Colors and Badge
The Silverbacks official colors are red, black, grey, and white, and the club logo features those four colors prominently, along with a stylized depiction of a silverback gorilla heading a soccer ball beneath the corporate wordmark. The club's name was inspired Willie B., a gorilla who was a main attraction of Zoo Atlanta until his death in February 2000.
In September 2012, a poll was posted on the Silverbacks' official website relating to a potential rebrand. The options were: to retain the Silverbacks name, a rebrand to Atlanta Chiefs to recall the team from the original NASL or a third write-in option. The name Atlanta FC was later added to the poll after receiving a "significant" number of the write-in votes.
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