2011 Atlanta Silverbacks season

March 2026 April 2012 Atlanta Silverbacks 2011 Atlanta Silverbacks Park Owners Boris JerkunicaJohn Latham Head coach José Manuel Abundis 3,543 vs. MIN(Apr 9, 2011) 2,328 vs. CAR(June 25, 2011) 2,866http://nasl.com/index.php?id=228 | NASL NASL 8th Playoffs Did not qualify U.S. Open Cup Denied entry Matt Horth (6) _blackpanel _whiteredstriped_sides _blackpanel F52313 F52313 F52313 000000 000000 _panelandlineonwhite _whiteredstriped_sides _panelandlineonwhite F52313 FFFFFF F52313 FFFFFF FFFFFF true 2008 2012 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.Atlanta Silverbacks Men's Team Returns to Play in New NASL http://nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=154 NASL.com December 2, 2010 February 21, 2013 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.NASL Announces 2011 Regular Season Schedule http://nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=112 NASL.com January 25, 2011 February 21, 2013 On March 8, the Silverbacks announced three preseason games against Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia State University and Clayton State University.Silverbacks Preseason Dates Announced http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/pro/news/Silverbacks-Preseason-Dates-Announced Atlanta Silverbacks March 8, 2011 February 21, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20120826041256/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/pro/news/Silverbacks-Preseason-Dates-Announced August 26, 2012 dead mdy-all All three games resulted in a scoreless tie.http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/pro/index.php?id=7 Schedule Atlanta Silverbacks May 5, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110427053322/http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com/pro/index.php?id=7 April 27, 2011 dead mdy-all 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.Roberson Doug Silverbacks are back http://www.ajc.com/sports/silverbacks-are-back-890384.html Atlanta Journal–Constitution AJC.com February 18, 2012 March 29, 2011 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 to 2004. The announcement came on November 7, 2011.Silverbacks Make Coaching Change http://www.nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=1529 North American Soccer League NASL.com February 18, 2012 November 7, 2011 Club Roster 1 MEX GK Felipe Quintero 2 USA DF Tyler Ruthven 3 USA DF Shane Moroney 4 USA DF Patrick Robertson 5 USA MF Ciaran O'Brien 6 USA MF Jordan Davis 7 USA MF Jose Parada 10 ARG MF Lucas Paulini 12 PRI MF Fernando González 13 USA DF Willie Hunt 14 USA MF Nico Colaluca 14 MEX DF Mario Pérez Zúñiga 15 JPN DF Kohei Matsushita 16 USA DF Josh Casarona 17 LBR MF Moussa Toure 18 USA FW Matt Horth 19 SCO MF Grant Kerr 20 USA GK Jimmy Maurer 21 USA MF Raphael Cox 22 USA FW Jon Cox 23 CHE DF Mattias Schnorf 25 USA FW Conor Chinn 26 USA GK Eric Ati Technical Staff MEX José Manuel Abundis – Head Coach HON Alex Pineda Chacón – Assistant Coach BRA José Pinho – Goalkeeper Coach CHI Rodrigo Rios – Director of Soccer Competitions Preseason 2011 03 23 16:30 EDT Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Southern Polytechnic State University Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta T 2011 03 26 16:30 EDT Georgia State University 0–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report Atlanta T 2011 03 30 16:30 EDT Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Clayton State University Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta T NASL 2011 North American Soccer League season Standings ATL Results summary 3 1 10 14 32 1 3 10 11 31 September 22, 2012 Match results February 2012 Results by round table b Round Stadium H/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/A/H/H/A/A/A/H Result L/L/L/D/L/L/D/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/W/D/W/L/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/L/D/L Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss Match results January 2014 Match results 1 2011 04 09 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Horth 64 1–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Takada 57 Gotsmanov 90 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,543 L 2 2011 04 16 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks 0–1 FC Edmonton Surprenant 11 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,161 L 3 2011 04 23 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Pérez 16 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Nuñez 14Coudet 87 pen. Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,227 L 4 2011 04 30 7:00 PM ET FC Tampa Bay Ambersley 74 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Hunt 45 Report Progress Energy Park St. Petersburg, Florida 3,021 T 5 2011 05 07 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 FC Edmonton Craig 69Porter 76 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 2,433 L 6 2011 05 14 7:30 PM CT NSC Minnesota Stars Cosgriff 17Hlavaty 57 pen.Rodríguez 66 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks ReportMay 2025 medicmedic NSC Stadium Blaine, Minnesota 963 L 7 2011 05 21 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 2,764 T 8 2011 05 28 Carolina RailHawks Pablo Campos 81Russell 90 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina 3,015 L 9 2011 06 04 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Del Do 3 64 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 2,447 L 10 2011 06 08 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks R. Cox 13Horth 34 2–1 Montreal Impact Diouf 43 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 2,880 W 11 2011 06 12 6:00 PM ET FC Tampa Bay Ambersley 31 54King 86 3–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Hunt 34Davis 64 Report Progress Energy Park St. Petersburg, Florida 2,319 L 12 2011 06 19 Puerto Rico Islanders Faña 2Hansen 81Foley 90 3–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Paulini 45 Report Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1,377 L 13 2011 06 25 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Horth 10 1–5 Carolina RailHawks Barbara 21Zimmerman 29 63Nurse 36Rusin 88 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 2,328 L 14 2011 07 04 5:00 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Ciaran O'Brien 32 pen. 54 pen.Sandoval 59 3–4 Puerto Rico Islanders Pitchkolan 27Bouraee 38Foley 65 pen.Faña 90 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta L 15 2011 07 09 7:30 PM ET Fort Lauderdale Strikers Thompson 7Arguez 74 2–3 Atlanta Silverbacks Paulini 17O'Brien 32Horth 63 Report Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2,661 W 16 2011 07 17 3:30 PM ET Montreal Impact Sebrango 42 90 2–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Horth 17 64 Report Saputo Stadium Montreal 10,077 D 17 2011 07 23 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Sandoval 7O'Brien 41 2–1 FC Tampa Bay King 43 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,515 W 18 2011 07 30 7:00 PM EST Carolina RailHawks Barbara 8 1–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report WakeMed Soccer Park Cary, North Carolina 5,011 L 19 2011 08 06 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 FC Tampa Bay Savage 28 60Ambersley 33Clare 82 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,126 L 20 2011 08 10 7:30 PM ET Puerto Rico Islanders Foley 26Villaroel 66 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel Bayamón, Puerto Rico 1,182 L 21 2011 08 14 6:00 PM ET Montreal Impact Ilcu 3Camara 8Ubiparipovic 35Diouf 80 4–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report Saputo Stadium Montreal 11,136 L 22 2011 08 21 9:30 ET FC Edmonton Saiko 63M. Cox 71 76 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Report Foote Field Edmonton, Alberta 1,607 L 23 2011 08 27 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Hunt 26R. Cox 76 2–4 Carolina RailHawks Barbara 28 79 pen. 90 pen.McManus 76 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta 3,313 L 24 2011 09 03 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Matt Horth 28 30 2–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta W 25 2011 09 07 FC Edmonton Yamada 52 90+4 Craig 90+3 21 Atlanta Silverbacks Robertson 0 29Josh Casarona 58Ruthven 75Hunt 88 Report Foote Field Edmonton, Alberta 1,868 L 26 2011 09 10 8:30 PM ET NSC Minnesota Stars Cosgriff 12 Kallman 15 Takada 63 Altman 84 pen. 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Hunt 72 O'Brien 80 Report NSC Stadium Blaine, Minnesota 2,435 L 27 2011 09 17 7:30 PM ET Fort Lauderdale Strikers Morales 62 Stahl 68 Gordon 78 Shriver 90+1 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Colaluca 90 Report Lockhart Stadium Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4,688 T 28 2011 09 24 7:30 PM ET Atlanta Silverbacks Ruthven 54 R. Cox 68 Davis 74 0–4 Montreal Impact Pore 6 30 45+ pen.Montaño 18 Report Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta L Statistics Appearances and goals NASL 1 MEX GK Felipe Quintero 10 0 2 USA DF Tyler Ruthven 22 0 3 USA DF Shane Moroney 18 0 4 USA DF Patrick Robertson 14 0 5 USA MF Ciaran O'Brien 19 4 6 USA MF Jordan Davis 23 1 7 USA MF Jose Parada 8 0 8 BIH FW Emsad Zahirovic 7 0 9 HON FW Junior Sandoval 15 2 10 ARG MF Lucas Paulini 22 2 12 PUR MF Fernando González 5 0 13 USA DF Willie Hunt 22 3 14 USA MF Nico Colaluca 4 0 14 MEX DF Mario Pérez 10 1 15 JPN DF Kohei Matsushita 13 0 16 USA DF Josh Casarona 8 0 17 LBR MF Moussa Toure 3 0 18 USA FW Matt Horth 22 6 19 SCO MF Grant Kerr 1 0 19 COL DF Cristian Quiñones 1 0 20 USA GK Jimmy Maurer 13 0 21 USA MF Raphael