2014 Indy Eleven season

Indy Eleven
2014 season
Owner Ersal Ozdemir
Head Coach Juergen Sommer
NASL Spring: 10th
Fall: 7th
Combined: 9th
U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round vs Columbus Crew
Top goalscorer League: Kléberson (8)
All: Kléberson (8)
Highest home attendance 11,048
(April 12 v. Carolina)
Lowest home attendance League: 10,285
(3 times)
All: 9,181
(May 28 v. Dayton)
Average home league attendance League: 10,478
All: 10,293
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors

The 2014 Indy Eleven season was the club's inaugural season of existence. The club played in North American Soccer League, the second tier of the American soccer pyramid.

Background

On January 16, 2013, NASL announced that an Indianapolis expansion team owned by Ersal Ozdemir, CEO of Keystone Group LLC, would join the league in 2014. Ozdemir named Peter Wilt as the team's first President and General Manager, this after the veteran American soccer executive had served in a consulting role to explore the viability of professional soccer in Indianapolis in the three months leading up to the January 2013 announcement.

Indy Pro Soccer's vision is to create a team that is representative of Indiana and creates strong emotional connections with its fans. Those connections will be made with Indiana's youth and adult soccer community and the active young adult urban and ethnic populations. The makeup of the team will reflect the community, so that it can live up to its slogan of "The World's Game, Indiana's Team". The club has secured over 6,000 season ticket deposits for its inaugural 2014 campaign as of October 2013.[1]

The name and club colors were officially revealed to the public on April 25, 2013 during a ceremony held at Indianapolis' iconic Soldiers and Sailors Monument.[2] Indy Eleven named former Indiana University standout, U.S. international and English Premier League and Major League Soccer veteran Juergen Sommer as its first Head Coach/Director of Soccer Operations on June 11, 2013.

On October 1, 2013 the team announced German goalkeeper, Kristian Nicht, as their first signing.[3]

Roster

As of Match played November 1, 2014.
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Nathan Sprenkel United States GK 18 April 1990 (aged 24) 2014 0 0
24 Kristian Nicht Germany GK 3 April 1982 (aged 32) Rochester Rhinos 2014 29 0
35 Jon Dawson United States GK 2014 0 0
Defenders
2 Andrew Stone United States DF 18 November 1990 (aged 23) Milwaukee Panthers 2014 7 0
3 Jaime Frías United States DF 18 February 1993 (aged 21) Loan from Mexico Guadalajara 2014 2014 25 1
5 Erick Norales Honduras DF 11 February 1985 (aged 29) Honduras Marathón 2014 23 2
6 Chris Estridge United States DF 21 September 1989 (aged 25) Rochester Rhinos 2014 11 1
16 Cory Miller United States DF 22 July 1988 (aged 26) Los Angeles Blues 2014 9 0
18 Kyle Hyland United States DF 1 March 1991 (aged 23) Columbus Crew 2014 18 0
21 Marco Franco United States DF 6 October 1991 (aged 23) Loan from Chicago Fire 2014 2014 6 0
23 Fejiro Okiomah United States DF 10 November 1990 (aged 23) Charlotte Eagles 2014 16 0
Midfielders
4 Brad Ring United States MF 7 April 1987 (aged 27) Portland Timbers 2014 12 1
8 Kléberson Brazil MF 19 June 1979 (aged 35) Brazil Bahia 2014 20 8
12 A. J. Corrado United States MF 8 January 1992 (aged 22) San Jose Earthquakes 2014 16 0
13 Corby Moore England MF 21 November 1993 (aged 20) England Southampton 2014 14 0
19 Blake Smith United States MF 17 January 1991 (aged 23) Loan from Montreal Impact 2014 2014 21 6
20 Sergio Peña Honduras MF 9 May 1987 (aged 27) Loan from Honduras Real Sociedad 2014 2014 15 0
22 Dylan Mares United States MF 11 February 1992 (aged 22) Real Salt Lake 2014 26 1
27 Victor Pineda United States MF 15 March 1993 (aged 21) Loan from Chicago Fire 2014 2014 17 3
Forwards
7 Don Smart Jamaica FW 2 December 1987 (aged 26) RVA 2014 28 3
14 Jermaine Johnson Jamaica FW 25 June 1980 (aged 34) England Sheffield Wednesday 2014 10 2
15 Mike Ambersley United States FW 14 February 1983 (aged 31) Minnesota United 2014 28 7
17 Ben Spencer United States FW 28 March 1995 (aged 19) Loan from Norway Molde 2014 2014 13 2
88 Jhulliam Brazil FW 4 April 1988 (aged 26) Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2014 8 3
99 Charlie Rugg United States FW 2 October 1990 (aged 24) Loan from LA Galaxy 2014 2014 5 1
Left Indy Eleven
9 Pedro Ferreira-Mendes Brazil FW 13 May 1990 (aged 24) Atlanta Silverbacks 2014 14 0
21 Walter Ramírez Honduras MF 7 November 1983 (aged 30) San Antonio Scorpions 2014 8 0
26 Baba Omosegbon United States DF 2014 1 0

