0 3 0 2 0
9 FW  CAN Stephen Ademolu 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW  BRA Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 5 0 3 0 2 0
10 MF  USA Danny Barrera 9 1 9 1 0 0
11 FW  CHI Reinaldo Navia 19 8 17 7 2 1
12 MF  PUR Fernando González 9 0 9 0 0 0
12 MF  JAM Horace James 4 0 4 0 0 0
13 DF  USA Willie Hunt 11 2 11 2 0 0
14 MF  USA Nico Colaluca 17 1 15 1 2 0
15 DF  JPN Kohei Matsushita 4 0 4 0 0 0
16 GK  CMR Eric Ati 3 0 3 0 0 0
17 MF  USA Andrew Duran 7 0 7 0 0 0
18 FW  USA Matt Horth 25 10 23 10 2 0
19 FW  LBR Borfor Carr 24 2 22 2 2 0
20 MF  HON Danilo Turcios 14 0 12 0 2 0
21 MF  USA Raphael Cox 18 3 16 2 2 1
22 DF  USA Mike Randolph 3 0 3 0 0 0
23 FW  USA Milton Blanco 9 0 9 0 0 0
24 MF  USA Pablo Cruz 6 0 6 0 0 0
25 MF  BRA Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 10 1 10 1 0 0
26 MF  USA Jordan Davis 9 0 7 0 2 0
27 DF  ENG Martyn Lancaster 27 0 25 0 2 0
28 DF  USA José Burciaga, Jr. 15 0 13 0 2 0
30 MF  USA Tony McManus 23 0 21 0 2 0
44 DF  BRA Rilla 7 0 7 0 0 0
77 FW  USA Jahbari Willis 6 0 6 0 0 0
99 FW  USA David Santamaria 8 1 7 1 1 0
  • Source:

Clean sheets

No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL U.S. Open Cup
Apps Clean
sheets		 Apps Clean
sheets		 Apps Clean
sheets
1 GK  HUN Daniel Illyes 22 4 22 4 0 0
8 GK  USA Joe Nasco 5 2 3 1 2 1
16 GK  CMR Eric Ati 3 1 3 1 0 0
  • Source:

Disciplinary record

No. Nat Pos. Player Total NASL U.S. Open Cup
     
1 GK Daniel Illyes 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Shane Moroney 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
4 DF Patrick Robertson 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 MF Lucas Paulini 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Beto Navarro 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Ciaran O'Brien 4 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 0
9 FW Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Danny Barrera 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW Reinaldo Navia 7 0 0 6 0 0 1 0 0
12 MF Fernando Gonzalez 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 DF Willie Hunt 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
14 MF Nico Colaluca 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0
15 DF Kohei Matsushita 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Andrew Duran 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Borfor Carr 3 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 0
20 MF Danilo Turcios 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Raphael Cox 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 DF Mike Randolph 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Milton Blanco 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Jordan Davis 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
27 DF Martyn Lancaster 4 0 2 4 0 2 0 0 0
28 DF José Burciaga, Jr. 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF Tony McManus 3 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
44 DF Rilla 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Jahbari Willis 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW David Santamaria 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

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

No.
 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 FC Loan Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com

Last updated: 22 March 2013

Loan out

No.
 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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