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The Fort Lauderdale Strikers welcome the winless Atlanta Silverbacks to Lockhart Stadium Saturday night. After a difficult month for both teams, the Strikers and Silverbacks will be hoping to end May with a win. Last weekend the Strikers suffered a 3-1 to the Minnesota Stars at home, and remain winless in May. The Silverbacks start a three-match road trip having lost 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Silverbacks Park, their fourth consecutive defeat this season.

In midweek U.S. Open Cup Second Round action, both the Strikers and the Silverbacks advanced to the third round with victories over amateur opposition. In the match against Georgia Revolution, Silverbacks goalkeeper Joe Nasco saved a penalty, and Raphael Cox scored the lone goal of a game with a long-distance shot to secure their passage into the next round. In South Florida, the Strikers defeated Fresno Fuego 7-2 in pouring rain, thanks in no small part to forward Aly Hassan who tallied his second hat-trick of the season.

Fort Lauderdale Strikers vs. Atlanta Silverbacks

Saturday, May 26, 2012— 7:30 P.M. EDT

Lockhart Stadium

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Webcast: NASL on Ustream

2012 Series:  First meeting

2011 Series:  Tied, 1-2-1

QUICK FACTS

Fort Lauderdale

• Last weeks’ defeat to the Minnesota Stars ended an eight-match home unbeaten streak at Lockhart stretching back to September of 2011.
• The Strikers failed to beat the Silverbacks at Lockhart in 2011, managing a loss and a tie.
• Walter Restrepo leads the league with four assists.

Atlanta

• The Silverbacks are still looking for their first win of 2012, and haven’t managed a single point in the last four matches.
• The Silverbacks have conceded two goals or more in each of their last five league games, and are tied for conceding the most goals this season with 18.
• Reinaldo Navia , the NASL Player of the Month for April, is tied for the league lead with five goals, but the forward has failed to find the back of the net in the last  four league matches.