atlanta silverbacks
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by E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor Behind a second-half goal from midfielder Pablo Cruz, the Atlanta Silverbacks earned a 1-0 home victory over FC Edmonton at Atlanta Silverbacks Park last Saturday. The victory was the NASL Fall Season home opener for the Silverbacks and the last contest with technical director Eric Wynalda as head coach.
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The club announced Friday morning that its technical director, Eric Wynalda, will be on the bench for the final time when FC Edmonton comes to town this Saturday. He will continue to hold his title as technical director, but that role won’t include coaching the team. Jason Smith, who coached the Silverbacks from 2005-2008, will begin his second
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The Atlanta Silverbacks threw away a two-goal halftime lead and fell to the Tampa Bay Rowdies, 3-2, in the NASL Fall Season Opener at Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg, Fla. Rowdies forward Georgi Hristov struck in second-half stoppage time with a header from a corner kick, sealing all three points for the home side.
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The Atlanta Silverbacks’ historic run in the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup came to an end on Wednesday night, as the team fell to Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire, 3-1, at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. A goal from Silverbacks forward Deon McCaulay made the score 1-1 early in the second half, but late strikes from Fire midfielders Jeff
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The Atlanta Silverbacks will get another crack at Major League Soccer (MLS) competition, and this time it will come away from home. The team will travel to play the Colorado Rapids in the fifth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Tuesday, with kickoff set for 9 p.m. ET at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in
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It was an historic night at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, as Georgia’s only professional soccer team, the Atlanta Silverbacks, knocked off Major League Soccer (MLS) giants Real Salt Lake, 2-1, in the fourth round of the 2014 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in front of a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans on Saturday night. A stoppage-time goal from