Cox 22 2 22 USA FW Jon Cox 12 0 23 SUI DF Mattias Schnorf 15 0 25 USA FW Conor Chinn 6 0 26 USA GK Eric Ati 0 0 65 MEX MF Paco Rueda 0 0 February 2015 Last updated: August 30, 2011 Clean sheets NASL Cleansheets 1 MEX GK Felipe Quintero 10 1 20 USA GK Jimmy Maurer 13 1 February 2015 Disciplinary record NASL Felipe Quintero MEX 1 GK 2 0 1 Tyler Ruthven USA 2 DF 5 0 0 Robertson USA 4 DF 2 0 0 Ciaran O'Brien USA 5 MF 1 0 0 Jordan Davis USA 6 MF 4 0 0 Jose Parada USA 7 DF 1 0 0 Lucas Paulini ARG 10 MF 1 1 0 Willie Hunt USA 13 DF 2 0 0 Mario Peréz MEX 14 DF 4 0 0 Kohei Matsushita JPN 15 DF 1 0 0 Josh Casarona USA 16 DF 3 0 0 Moussa Toure LBR 17 MF 1 0 0 Matt Horth USA 18 FW 2 0 0 Raphael Cox USA 21 FW 3 0 0 Jon Cox USA 22 FW 1 0 1 Mattias Schnorf SWI 23 DF 4 0 0 August 30, 2011 NASL. Transfers In n USA Transfer JPN 15 Kohei Matsushita DF 1985 7 24 2011 2 18 Ehime JPN Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer CHE 23 Mattias Schnorf DF 1984 4 21 2011 2 18 Winterthur SUI Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 18 Matt Horth FW 1989 5 3 2011 2 18 Gordon College Fighting Scotts Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 3 Shane Moroney DF 1989 2 4 2011 2 18 Berry College Vikings Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer PRI 12 Fernando González MF 1989 6 12 2011 2 21 South Florida Bulls Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer BIH 8 Emsad Zahirovic FW 1988 4 9 2011 2 28 Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 7 Jose Parada MF 1987 9 24 2011 2 28 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 4 Patrick Robertson DF 1986 4 18 2011 2 28 Puerto Rico Islanders PRI Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer MEX 14 Mario Pérez DF 1982 6 17 2011 3 4 Club Atlas MEX Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer ARG 10 Lucas Paulini MF 1989 3 19 2011 3 7 Mississippi Brilla Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 6 Jordan Davis MF 1983 1 21 2011 3 7 Atlanta Silverbacks U23 Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 2 Tyler Ruthven DF 1988 7 18 2011 3 7 Harrisburg City Islanders Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer MEX 1 Felipe Quintero GK 1979 7 29 2011 3 11 Atlanta Silverbacks Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 5 Ciaran O'Brien MF 1987 11 17 2011 3 21 Colorado Rapids Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 22 Jon Cox FW 1986 12 30 2011 3 31 Georgia Southern Eagles USA Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 20 Jimmy Maurer GK 1988 10 14 2011 3 31 New York Red Bulls Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 13 Willie Hunt DF 1987 9 15 2011 3 31 Mississippi Brilla Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 21 Raphael Cox MF 1986 7 7 2011 4 6 Real Salt Lake Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 16 Josh Casarona DF 1992 4 12 2011 4 6 Deportivo Español ARG Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer MEX 65 Paco Rueda MF 1983 12 21 2011 4 20 La Piedad MEX Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer LBR 17 Moussa Toure MF 1985 6 19 2011 4 25 Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy Pre-season U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Transfer USA 25 Conor Chinn FW 1987 10 29 2011 6 10 Real Salt Lake Summer U U NASL.com USA Transfer USA 14 Nico Colaluca MF 1986 5 23 2011 8 3 Norrby IF SWE Summer U U NASL.com USA Transfer CMR 14 Eric Ati GK 1988 10 17 2011 8 30 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Summer U U NASL.com 2011 February 2013 January 2014 Out n USA Transfer MEX 14 Mario Pérez DF 1982 6 17 2011 7 25 Estudiantes Tecos MEX Summer U U AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Released MEX 65 Paco Rueda MF 1983 12 21 2011 7 25 Summer U – AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Loan terminated COL 19 Cristian Quiñones DF 1991 11 3 2011 6 22 Fort Lauderdale Strikers USA Summer – NASL.com USA Breach of contract BIH 8 Emsad Zahirovic FW 1988 4 9 2011 8 30 Summer – NASL.com 2011 February 2013 January 2014 Loan in n USA Loan HON 9 Junior Sandoval MF 1990 10 13 2011 3 31 Puerto Rico Islanders PRI Pre-season August 12, 2011 – AtlantaSilverbacks.com USA Loan COL 19 Cristian Quiñones DF 1991 11 3 2011 6 22 Fort Lauderdale Strikers USA Summer 2011 – NASL.com USA Loan Scotland 19 Grant Kerr MF 1984 12 1 2011 8 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers USA Summer 2011 – NASL.com 2011 February 2013 January 2014 Loan out n USA Loan CHE 23 Mattias Schnorf DF 1984 4 21 2011 9 26 SC Young Fellows Juventus CHE Post-season U – AtlantaSilverbacks.com 2011 February 2013 January 2014 See also 2011 in American soccer 2011 North American Soccer League season Atlanta Silverbacks References 2011 Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta Silverbacks