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 qualification
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 44 462 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 466 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33+1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 4611 30
8 Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 3610 25

Updated to games played on 23 September 2012.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
(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
Result D D D D L L L L D W L L L L L W W L L W D D L W D W W D

Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source: Match results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

U.S. Open Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASL US Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Hungary Daniel Illyes 22 0 22 0 0 0
2 DF United States Chris Klute 12 0 12 0 0 0
3 DF United States Shane Moroney 20 3 18 3 2 0
4 DF United States Patrick Robertson 14 0 14 0 0 0
5 MF Argentina Lucas Paulini 13 0 13 0 0 0
6 DF United States Beto Navarro 8 0 8 0 0 0
7 MF United States Ciaran O'Brien 24 2 22 2 2 0
8 GK United States Joe Nasco 5 0 3 0 2 0
9 FW Canada Stephen Ademolu 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Brazil Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 5 0 3 0 2 0
10 MF United States Danny Barrera 9 1 9 1 0 0
11 FW Chile Reinaldo Navia 19 8 17 7 2 1
12 MF Puerto Rico Fernando González 9 0 9 0 0 0
12 MF Jamaica Horace James 4 0 4 0 0 0
13 DF United States Willie Hunt 11 2 11 2 0 0
14 MF United States Nico Colaluca 17 1 15 1 2 0
15 DF Japan Kohei Matsushita 4 0 4 0 0 0
16 GK Cameroon Eric Ati 3 0 3 0 0 0
17 MF United States Andrew Duran 7 0 7 0 0 0
18 FW United States Matt Horth 25 10 23 10 2 0
19 FW Liberia Borfor Carr 24 2 22 2 2 0
20 MF Honduras Danilo Turcios 14 0 12 0 2 0
21 MF United States Raphael Cox 18 3 16 2 2 1
22 DF United States Mike Randolph 3 0 3 0 0 0
23 FW United States Milton Blanco 9 0 9 0 0 0
24 MF United States Pablo Cruz 6 0 6 0 0 0
25 MF Brazil Paulo Ferreira-Mendes 10 1 10 1 0 0
26 MF United States Jordan Davis 9 0 7 0 2 0
27 DF England Martyn Lancaster 27 0 25 0 2 0
28 DF United States José Burciaga, Jr. 15 0 13 0 2 0
30 MF United States Tony McManus 23 0 21 0 2 0
44 DF Brazil Rilla 7 0 7 0 0 0
77 FW United States Jahbari Willis 6 0 6 0 0 0
99 FW United States David Santamaria 8 1 7 1 1 0
  • Source:

Clean sheets

No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL US Open Cup
Apps Clean
sheets
Apps Clean
sheets
Apps Clean
sheets
1 GK Hungary Daniel Illyes 22 4 22 4 0 0
8 GK United States Joe Nasco 5 2 3 1 2 1
16 GK Cameroon Eric Ati 3 1 3 1 0 0
  • Source:

Disciplinary record

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

N
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
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
P
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
P
Nat.
Name
Age
Moving from
Type
Transfer
window
Ends
Transfer
fee
Ref.
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
P
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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