Atlanta Silverbacks

Full name	Atlanta Silverbacks
Nickname(s)	Silverbacks/The Gorillas
Founded	1998
Ground	ReMax Greater Atlanta Stadium
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Boris Jerkunica
Manager	Jason Smith
League	USL First Division
2006	8th
Home colours Away colours

The Atlanta Silverbacks are an American professional soccer club who currently play in the USL First Division, a division of the United Soccer Leagues, and the second division in the US Soccer hierarchy. They also have a USL Premier Development League club known as the Atlanta Silverbacks U23's, which began play in 2006. Image File history File links Atlanta_Silverbacks. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This is a list of major football (soccer) stadia, grouped by country and ordered by capacity. ... Boris Jerkunica is the majority owner and chairman of the Atlanta Silverbacks and part of the ownership group of Carolina RailHawks F.C. Jerkunica is a native of Croatia. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... soccer jersey left arm with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links soccer jersey with thin white sides File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... soccer jersey right arm with white shoulders File links The following pages link to this file: Oldham Athletic A.F.C. IFK Göteborg Malmö FF Template talk:Football kit Assyriska Helsingborgs IF Åtvidabergs FF User:Johan Elisson/football kits Categories: GFDL images | Football kit templates ... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links left arm of kit template File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... body of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... rightarm of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_shorts. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... The United Soccer Leagues First Division is a professional mens soccer league in North America. ... The United Soccer Leagues (USL) is directly affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA) and the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA). ... The USL Premier Development League (PDL) is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid. ... The Atlanta Silverbacks U23s are the Premier Development League entry in the United Soccer Leagues. ...

They currently play at ReMax Greater Atlanta Stadium at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, a soccer-specific stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The team is currently coached by Jason Smith, and finished fifth in the A-League Western Conference in 2004, barely missing the playoffs with a 14-11-3 record. Columbus Crew Stadium opened in 1999 as the first of a growing number of American stadiums built for soccer Soccer-specific stadium (SSS) is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Hotlanta, The Big Peach, The ATL Location Location in Fulton and DeKalb counties in the state of Georgia Coordinates: , Government Country State Counties United States Georgia Fulton County, Georgia DeKalb County, Georgia Mayor Shirley Franklin (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 132. ...

The franchise began as the Atlanta Ruckus in 1995. The club was re-named the Silverbacks in 1998, after a change in ownership. The name comes from a silverback gorilla named Willie B., who was a main attraction of Zoo Atlanta until his death. Type Species Troglodytes gorilla Savage, 1847 Species Gorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The gorilla, the largest of the living primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of Africa. ... Willie B watching over his family at Zoo Atlanta Willie B. was a silverback Gorilla who lived at Zoo Atlanta for 39 years, from 1961 until his death in February of 2000. ... Zoo Atlanta is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Honors

• Southern Derby 4 (2002, 2004, 2005*, 2006)

*-as co-champion The Southern Derby is a fan-based cup competition between United Soccer Leagues First Division teams based in the Southern United States (most notably North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia). ...

Year-by-year

Current squad

As of January 1, 2006

Nationality given from place of birth

No. Position Player 0 GK Shaun Kalnasy 1 GK Felipe Quintero 2 MF Scott Buete 3 DF Joseph Afful 4 DF Adilson De Lima 5 DF David Hayes 6 DF Matthew Bobo 7 MF Jason McLaughlin 8 MF Liam George 9 FW Fabian Dawkins 10 MF Alex Pineda Chacón

No. Position Player 11 MF Rodrigo Rios 12 MF Tony McManus 14 FW Omar Jarun 15 FW Warren Ukah 16 MF Josh Smith 17 DF Matt O'Toole 18 MF Maurice Hughes 19 DF Marlon Rojas 23 FW Machel Millwood 00 DF Antonio De La Torre

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External links

• Official Website
• Westside 109 Website (Silverback Supporters)