Syracuse Silver Knights

Syracuse Silver Knights

Full name	Syracuse Silver Knights
Nickname(s)	Silver Knights
Founded	2010
Stadium	Oncenter War Memorial Arena (capacity: 6,195)
Owner	Tommy Tanner
Head coach	Tommy Tanner
League	Major Indoor Soccer League
2012-13	6th MISL
Website	Club home page
Home colors Away colors
Current season

The Syracuse Silver Knights are a professional indoor soccer team based in Syracuse, NY and play in the Major Indoor Soccer League.

History

Having formed in 2010 with the intention of playing in the new I-League (a United Soccer Leagues league set to begin play in 2011), the team moved to the MISL when the two struggling leagues merged. The team was rumored to be named the Syracuse Scorpions and revive the name of an old American Soccer League team. However, the name Silver Knights was announced at the team's inaugural press conference. The club is coached by President, Team Owner and Syracuse native Tommy Tanner. The club has signed former Syracuse Salty Dogs player Ryan Hall, among others. The team announced the signing of former Major League Soccer star Diego Serna on October 11, 2011.

2011-2012 Season

Syracuse Silver Knights

2011–12 season
Stadium	Oncenter War Memorial Arena
MISL Eastern Division	3rd
Top goalscorer	Jeffrey Hughes (47 goals)
Highest home attendance	3,892 Milwaukee Wave February 22, 2012
Lowest home attendance	2,317 Baltimore Blast November 27th, 2011
Average home attendance	2,951 per game
2012–13 →

The Syracuse Silver Knights' first season of play began in 2011–12, when they joined the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion franchise. For their inaugural season, the Silver Knights played their home games at the Oncenter War Memorial Arena in downtown Syracuse.

The Syracuse Silver Knights finished third in the Eastern Division in 2012, having been eliminated from playoff contention when the Rochester Lancers beat the Wichita Wings on February 23, 2012.

Regular season

Date	Time	Opponent	Result	Attendance
11/4/11	7:30 PM	Rochester	W 16–15	3,670
11/11/11	7:00 PM	at Norfolk	W 23–7	2,347
11/12/11	7:35 PM	at Baltimore	W 18–7	8,078
11/19/11	7:00 PM	at Rochester	L 13–23	5,928
11/23/11	7:00 PM	Rochester	L 13–23	3,289
11/27/11	4:00 PM	Baltimore	L 10–18	2,317
12/2/11	8:35 PM	at Wichita	L 4–20	2,700
12/4/11	4:10 PM	at Missouri	L 10–23	2,853
12/10/11	7:35 PM	at Baltimore	W 12–9	5,716
12/17/11	1:00 PM	at Rochester	L 14–18	4,212
12/23/11	7:30 PM	Missouri	W 18–8	2,593
12/31/11	1:00 PM	Norfolk	W 23–13	2,680
1/6/12	7:35 PM	at Baltimore	L 6–21	4,864
1/13/12	7:30 PM	Milwaukee	L 12–15	2,437
1/15/12	4:00 PM	Norfolk	L 11–12	2,421
1/21/12	7:00 PM	Rochester	L 10–12	3,162
1/25/12	8:35 PM	at Missouri	L 12–33	2,864
1/29/12	4:00 PM	at Milwaukee	L 10–25	5,416
2/9/12	7:00 PM	Norfolk	W 21–4	3,144
2/12/12	1:00 PM	at Rochester	W 23–9	7,210
2/14/12	7:00 PM	at Norfolk	L 17–21	1,280
2/22/12	7:00 PM	Milwaukee	L 12–15	3,892
2/25/12	7:00 PM	Wichita	W 9–6	2,930
3/4/12	7:00 PM	Baltimore	L 13–15	2,871

Source: SyracuseSilverKnights.com

Statistics

Points

R	Player	Games	2pt Goals	3pt Goals	Assists	Total Points
1	Slaviša Ubiparipović	24	19	3	14	61
2	Jeff Hughes	24	19	2	9	53
3	Andriy Budnyy	24	15	4	5	47
4	Nelson Santana	24	16	0	14	46
5	Cory Elenio	23	15	1	12	45
6	Daniel Stevens	22	8	0	8	24
7	Alex Megson	23	9	0	5	23
8	Andre Berenzon	5	3	3	5	20
9	Jon Gruenewald	17	8	1	0	19
10	Enrique Tovar III	6	4	1	7	18
11	Ryan Pierce	26	5	0	4	14
12	Danny Hall	21	1	1	5	10
13	Kenardo Forbes	13	3	0	3	9
14	Diego Barrera	13	3	0	2	8
	Marcus Chantel	16	0	2	2	8
15	Diego Serna	8	3	0	1	7
	Darren Toby	26	2	0	3	7
17	Richard Shaw	5	2	0	1	5
	Anthony Maher	4	1	0	3	5
19	Ryan Hall	18	2	0	0	4
20	Eric Reed	16	0	0	3	3
21	Zoran Karić	3	0	0	2	2
	Brian O'Quinn	8	0	0	2	2

