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Atlanta Silverbacks Women

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Nickname(s)
  
The Silverbacks

Manager
  
Ignace "Iggy" Moleka

Arena/Stadium
  
Atlanta Silverbacks Park

Ground Capacity
  
5,000

Founded
  
2005

Full name
  
Atlanta Silverbacks Women

Leagues
  
USL W-League, Women's Premier Soccer League

Atlanta Silverbacks Women is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2005. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League. The team played in the USL W-League from 2005 until the league folded after the 2015 season. For the 2016 season they played in the WPSL. They won the WPSL Southeast championship in 2016. They won the W-League championship in 2011.

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The team plays its home games at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, a soccer-specific stadium in Chamblee, Georgia, 15 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. The team's colors are red and black.

Current Roster 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Notable former players

  • Christine Latham
  • Candace Chapman
  • Sharolta Nonen
  • Lyndsey Patterson
  • Melissa Tancredi
  • Michelle Betos
  • Elizabeth Guess
  • Ashley Phillips
  • Honors

  • USL W-League National Champions 2011
  • USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2011
  • USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2010
  • USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2009
  • USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2008
  • USL W-League Central Conference Champions 2007
  • USL W-League Atlantic Division Champions 2007
  • References

    Atlanta Silverbacks Women Wikipedia