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Atlanta Silverbacks
2011 season
OwnersBoris Jerkunica
John Latham
Head coachJosé Manuel Abundis
StadiumAtlanta Silverbacks Park
NASL8th
PlayoffsDid not qualify
U.S. Open CupDenied entry
Top goalscorerMatt Horth (6)
Highest home attendance3,543 vs. MIN
(Apr 9, 2011)
Lowest home attendance2,328 vs. CAR
(June 25, 2011)
Average home league attendance2,866[1]
← 2008
2012 →

The 2011 Atlanta Silverback season was the club's fifteenth year of existence, and their first year in the North American Soccer League (NASL). It's the team's first year back after a two-year hiatus from competitive play.[2]

On January 25, the Silverbacks announced their full schedule in the NASL. The Silverbacks will host each NASL opponent twice over the course of the season.[3]

On March 8, the Silverbacks announced three preseason games against Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia State University and Clayton State University.[4] All three games resulted in a scoreless tie.[5]

Background

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The 2011 season marked the Silverbacks return to American soccer following a two-year hiatus, that did not see the organization field a senior men's team throughout the 2009 and 2010 seasons.[6]

Review

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The return season was arguably an abysmal campaign for the Silverbacks, as the club lost 20 of its 28 regular season matches, drawing and winning four matches apiece. During the regular season, the Silverbacks were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention with seven weeks left in the NASL regular season. José Manuel Abundis, then the head coach, was fired following the season replaced by then-assistant coach, Alex Pineda Chacón, whom played for the Silverbacks from 2003 to 2004. The announcement came on November 7, 2011.[7]

Club

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Roster

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Mexico MEX Felipe Quintero
2 DF United States USA Tyler Ruthven
3 DF United States USA Shane Moroney
4 DF United States USA Patrick Robertson
5 MF United States USA Ciaran O'Brien
6 MF United States USA Jordan Davis
7 MF United States USA Jose Parada
10 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Paulini
12 MF Puerto Rico PUR Fernando González
13 DF United States USA Willie Hunt
14 MF United States USA Nico Colaluca
14 DF Mexico MEX Mario Pérez Zúñiga
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Japan JPN Kohei Matsushita
16 DF United States USA Josh Casarona
17 MF Liberia LBR Moussa Toure
18 FW United States USA Matt Horth
19 MF Scotland SCO Grant Kerr
20 GK United States USA Jimmy Maurer
21 MF United States USA Raphael Cox
22 FW United States USA Jon Cox
23 DF Switzerland SUI Mattias Schnorf
25 FW United States USA Conor Chinn
26 GK United States USA Eric Ati

Technical Staff

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Competitions

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Preseason

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March 23, 2011 (2011-03-23) Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Southern Polytechnic State University Atlanta
16:30 EDT Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
March 26, 2011 (2011-03-26) Georgia State University 0–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Atlanta
16:30 EDT Report
March 30, 2011 (2011-03-30) Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Clayton State University Atlanta
16:30 EDT Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

NASL

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Main article: 2011 North American Soccer League season

Standings

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 −1 38 Playoff quarterfinals
5 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 −5 36[a]
6 NSC Minnesota Stars (C) 28 9 9 10 30 32 −2 36[a]
7 Montreal Impact 28 9 8 11 35 27 +8 35
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 4 4 20 25 63 −38 16
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.[8]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 4 4 20 25 63  −38 16 3 1 10 14 32  −18 1 3 10 11 31  −20

Last updated: September 22, 2012.
Source: Match results

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
StadiumHHHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAHAAAHHAAAH
ResultLLLDLLDLLWLLLLWDWLLLLLLWLLDL
Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