Updated March 4, 2012

Transactions

Since this season is the first for the Syracuse Silver Knights franchise, "transactions" will only include events occurring after the start of the season (November 4, 2011).

In

Date	Player	Last Team	Source
December 29, 2011	Anthony Maher	Missouri Comets
January 12, 2012	Brian O'Quinn	Western Mass Pioneers
February 2, 2012	Juan Reyes	Rochester Lancers
February 2, 2012	Enrique Tovar III	Anaheim Bolts

Out

Date	Player	Reason	Source
January 6, 2012	Diego Serna	Released
January 6, 2012	Jonny Steele	Released
January 6, 2012	Angelo Reina	Released
January 6, 2012	Zoran Karić	Retired
February 2, 2012	Diego Barrera	Released

Updated February 4, 2012

MISL honors

Defensive Player of the Month

Jeff Hughes (December)
Nelson Santana (February)

Offensive Player of the Month

Slaviša Ubiparipović](November)

Player of the Week

Eric Reed (week 2)
Byran O'Quinn (week 15)

Rookie of the Year
Slaviša Ubiparipović

All-MISL First Team

Nelson Santana - defense

MISL All-Rookie Team

Eric Reed - goalkeeper
Slavisa Ubiparapovic - forward

They won their first ever MISL game, 16-15 vs. the Rochester Lancers on November, 4th, 2011.

2012-2013

Syracuse Silver Knights

Season	2012–13 Major Indoor Soccer League season
Goals scored	24
Biggest home win	16-10
Highest scoring	16
Longest winning run	1
Longest losing run	1
← 2011-2012 2013-14 →

The Syracuse Silver Knights second season of play will begin on November 2, 2012, also their second season in the Major Indoor Soccer League. The Silver Knights will play their home games at the Oncenter War Memorial Arena in downtown Syracuse. The Silver Knights lost their opening game of the season 8-13 to league debut team, the Chicago Soul.

Regular Season

Date	Time	Opponent	Result	Attendance
11/2/12	7:30 PM	Chicago	8-13 L	3,412
11/3/12	7:00 PM	Rochester	16-10 W	3,461
11/10/12	8:35 PM	at Baltimore	4-10 L	3,038
11/16/12	7:35 PM	at Missouri
11/18/12	4:05 PM	at Wichita
11/24/12	7:00 PM	Chicago
11/30/12	7:30 PM	Missouri
12/2/12	4:00 PM	Rochester
12/8/12	7:00 PM	Wichita
12/14/12	7:30 PM	Missouri
12/22/12	7:00 PM	at Rochester
12/26/12	7:00 PM	Milwaukee
12/28/12	7:35 PM	at Wichita
12/29/12	7:30 PM	at Missouri
1/4/13	8:30 PM	at Chicago
1/5/13	7:00 PM	at Milwaukee
1/12/13	7:00 PM	at Rochester
1/18/13	7:30 PM	Baltimore
1/20/13	1:30 PM	Baltimore
2/1/13	7:30 PM	Baltimore
2/2/13	7:35 PM	at Baltimore
2/16/13	1:00 PM	at Rochester
2/22/13	7:30 PM	Wichita
2/27/13	7:00 PM	Milwaukee
3/1/13	8:30 PM	at Chicago
3/2/13	7:00 PM	at Milwaukee

Statistics

Points

R	Player	Games	2pt Goals	3pt Goals	Assists	Total Points
1	Elmo Marques Neto	0	0	0	0	0
2	Slaviša Ubiparipović	0	0	0	0	0
3	Nelson Santana	0	0	0	0	0
4	Matt Clare	0	0	0	0	0
5	Andre Berenzon	0	0	0	0	0
6	Daniel Stevens	0	0	0	0	0
7	Jon Gruenewald	0	0	0	0	0
8	Ryan Pierce	0	0	0	0	0
9	Danny Hall	0	0	0	0	0
10	Marcus Chantel	0	0	0	0	0
	Kenardo Forbes	0	0	0	0	0
12	Ryan Hall	0	0	0	0	0
13	Brian O'Quinn	0	0	0	0	0
14	Ryan Mack	0	0	0	0	0
15	Derek Popovich	0	0	0	0	0
16	Božidar Jelovac	0	0	0	0	0
17	Nate Bourdeau	0	0	0	0	0
18	Darren Toby	0	0	0	0	0

