2012 Atlanta Silverbacks season

Atlanta Silverbacks
2012 season
Owners Boris Jerkunica
John Latham
Head Coach Brian Haynes
Stadium Atlanta Silverbacks Park
NASL 7th
Playoffs Did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup Third round
Highest home attendance 6000
Lowest home attendance 2357
Average home league attendance 4504
Home colors
Away colors

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.

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.[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

NASL

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 28 13 8 7 46 27 +19 47 2012 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 2012 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 2 40
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 Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36 10 25
Updated to match(es) played on 23 September 2012. Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion).

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

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Clean sheets

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

Disciplinary record

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

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

Transfers

In

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
27 DF England Martyn Lancaster 31 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
44 DF Brazil Rilla 29 Rio Verde Brazil Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
11 FW Chile Reinaldo Navia 33 Ñublense Chile Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
9 FW Canada Stephen Ademolu 29 Windsor Stars Canada Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
1 GK Hungary Dániel Illyés 29 Eger Hungary Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
30 MF United States Tony McManus 31 Carolina RailHawks Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
20 MF Honduras Danilo Turcios 33 Olimpia Honduras Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
8 GK United States Joe Nasco 27 Signed Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 MF Liberia Borfor Carr 24 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Spring 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
28 DF United States Jose Burciaga, Jr. 30 Signed Spring 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
77 FW United States Jahbari Willis 21 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Summer 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
2 DF United States Chris Klute 22 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Summer 2012 Free AtlantaSilverbacks.com
10 MF United States Danny Barrera 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
24 MF United States Pablo Cruz 20 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
22 DF United States Mike Randolph 26 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
23 FW United States Milton Blanco 28 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
25 MF Brazil Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
9 MF Brazil Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 22 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
6 DF United States Beto Navarro 23 Cal FC Transfer Summer 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
12 MF Jamaica Horace James 27 Montego Bay United Jamaica 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 United States Josh Casarona 19 Option declined Pre-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com
22 FW United States Jon Cox 24 Option declined Pre-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com
17 MF Liberia Moussa Toure 26 Option declined Pre-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com
7 MF United States Jose Parada 24 Option declined Pre-season AtlantaSilverbacks.com
2 DF United States Tyler Ruthven 23 New York Red Bulls Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
20 MF Honduras Danilo Turcios 34 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
44 DF Brazil Rilla 29 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
15 DF Japan Kohei Matsushita 26 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
26 MF United States Jordan Davis 29 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
12 MF Puerto Rico Fernando González 23 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
99 DF United States David Santamaria 21 Terminate loan Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com
21 MF United States Raphael Cox 26 Released Summer AtlantaSilverbacks.com

Last updated: 22 March 2013

Loan in

N
Pos.
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Source
99 FW United States David Santamaria 21 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan Pre-season 2012 Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
17 DF United States 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 United States 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. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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