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April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09) 1 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Horth 64' Report Takada 57'
Gotsmanov 90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,543
April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16) 2 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–1 FC Edmonton Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Surprenant 11' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,161
April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23) 3 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Pérez 16' Report Nuñez 14'
Coudet 87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,227
April 30, 2011 (2011-04-30) 4 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:00 PM ET Ambersley 74' Report Hunt 45' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,021
May 7, 2011 (2011-05-07) 5 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 FC Edmonton Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Craig 69'
Porter 76'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,433
May 14, 2011 (2011-05-14) 6 NSC Minnesota Stars 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, Minnesota
7:30 PM CT Cosgriff 17'
Hlavaty 57' (pen.)
Rodríguez 66'		 Report Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 963
May 21, 2011 (2011-05-21) 7 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,764
May 28, 2011 (2011-05-28) 8 Carolina RailHawks 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
Pablo Campos 81'
Russell 90'		 Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,015
June 4, 2011 (2011-06-04) 9 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–2 NSC Minnesota Stars Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Del Do 3', 64' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,447
June 8, 2011 (2011-06-08) 10 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–1 Montreal Impact Atlanta
7:30 PM ET R. Cox 13'
Horth 34'		 Report Diouf 43' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,880
June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) 11 FC Tampa Bay 3–2 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
6:00 PM ET Ambersley 31', 54'
King 86'		 Report Hunt 34'
Davis 64'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,319
June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) 12 Puerto Rico Islanders 3–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Faña 2'
Hansen 81'
Foley 90'		 Report Paulini 45' Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
Attendance: 1,377
June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25) 13 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–5 Carolina RailHawks Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Horth 10' Report Barbara 21'
Zimmerman 29', 63'
Nurse 36'
Rusin 88'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 2,328
July 4, 2011 (2011-07-04) 14 Atlanta Silverbacks 3–4 Puerto Rico Islanders Atlanta
5:00 PM ET Ciaran O'Brien 32' (pen.), 54' (pen.)
Sandoval 59'		 Report Pitchkolan 27'
Bouraee 38'
Foley 65' (pen.)
Faña 90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09) 15 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2–3 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM ET Thompson 7'
Arguez 74'		 Report Paulini 17'
O'Brien 32'
Horth 63'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 2,661
July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) 16 Montreal Impact 2–2 Atlanta Silverbacks Montreal
3:30 PM ET Sebrango 42', 90' Report Horth 17', 64' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 10,077
July 23, 2011 (2011-07-23) 17 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–1 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Sandoval 7'
O'Brien 41'		 Report King 43' Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,515
July 30, 2011 (2011-07-30) 18 Carolina RailHawks 1–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Cary, North Carolina
7:00 PM EST Barbara 8' Report Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,011
August 6, 2011 (2011-08-06) 19 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Report Savage 28', 60'
Ambersley 33'
Clare 82'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,126
August 10, 2011 (2011-08-10) 20 Puerto Rico Islanders 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Bayamón, Puerto Rico
7:30 PM ET Foley 26'
Villaroel 66'		 Report Stadium: Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel
Attendance: 1,182
August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14) 21 Montreal Impact 4–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Montreal
6:00 PM ET Ilcu 3'
Camara 8'
Ubiparipovic 35'
Diouf 80'		 Report Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 11,136
August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21) 22 FC Edmonton 3–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, Alberta
9:30 ET Saiko 63'
M. Cox 71', 76'		 Report Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,607
August 27, 2011 (2011-08-27) 23 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–4 Carolina RailHawks Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Hunt 26'
R. Cox 76'		 Report Barbara 28', 79' (pen.), 90' (pen.)
McManus 76'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,313
September 3, 2011 (2011-09-03) 24 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–0 Puerto Rico Islanders Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Matt Horth 28', 30' Report Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
September 7, 2011 (2011-09-07) 25 FC Edmonton 2–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Edmonton, Alberta
Yamada 52' Yellow card 90+4'
Craig 90+3'		 Report Robertson Red card 29'
Josh Casarona Yellow card 58'
Ruthven 75'
Hunt Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,868
September 10, 2011 (2011-09-10) 26 NSC Minnesota Stars 2–0 Atlanta Silverbacks Blaine, Minnesota
8:30 PM ET Cosgriff 12'

Kallman Yellow card 15'
Takada Yellow card 63'

Altman 84' (pen.)		 Report Hunt Yellow card 72'
O'Brien Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: NSC Stadium
Attendance: 2,435
September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17) 27 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 PM ET Morales Yellow card 62'

Stahl Yellow card 68'
Gordon Yellow card 78'

Shriver 90+1'		 Report Colaluca 90' Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 4,688
September 24, 2011 (2011-09-24) 28 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 Montreal Impact Atlanta
7:30 PM ET Ruthven Yellow card 54'

R. Cox Yellow card 68'

Davis Yellow card 74'		 Report Pore 6', 30', 45+' (pen.)
Montaño 18'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park

Statistics

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Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Mexico MEX Felipe Quintero 10 0 10 0
2 DF United States USA Tyler Ruthven 22 0 22 0
3 DF United States USA Shane Moroney 18 0 18 0
4 DF United States USA Patrick Robertson 14 0 14 0
5 MF United States USA Ciaran O'Brien 19 4 19 4
6 MF United States USA Jordan Davis 23 1 23 1
7 MF United States USA Jose Parada 8 0 8 0
8 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Emsad Zahirovic 7 0 7 0
9 FW Honduras HON Junior Sandoval 15 2 15 2
10 MF Argentina ARG Lucas Paulini 22 2 22 2
12 MF Puerto Rico PUR Fernando González 5 0 5 0
13 DF United States USA Willie Hunt 22 3 22 3
14 MF United States USA Nico Colaluca 4 0 4 0
14 DF Mexico MEX Mario Pérez 10 1 10 1
15 DF Japan JPN Kohei Matsushita 13 0 13 0
16 DF United States USA Josh Casarona 8 0 8 0
17 MF Liberia LBR Moussa Toure 3 0 3 0
18 FW United States USA Matt Horth 22 6 22 6
19 MF Scotland SCO Grant Kerr 1 0 1 0
19 DF Colombia COL Cristian Quiñones 1 0 1 0
20 GK United States USA Jimmy Maurer 13 0 13 0
21 MF United States USA Raphael Cox 22 2 22 2
22 FW United States USA Jon Cox 12 0 12 0
23 DF Switzerland SUI Mattias Schnorf 15 0 15 0
25 FW United States USA Conor Chinn 6 0 6 0
26 GK United States USA Eric Ati 0 0 0 0
65 MF Mexico MEX Paco Rueda 0 0 0 0