Updated

Transactions

In

Date	Player	Last Team	Source
10/10/2012	Nate Bourdeau	Rutgers Scarlet Knights
10/23/2012	Matt Clare	Norfolk SharX & Tampa Bay Rowdies
Off-season	Elmo Marques Neto	Missouri Comets
Off-season	Ryan Mack	Detroit Waza
Off-season	Božidar Jelovac	FK Radnički Beograd
Off-season	Derek Popovich	Wilmington Hammerheads
11/23/12	Andriy Budnyy	Syracuse Silver Knights

Out

Date	Player	Reason	Source
08/07/12	Enrique Tovar III	Signed with Las Vegas Legends
10/29/12	Jeff Hughes	Signed with Cincinnati Kings
Off-season	Juan Reyes	Released
Off-season	Cory Elenio	Released
Off-season	Anthony Maher	Released
Off-season	Eric Reed	Released
Off-season	Alex Megson	Signed with Chicago Soul
11/11/12	Danny Hall	Released
11/28/12	Andre Berenzon	Traded to Wichita Wings
11/28/12	Matt Clare	Traded to Wichita Wings

Updated November 10, 2012

Current Squad

Updated November 24, 2012& Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Ryan Brooks-Newton 2 DF Ryan Hall 3 MF Antonio Manfut 5 MF Jon Gruenewald 6 DF Ryan Pierce 7 MF Josh Bennett 8 FW Elmo Marques Neto 11 DF Nelson Santana 13 MF Vittorio Petrera 14 GK Brian O'Quinn

No. Position Player 15 MF Daniel Stevens 16 DF Marcos Chantel 17 FW Jamar Beasley 20 MF Derek Popovich 21 DF Darren Toby 23 FW Božidar Jelovac 33 FW Andriy Budnyy 55 FW Kenardo Forbes 80 FW Nate Bourdeau 99 FW Slaviša Ubiparipović

Development Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DEV FW LJ Papaleo DEV GK Darren Wynne DEV FW Angelo Reina DEV MF Brian "BK" Knapp DEV MF Rob Moskwa DEV MF Uriel Robledo DEV DF Christian Arrieta DEV MF Sam Archer

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Tommy Tanner

Ast. Coach: Ryan Hall

Ast. Coach: Joe Papaleo

Year-by-Year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs	Attendance Average
2011-12	MISL III	3rd Eastern Division, 9-15	Did Not Qualify	2,950
2012-13	MISL III	6th, 8-18	Did Not Qualify	3,401

Former Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Richard Shaw 4 MF Danny Hall 4 MF Bryan Perez 7 MF Andre Berenzon 8 MF Diego Barrera 8 FW Enrique Tovar III 9 FW Matt Clare 10 MF Ryan Mack

No. Position Player 12 MF Anthony Maher 12 FW Zoran Karić 17 FW Diego Serna 20 FW Cory Elenio 22 FW Jonny Steele 23 FW Jeff Hughes 24 GK Eric Reed 77 MF Alexander Megson

Updated November 9, 2012

Silver Knights U19

The Silver Knights also have a youth team. Local youth team CNY United was given permission by Tommy Tanner to re-name itself "Syracuse Silver Knights U19". They are coached by Silver Knights assistant coach Joe Papaleo and Silver Knights reserve LJ Papaleo.^{[citation needed]}

Current U19 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player -- Matt Curran -- Thomas Reith 3 MF Connor Netti 4 DF Ralph Romano 7 FW Matt Stedman 8 MF Vinnie Gomes 9 DF Jack Goodfellow 10 FW Bennett Coughlin 12 MF Alex Mirra 14 MF Nate Sturgeon

No. Position Player 16 GK Paul Daniels 23 FW Jack Mayette 25 DF Jared Sayles 27 MF Liam Price 28 DF Kyle Chapman 29 DF Barnes Werner 30 MF Jorge Ferrer 32 MF Ryan Croucher 43 FW Nai Mayen 99 GK Jimmy Brady