| 2013 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
| |||
← 2012
2014 →
| |||
The 2013 season was 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.
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 FC 5-1 a week later.
On July 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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
|
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
|
Brian Haynes – Head Coach
José Pinho – Goalkeeper Coach
Eric Wynalda – Technical Director| March 7, 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 5–0 | North Georgia Nighthawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 2:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 9, 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–0 | Georgia State Panthers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 2:30 PM ET | Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 16, 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–1 | UAB Blazers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 2:30 PM ET | James  35'Blanco 85' |
Report | 60' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| March 30, 2013 Preseason | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3–0 | Charlotte Eagles | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 4:00 PM ET | Luna 35', 45' (pen.) Moroney |
Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| July 19, 2013 | Georgia Revolution | 1-2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Conyers, Georgia |
| Sissoko 54' |
Report | Brazilian Trialist 51'
French Trialist 90' |
vXelajú 
| July 27, 2013 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3-2 | Xelajú | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Barrera 7', 53'
Caceres 72' |
Estacuy 70'
Silva 77' |
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlanta Silverbacks (S) | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 21 | Soccer Bowl 2013 |
| 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 20 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 20 | |
| 4 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 18 | |
| 5 | FC Edmonton | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 14 | |
| 6 | Minnesota United FC | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 14 | |
| 7 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 8 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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: April 21, 2013.
Source: Spring season 2013 results
| April 14, 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 |
| April 20, 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 |
| April 27, 2013 Match 3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2–3 | Minnesota United FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 7:30 PM ET | Blanco 17' Luna 26' |
Report | Kallman 23'
Bracalello 61' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| May 4, 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 |
| May 12, 2013 Match 5 | FC Edmonton | 3-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
| 4:00 PM ET | Fordyce 39' Cox 44', 49' |
Report | Stadium: Clarke Stadium |
| May 18, 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 |
| May 25, 2013 Match 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-0 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 7:30 PM ET | Barrera 86' |
Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| June 8, 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 |
| June 15, 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 |
| June 22, 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 |
| June 29, 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 |
| July 4, 2013 Match 12 | Minnesota United FC | 0-3 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| 8:30 PM ET | Report | Stisser 30'
Reiss 83' |
Stadium: NSC Stadium |
| Pos | Team
|
Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Cosmos (F) | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 31 | Soccer Bowl 2013 |
| 2 | Carolina RailHawks | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 23 | |
| 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 20 | |
| 4 | Minnesota United FC | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 20 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 18 | |
| 6 | FC Edmonton | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | −8 | 16 | |
| 8 | San Antonio Scorpions | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 24 | −9 | 10 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| August 3, 2013 Match 1 | Minnesota United FC | 0-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Blaine, Minnesota |
| Report | Randolph 22' |
Stadium: NSC Stadium |
| August 10, 2013 Match 2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-1 | Carolina RailHawks | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Mendes 27' |
Report | Low 72' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| August 18, 2013 Match 3 | FC Edmonton | 1-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Edmonton, Alberta |
| Nurse 69' |
Report | James 48' |
Stadium: Clarke Stadium |
| August 24, 2013 Match 4 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Report | Baladez 34' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| August 31, 2013 Match 5 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Mendes 4' |
Report | Hristov 50' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| September 7, 2013 Match 6 | New York Cosmos | 1-1 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Hempstead, New York |
| Senna 44' (pen.) |
Report | Moroney 49' |
Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium |
| September 14, 2013 Match 7 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2-1 | San Antonio Scorpions | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Luna 13'
Barerra 51' |
Report | Denissen 66' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| September 21, 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 |
| September 28, 2013 Match 9 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 1-0 | FC Edmonton | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Mendes 15' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| October 5, 2013 Match 10 | San Antonio Scorpions | 1-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | San Antonio, Texas |
| Zahorski 64' |
Report | Stadium: Toyota Field |
| October 12, 2013 Match 11 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 3-1 | Minnesota United FC | Chamblee, Georgia |
| Luna 42'
Barrera 89' (pen.) |
Report | Bracalello 82' (pen.) |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
| October 19, 2013 Match 12 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 6-2 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Nuñez 20'
Pérez 67', 83' |
Report | Luna 34'
Mendes 86' (pen.) |
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium |
| October 26, 2013 Match 13 | Carolina RailHawks | 4-0 | Atlanta Silverbacks | Cary, North Carolina |
| Kalungi 10'
da Luz
Addlery 89' (pen.) |
Report | Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park |
| November 2, 2013 Match 14 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | New York Cosmos | Chamblee, Georgia |
| López 34' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
vAtlanta Silverbacks
| May 21, 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 |
vAtlanta Silverbacks
| May 28, 2013 Third round | Real Salt Lake | 3-2 (a.e.t.) | Atlanta Silverbacks | Sandy, Utah |
| Beckerman 3'
Sandoval 100' |
Report | Gulley 87'
Cruz 120' |
Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium |
| November 9, 2013 (2013-11-09) 2013 Soccer Bowl | Atlanta Silverbacks | 0-1 | New York Cosmos | Chamblee, Georgia |
| 7:00 pmEST | Senna 51' |
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park |
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | U.S. Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total assists are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | U.S. Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rank | Pos | No. | Player | NASL Spring | NASL Fall | U.S. Open Cup | Soccer Bowl | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving from |
Type |
Transfer window |
Ends |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| N |
Pos. |
Nat. |
Name |
Age |
Moving to |
Type |
Transfer window |
Transfer fee |
Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DF |
|
Chris Klute | 22 | Colorado Rapids | Loan | Pre-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com | |
| 21 | DF |
|
Mark Bloom | 25 | Toronto FC 
|
Loan | Mid-season | AtlantaSilverbacks.com |
|
2013 NASL season by team
| |
|---|---|
| |
|
|
| |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
« 2012 2014 » | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