Last updated: August 30, 2011

Clean sheets

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No. Pos Nat Player Total NASL
Apps Clean
sheets		 Apps Clean
sheets
1 GK Mexico MEX Felipe Quintero 10 1 10 1
20 GK United States USA Jimmy Maurer 13 1 13 1

Disciplinary record

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No. Nat Pos. Player Total NASL
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card
1 Mexico GK Felipe Quintero 2 0 1 2 0 1
2 United States DF Tyler Ruthven 5 0 0 5 0 0
4 United States DF Robertson 2 0 0 2 0 0
5 United States MF Ciaran O'Brien 1 0 0 1 0 0
6 United States MF Jordan Davis 4 0 0 4 0 0
7 United States DF Jose Parada 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 Argentina MF Lucas Paulini 1 1 0 1 1 0
13 United States DF Willie Hunt 2 0 0 2 0 0
14 Mexico DF Mario Peréz 4 0 0 4 0 0
15 Japan DF Kohei Matsushita 1 0 0 1 0 0
16 United States DF Josh Casarona 3 0 0 3 0 0
17 Liberia MF Moussa Toure 1 0 0 1 0 0
18 United States FW Matt Horth 2 0 0 2 0 0
21 United States FW Raphael Cox 3 0 0 3 0 0
22 United States FW Jon Cox 1 0 1 1 0 1
23 Switzerland DF Mattias Schnorf 4 0 0 4 0 0

Last updated: August 30, 2011
Source: NASL
Only competitive matches.

Transfers

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In

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No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
15 DF Japan Kohei Matsushita 25 Ehime Japan Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
23 DF Switzerland Mattias Schnorf 26 Winterthur Switzerland Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
18 FW United States Matt Horth 21 Gordon College Fighting Scotts Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
3 DF United States Shane Moroney 22 Berry College Vikings Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
12 MF Puerto Rico Fernando González 21 South Florida Bulls Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
8 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Emsad Zahirovic 22 Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
7 MF United States Jose Parada 23 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
4 DF United States Patrick Robertson 24 Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
14 DF Mexico Mario Pérez 28 Club Atlas Mexico Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
10 MF Argentina Lucas Paulini 21 Mississippi Brilla Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
6 MF United States Jordan Davis 28 Atlanta Silverbacks U23 Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
2 DF United States Tyler Ruthven 22 Harrisburg City Islanders Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
1 GK Mexico Felipe Quintero 31 Atlanta Silverbacks Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
5 MF United States Ciaran O'Brien 23 Colorado Rapids Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
22 FW United States Jon Cox 24 Georgia Southern Eagles Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
20 GK United States Jimmy Maurer 22 New York Red Bulls Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
13 DF United States Willie Hunt 23 Mississippi Brilla Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
21 MF United States Raphael Cox 24 Real Salt Lake Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
16 DF United States Josh Casarona 18 Deportivo Español Argentina Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
65 MF Mexico Paco Rueda 27 La Piedad Mexico Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
17 MF Liberia Moussa Toure 25 Fort Lauderdale Schulz Academy Transfer Pre-season Undisclosed Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
25 FW United States Conor Chinn 23 Real Salt Lake Transfer Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed NASL.com
14 MF United States Nico Colaluca 25 Norrby IF Sweden Transfer Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed NASL.com
14 GK Cameroon Eric Ati 22 Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves Transfer Summer Undisclosed Undisclosed NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Out

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
14 DF Mexico Mario Pérez 29 Estudiantes Tecos Mexico Transfer Summer Undisclosed AtlantaSilverbacks.com
65 MF Mexico Paco Rueda 27 Released Summer – AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 DF Colombia Cristian Quiñones 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan terminated Summer – NASL.com
8 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Emsad Zahirovic 23 Breach of contract Summer – NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Loan in

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No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
9 MF Honduras Junior Sandoval 20 Puerto Rico Islanders Puerto Rico Loan Pre-season August 12, 2011 – AtlantaSilverbacks.com
19 DF Colombia Cristian Quiñones 19 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan Summer 2011 – NASL.com
19 MF Scotland Grant Kerr 26 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Loan Summer 2011 – NASL.com

Last updated: February 2013

Loan out

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N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
23 DF Switzerland Mattias Schnorf 27 SC Young Fellows Juventus Switzerland Loan Post-season – AtlantaSilverbacks.com

Last updated: February 2013

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "| NASL".
  2. ^ "Atlanta Silverbacks Men's Team Returns to Play in New NASL". NASL.com. December 2, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "NASL Announces 2011 Regular Season Schedule". NASL.com. January 25, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Silverbacks Preseason Dates Announced". Atlanta Silverbacks. March 8, 2011. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. ^ "Schedule | Atlanta Silverbacks". Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Roberson, Doug (March 29, 2011). "Silverbacks are back". Atlanta Journal–Constitution. AJC.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "Silverbacks Make Coaching Change". North American Soccer League. NASL.com. November 7, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
  8. ^ "NASL Standings".
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