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team that played from 2005 until 2016. The team played in the

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from 2005 until the league folded after the 2015 season. For the 2016 season they played in the

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. They won the W-League championship in 2011 and the WPSL Southeast championship in 2016. The team played its home games at

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, a

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, 15 miles northeast of

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. The team's colors were red and black.

Players

2015 roster

Notable former players

* Christine Latham * Candace Chapman * Sharolta Nonen * Lyndsey Patterson *

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* Zineb Rechiche * Michelle Betos * Elizabeth Guess * Ashley Phillips

Year-by-year

Honors

* WPSL Southeast champions 2016 * 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

External links

Atlanta Silverbacks on USL Soccer
Women's soccer clubs in the United States

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