2013 Atlanta Silverbacks season
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Owners | Boris Jerkunica John Latham | ||
Head Coach | Brian Haynes | ||
Stadium | Atlanta Silverbacks Park | ||
Spring season | 1st | ||
Fall Season | 7th | ||
Soccer Bowl | Runner-Up | ||
U.S. Open Cup | Third Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Rubén Luna (10) All: Luna & Mendes (8) | ||
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The 2013 season will be the Atlanta Silverbacks's seventeenth season of existence, and their third consecutive season playing in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.
Background
The Atlanta Silverbacks' 2012 season was a tale of two halves. In their first 15 games they only managed 8 points, through 1 win, 5 draws and 9 losses. In their final 13 games they gather 22 points in 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses (a league best).
They had mixed results in U.S. Open Cup, winning their first match against fourth division opponent Georgia Revolution 1-0. Then losing to MLS side Seattle Sounders 5-1 a week later.
On May 2, 2012 first-year head coach Alex Pineda Chacón was replaced by interim head coach Eric Wynalda. Wynalda announced Brian Haynes would replace him as head coach.
Club
Current roster
As of April 4, 2013[1]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical Staff
- Brian Haynes – Head Coach
- Ricardo Montoya – Assistant Coach
- José Pinho – Goalkeeper Coach
- Eric Wynalda – Technical Director
Competitions
Preseason
7 March 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 5–0 | North Georgia Nighthawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
2:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
9 March 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–0 | Georgia State Panthers | Chamblee, Georgia |
2:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
16 March 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | UAB Blazers | Chamblee, Georgia |
2:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
30 March 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–0 | Charlotte Eagles | Chamblee, Georgia |
4:00 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
Friendlies
19 July 2013 | Georgia Revolution | 1-2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Conyers, Georgia |
Sissoko 54' | Report | Brazilian Trialist 51' French Trialist 90' |
27 July 2013 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3-2 | Xelajú | Chamblee, Georgia |
Barrera 7', 53' Caceres 72' | Estacuy 70' Silva 77' |
NASL
Spring season
Table
Template:2013 NASL spring season table
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 |
Last updated: 21 April 2013.
Source: Spring season 2013 results
Results by round
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Match results
14 April 2013 Match 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–0 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Navarro 86' Barrera 88' | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,402 |
20 April 2013 Match 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
7:30 PM ET | Frimpong 9' Mulholland 24', 44' |
Report | Luna 22', 63' Mendes 53', 70' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium |
27 April 2013 Match 3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–3 | Minnesota United FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Blanco 17' Luna 26' |
Report | Kallman 23' Bracalello 54' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
4 May 2013 Match 4 | San Antonio Scorpions | 2-2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
8:30 PM ET | Denissen 20' Husić 28' |
Report | Menjivar 5' Mendes 30' |
Stadium: Toyota Field |
12 May 2013 Match 5 | FC Edmonton | 3-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
4:00 PM ET | Fordyce 39' Cox 44', 49' |
Report | Stadium: Clarke Stadium |
18 May 2013 Match 6 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2-0 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Luna 6' Lancaster 76' |
Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 4,716 |
25 May 2013 Match 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-0 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Barrera 86' | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
8 June 2013 Match 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-1 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Stisser 60' | Report | Hlavaty 70' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,000 |
15 June 2013 Match 9 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 0-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
7:30 PM ET | Report | Menjivar 90+1' (pen.) | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
22 June 2013 Match 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:30 PM ET | Cruz 62' | Report | Hristov 50' (pen.) Ambersley 59' (pen.) | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 5,711 |
29 June 2013 Match 11 | Carolina RailHawks | 1-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
7:30 PM ET | da Luz 89' | Report | Reiss 64' | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
4 July 2013 Match 12 | Minnesota United FC | 0-3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
8:30 PM ET | Report | Stisser 30'
Reiss 73' Luna 83' |
Stadium: NSC Stadium |
Fall season
Table
Template:2013 NASL fall season table
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | −10 |
Source: Fall season 2013 results
Results by round
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Match results
3 August 2013 Match 1 | Minnesota United FC | 0-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
Report | Randolph 22' | Stadium: NSC Stadium |
10 August 2013 Match 2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-1 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
Mendes 27' | Report | Low 72' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
18 August 2013 Match 3 | FC Edmonton | 1-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
Nurse 69' | Report | James 48' | Stadium: Clarke Stadium |
24 August 2013 Match 4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
Report | Baladez 34' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
31 August 2013 Match 5 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
Mendes 4' | Report | Hristov 50' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
7 September 2013 Match 6 | New York Cosmos | 1-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Hempstead, New York |
Senna 44' (pen.) | Report | Moroney 49' | Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium |
14 September 2013 Match 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2-1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
Luna 13' Barerra 51' | Report | Denissen 66' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
21 September 2013 Match 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | St. Petersburg, Florida |
7:30 PM ET | Hristov 54', 57' Hill 65' | Report | James 75' | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium |
28 September 2013 Match 9 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-0 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
Mendes 15' (pen.) | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
5 October 2013 Match 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 1-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
Zahorski 64' | Report | Stadium: Toyota Field |
12 October 2013 Match 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3-1 | Minnesota United FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
Luna 42'
Barrera 74' Mendes 89' (pen.) |
Report | Bracalello 82' (pen.) | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
19 October 2013 Match 12 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 6-2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
Nuñez 20'
Pérez 41', 63' Baladez 67', 83' |