Friendlies

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 Minnesota United (C) 9 6 2 1 16 9+7 20 2014 NASL Spring Season Winner
2 New York Cosmos 9 6 1 2 14 3+11 19  
3 San Antonio Scorpions 9 5 2 2 13 9+4 17
4 Carolina RailHawks 9 4 2 3 11 154 14
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 9 4 1 4 18 180 13
6 Ottawa Fury 9 3 1 5 14 13+1 10
7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 9 2 4 3 11 165 10
8 Atlanta Silverbacks 9 3 1 5 12 208 10
9 Edmonton 9 2 2 5 11 110 8
10 Indy Eleven 9 0 4 5 14 206 4

Source:
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of June 8, 2014

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
9 0 4 5 14 20  −6 4 0 2 3 6 10  −4 0 2 2 8 10  −2

Last updated: 23 June 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round123456789
GroundHHAAHHAHA
Result D D L L L L D L D
Position 4 6 8 9 10 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 23 June 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

NASL Fall season

Standings

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 18 11 2 5 30 15+15 35 2014 NASL Fall Season Winner
2 Minnesota United 18 10 5 3 31 19+12 35  
3 Edmonton 18 8 5 5 23 18+5 29
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 18 7 6 5 20 211 27
5 Carolina RailHawks 18 7 3 8 27 281 24
6 New York Cosmos 18 5 8 5 23 241 23
7 Indy Eleven 18 6 5 7 21 265 23
8 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 5 5 8 25 349 20
9 Ottawa Fury 18 4 5 9 20 255 17
10 Atlanta Silverbacks 18 3 4 11 20 3010 13

Source:
(C) = Season Champion; (H) = Will host the Soccer Bowl; (SB) = Qualified for the Soccer Bowl; (WC) = Woosnam Cup Winner
(ES) = Eliminated from the Season Championship; (EB) = Eliminated from Soccer Bowl Contention; (EW) = Eliminated from Woosnam Cup Contention
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
Standings updated as of November 2, 2014

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 6 5 7 21 26  −5 23 2 3 4 10 12  −2 4 2 3 11 14  −3

Last updated: 3 November 2014.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHHAA
Result W L W L D L L L D W D L L D W W W D
Position 3 4 3 5 6 7 8 9 9 8 8 9 9 9 9 7 7 7

Last updated: 3 November 2014.
Source: Match reports
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match reports

U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the NASL, the Eleven enter the Open Cup in the 3rd Round. Indy's win over Dayton was the team's first ever non-friendly match victory.

Match reports

Squad Statistics

As of Match played 1 November 2014

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalNASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season U.S. Open Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF United States Andrew Stone 7 0 2 0 5 0 0 0
3 DF United States Jaime Frías 25 1 7 0 17+1 1 0 0
4 MF United States Brad Ring 12 1 9 1 1+1 0 1 0
5 DF Honduras Erick Norales 23 2 8 2 13 0 2 0
6 DF United States Chris Estridge 11 1 3+1 1 3+3 0 1 0
7 FW Jamaica Don Smart 28 3 1+8 0 8+9 3 1+1 0
8 MF Brazil Kléberson 20 8 4+2 3 13+1 5 0 0
12 MF United States A. J. Corrado 16 0 7 0 5+2 0 2 0
13 MF England Corby Moore 14 0 5+3 0 0+4 0 2 0
14 FW Jamaica Jermaine Johnson 10 2 0 0 7+3 2 0 0
15 FW United States Mike Ambersley 28 7 9 5 15+2 1 2 1
16 DF United States Cory Miller 9 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
17 FW United States Ben Spencer 13 2 4+3 1 2+2 1 1+1 0
18 DF United States Kyle Hyland 18 0 9 0 8 0 1 0
19 MF United States Blake Smith 21 6 4 1 14+1 1 2 4
20 MF Honduras Sergio Peña 15 0 0 0 13+2 0 0 0
21 DF United States Marco Franco 6 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
22 MF United States Dylan Mares 26 1 4+3 0 7+10 0 1+1 1
23 DF United States Fejiro Okiomah 16 0 5 0 8+1 0 2 0
24 GK Germany Kristian Nicht 29 0 9 0 18 0 2 0
27 MF United States Victor Pineda 17 3 0 0 16 3 1 0
88 MF Brazil Jhulliam 8 3 0 0 4+4 3 0 0
99 FW United States Charlie Rugg 5 1 0 0 5 1 0 0
Players who appeared for Indy Eleven who left the club during the season:
9 FW Brazil Pedro Ferreira-Mendes 14 0 4+5 0 0+3 0 1+1 0
21 MF Honduras Walter Ramírez 8 0 5+2 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 DF United States Baba Omosegbon 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season U.S. Open Cup Total
1 MFBrazil8 Kléberson3508
2 FWUnited States15Mike Ambersley5117
3 FWUnited States19Blake Smith1146
4 FWJamaica7 Don Smart0303
MFUnited States27Victor Pineda0303
MFBrazil88Jhulliam0303
7 DFHonduras5 Erick Norales2002
FWUnited States17Ben Spencer1102
FWJamaica14Jermaine Johnson0202
10MFUnited States4 Brad Ring1001
DFUnited States3 Jaime Frías0101
FWUnited States99Charlie Rugg0101
Own goal1001
MFUnited States22Dylan Mares0011
TOTALS 1421641

