Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves
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| Full name | Atlanta Silverbacks |
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| Founded | 2007 (as Atlanta FC) |
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Atlanta Silverbacks Park Atlanta, Georgia |
| Capacity | 5,000 |
| Owner | Boris Jerkunica, John Latham, John Hardin, United Futbol Academy (UFA), and A+ Sports Management Group (A+) |
| Head Coach | Phoday Dolleh |
| League | National Premier Soccer League |
Atlanta Silverbacks (previously Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves) are an American soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was the reserve team of the Atlanta Silverbacks. Founded in 2007 as Atlanta FC, the team plays in National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the South Atlantic Conference.
The team plays its home games at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, where they have played since 2011. The team's colors are red, black and white.
On 22 February 2013, they announced that they would be taking a hiatus for the 2013 NPSL season. The team plans on returning for the 2014 season.
The team returned to the field for the 2014 season and finished the regular season in second place in the Southeast Conference of the NPSL South Region. The team has been known simply as Atlanta Silverbacks since the end of 2015 season when their parent club was disbanded due to the lack of suitable local ownership.
The original Atlanta FC ownership group included a wide cross section of the local Georgia soccer community. The Board of Directors included prominent members of large amateur leagues, elite youth clubs, and grassroots organizations, bringing together representatives from the groups that drive soccer in the United States.
The club was born out of a U23 team, Lawrenceville FC, that came together to make a successful run to the National Cup finals in 2007. This team united players of many different nationalities in – from the US, Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Honduras lined up next to players from Peru, Colombia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Puerto Rico, and Romania. Once the tournament was complete, talks were held on how to continue this project to benefit both the players involved and the community at large. The NPSL began seeking interested ownership groups for its new Southeast Conference at around the same time, and Atlanta FC joined for the division's inaugural season. That team went on to win the NPSL Southeast Conference in its first season, losing out in the playoffs to Midwest Champions St. Paul Twin Stars.
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