Report | Luna 34' Mendes 86' (pen.) | Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
26 October 2013 Match 13 | Carolina RailHawks | 4-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
Kalungi 10'
da Luz 20' Addlery 66' Shriver 89' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
2 November 2013 Match 14 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | New York Cosmos | Chamblee, Georgia |
López 34' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
US Open Cup
21 May 2013 Second round | Georgia Revolution | 2-3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Conyers, Georgia |
Smith 16' Enang 34' | Report | Luna 4', 31' (pen.) Cruz 57' | Stadium: RYSA Soccerplex |
28 May 2013 Third round | Real Salt Lake | 3-2 (a.e.t.) | Atlanta Silverbacks | Sandy, Utah |
Beckerman 3'
Sandoval 97' Stephenson 100' |
Report | Gulley 87' Cruz 120' | Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
Playoffs
November 9, 2013 2013 Soccer Bowl | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | New York Cosmos | Chamblee, Georgia |
7:00 pm EST | Senna 51' | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
Statistics
Goals
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
- Last updated on 18 June 2013
Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | US Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
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1 | FW | 1 | Rubén Luna | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
2 | FW | 9 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
3 | MF | 10 | Danny Barrera | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
4 | MF | 7 | Pablo Cruz | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | DF | 4 | Bobby Reiss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
MF | 5 | Richard Menjivar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
MF | 12 | Horace James | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
FW | 17 | Brad Stisser | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
9 | DF | 2 | Mike Randolph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DF | 3 | Shane Moroney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 6 | Beto Navarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 8 | Milton Blanco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 27 | Martyn Lancaster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
FW | 94 | Kellen Gulley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
TOTALS | 20 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 39 |
Assists
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
- Last updated on 14 February 2013
Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | US Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
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1 | MF | 10 | Danny Barrera | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
2 | MF | 8 | Milton Blanco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | DF | 3 | Shane Moroney | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | FW | 1 | Rubén Luna | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
MF | 5 | Richard Menjivar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
MF | 19 | Borfor Carr | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | DF | 2 | Mike Randolph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MF | 7 | Pablo Cruz | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
MF | 12 | Horace James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
DF | 21 | Mark Bloom | 1 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 1 | |
TOTALS | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
Clean sheets
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
- Last updated on 18 June 2013
Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | US Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
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1 | GK | 18 | Joe Nasco | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | GK | 16 | Eric Ati | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 | GK | 91 | Cody Mizell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Transfers
In
No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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1 | FW | Rubén Luna | 21 | FC Dallas | Transfer | Pre-season | Free | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
4 | DF | Bobby Reiss | 22 | Cal State Fullerton Titans | Signed | Pre-season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
17 | MF | Mark Withers | 20 | Dallas Sidekicks | Signed | Pre-season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
23 | MF | Brandon Manzonelli | 23 | New England Revolution | Signed | Pre-season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
21 | DF | Mark Bloom | 25 | Charlotte Eagles | Transfer | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
17 | FW | Brad Stisser | 26 | Charlotte Eagles | Signed | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
15 | MF | Mario Uribe | 24 | Florida International University Golden Panthers men | Signed | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
24 | MF | Scott Rojo | 24 | High Point Panthers men | Signed | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
28 | MF | Rury Alvarez | 22 | Georgia Perimeter Jaguars men | Signed | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
29 | DF | Eduardo Liza | 19 | Georgia State Panthers men | Signed | Pre-season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
26 | FW | Andy Herron | 35 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Trade for Jahbari Willis | Mid-Season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
11 | MF | Alex Caceres | 26 | Cal FC | Signed | Mid-Season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
70 | MF | Jesus Gonzalez | 22 | Signed | Mid-Season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |||
33 | DF | Josh Suggs | 24 | Los Angeles Blues | Signed | Mid-Season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
25 | MF | Ferrety Sousa | 22 | Aubervilliers | Signed | Mid-Season | Undisclosed | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
1 | FW | Rubén Luna | 21 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Re-Signed | Mid-season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
77 | FW | Jahbari Willis | 23 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Re-Signed | Mid-season | None | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Out
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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1 | GK | Daniel Illyes | 30 | Retiring | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |||
4 | DF | Patrick Robertson | 26 | Released | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |||
10 | FW | Reinaldo Navia | 34 | Released | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |||
11 | FW | Jahbari Willis | 22 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Traded for Andy Herron | Mid-Season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
1 | FW | Rubén Luna | 21 | Released | Mid-Season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |||
26 | FW | Andy Herron | 35 | Released | Mid-Season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Loan In
No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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5 | MF | Richard Menjivar | 22 | Turín FESA | Loan | Pre-season | 2013 | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
– | FW | Kellen Gulley | 18 | Chicago Fire | Loan | Pre-season | 2013 | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
Loan Out
N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
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2 | DF | Chris Klute | 22 | Colorado Rapids | Loan | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | ||
21 | DF | Mark Bloom | 25 | Toronto FC | Loan | Mid-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
See also
References