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Cincinnati Silverbacks

Full name	Cincinnati Silverbacks
Nickname(s)	Silverbacks
Founded	1995
Dissolved	1998
League	NPSL
First game	Canton Invaders 10/28/95

The Cincinnati Silverbacks were an indoor soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio that competed in the National Professional Soccer League. They performed under the leadership of All-Star goalkeeper, Carlos Pena. Other star players included Gino DiFlorio (who scored a team record 10 points in his Silverback debut against rival Cleveland Crunch), Franklin McIntosh, and Dennis Brose. Games were held at the Cincinnati Gardens for their first two seasons before moving downtown along with the Cincinnati Cyclones where they would compete at The Crown(now known as US Bank Arena) for their final year of competition. Despite their performance and fan support, the Silverbacks were discontinued due to not generating enough revenue.^{[citation needed]} Sources^[who?] say that a comeback is on the horizon.

The team was previously known as the Dayton Dynamo, from 1987/88-1994/95.

[edit] Silverbacks year-by-year

[edit] 1995-96: The Inaugural Season

[edit] Roster

No. Position Player 0 GK Mark Simpson 01 GK John Mers 1 GK Carlos Pena 2 DF Jeff Popp 3 FW Jason Maricle 5 FW Scott Lawler 5 DF Scott Cannon 7 DF Vincent Beck 8 MF Chris King 9 FW Jimmy Glenn 10 DF Mike Gosselin 11 FW Dennis Brose 14 MF Chris Pfau 20 MF Doug Tegge 22 DF Willy Merrick 25 MF Tony Bono

No. Position Player Jeff Alcala Michael Araujo FW Terry Brown DF Chuck Codd FW Dan Creech FW George Fernandez MF Lyndon Hooper DF Paul McDonnell DF Matt Kmosko FW Bernie Lilavois DF Paul McDonnell FW Shawn Medved MF Steve Provan Mark Thomas MF Armando Valdivia

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