Atlanta Silverbacks U23's

Football club infobox
clubname = Atlanta Silverbacks U23’s


fullname = Atlanta Silverbacks U23’s
nickname = U23’s
founded = 2006
ground = RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium
capacity = 4,000
chairman = flagicon|USA Stephen Pratten
manager = flagicon|USA Steve Muccillo
league = USL Premier Development League
season = 2008
position = 4th, Southeast Division

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Atlanta Silverbacks U23’s is an American soccer team, founded in 2006 as part of the development system for the Atlanta Silverbacks USL First Division team. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, and plays in the Southeast Division of the Southern Conference against teams from Bradenton, Cary, Greensboro, Nashville, Orlando, Panama City and West Palm Beach.

They currently play their home games at the soccer-specific RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium in the city of Chamblee, Georgia, 13 miles north of downtown Atlanta, where the senior team also plays. The team's colors are red, black and white.

2008 Roster

Year-by-year

Competition History

The Atlanta Silverbacks U23's entered the PDL in 2006 as the new development arm of the Atlanta Silverbacks USL First Division franchise. With the backing and support of their parent organization, the first year was pretty successful for the club. The team were unbeaten in their first five games, the highlight of which was an impressive 3-0 victory over Ajax Orlando Prospects that featured a brace by striker Damone Priestley. The highlights in June included a free-scoring see-sawing game against Raleigh CASL Elite which the Silverbacks emerged from as 4-3 winners, and an impressive 6-0 demolition West Virginia Chaos that featured a hat trick from defender John Drummond. Unfortunately, the Silverbacks form faded in the latter half of the season, where they managed two wins in their final seven games. A 2-2 tie away at Nashville Metros on the final day of the season eventually left the Silverbacks 3rd in the South Atlantic Division, just out of the playoffs. Midfielder Jyler Noviello was the top scorer, registering 7 goals on the season, while John Drummond tallied 6 assists to go with his own 5 goals.

2007 was much of the same for the Silverbacks, who continued to tally a number of impressive results. The team lost just two games all season - 4-0 to Cary RailHawks U23's in June and 2-1 away to the Palm Beach Pumas in July - and were models of consistency for much of the year. In fact, the season ended with the Silverbacks on a 5-game winning streak which included a massive 8-0 hammering of Cocoa Expos and a 2-0 final day victory against divisional champions Carolina Dynamo; however, the gods were not smiling on the men from Atlanta as Central Florida Kraze's 3-0 victory over Palm Beach in their final regular season game left the Silverbacks third in the division for a second year in a row, pipped at the post to the playoff spot on goal difference. Striker Ryan Roushandel notched an impressive 8 goals on the season, while both David Bell and Patrick Murray registered 4 assists each.

Notable former players

* Demetrius Donald
* Macoumba Kandji
* Jonathan Leathers
* Tate Parrish

Coaches

* Steve Muccillo 2006-date

tadia

* RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium (Silverbacks Park), Chamblee, Georgia 2006-date

Average Attendance

*2008: not yet available
*2007: 156
*2006: 149

External links

* [http://www.atlantasilverbacks.com Atlanta Silverbacks]