Disciplinary Record

Number Nation Position Name NASL Spring Season NASL Fall Season U.S. Open Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
3 United StatesDFJaime Frías10400050
4 United StatesMFBrad Ring40000040
5 HondurasDFErick Norales50101070
6 United StatesDFChris Estridge10201040
7 JamaicaFWDon Smart00300030
8 BrazilMFKléberson10200030
9 BrazilFWPedro Ferreira-Mendes20001030
12United StatesMFA. J. Corrado10002030
13EnglandMFCorby Moore10102040
14JamaicaFWJermaine Johnson00110011
15United StatesFWMike Ambersley10100020
16United StatesDFCory Miller00100010
17United StatesFWBen Spencer10100020
18United StatesDFKyle Hyland20201050
19United StatesFWBlake Smith10000010
20HondurasMFSergio Peña00220022
22United StatesMFDylan Mares00200020
23United StatesDFFejiro Okiomah01100011
27United StatesMFVictor Pineda00300030
99United StatesFWCharlie Rugg00100010
TOTALS 24 1 26 3 8 0 58 4

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
24 GK Germany Kristian Nicht United States Rochester Rhinos Free agent October 1, 2013 [4]
26 DF United States Baba Omosegbon Free agent November 11, 2013 [5]
1 GK United States Nathan Sprenkel Free agent November 11, 2013 [5]
5 DF Honduras Erick Norales Honduras CD Vida Free agent November 26, 2013 [6]
9 FW Brazil Pedro Mendes United States Atlanta Silverbacks Free agent December 11, 2013 [7]
18 DF United States Kyle Hyland United States Columbus Crew Free agent December 11, 2013 [7]
7 MF Jamaica Don Smart United States RVA FC Free agent December 11, 2013 [7]
16 DF United States Chris Wey Free agent December 11, 2013 [7]
4 MF United States Brad Ring United States Portland Timbers Free agent January 22, 2014[8]
15 FW United States Mike Ambersley United States Minnesota United Free agent January 22, 2014 [8]
21 MF Honduras Walter Ramirez United States San Antonio Scorpions Free agent January 30, 2014 [9]
35 GK United States Jon Dawson United States Jersey Express Free agent February 25, 2014 [10]
6 DF United States Chris Estridge United States Rochester Rhinos Free agent February 25, 2014 [10]
2 DF United States Andrew Stone Free agent February 25, 2014 [10]
13 MF England Corby Moore England Southampton FC Free agent March 12, 2014 [11]
17 FW United States Ben Spencer Norway Molde FK Season-long loan March 12, 2014 [11]
8 MF Brazil Kleberson Brazil Bahia Free agent April 2, 2014 [12]
3 DF Mexico Jaime Frías Mexico C.D. Guadalajara Loan April 8, 2014 [13]
12 MF United States A. J. Corrado Free agent April 8, 2014 [13]
22 MF United States Dylan Mares Free agent April 11, 2014 [14]
23 DF United States Fejiro Okiomah United States Charlotte Eagles Free agent April 11, 2014 [14]
20 MF Honduras Sergio Peña Honduras Real Sociedad Loan 15 July 2014 [15]
27 MF United States Victor Pineda United States Chicago Fire Loan 13 June 2014 [16]
14 FW Jamaica Jermaine Johnson England Sheffield Wednesday Free 30 July 2014 [17]
88 FW Brazil Jhulliam Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol Free 26 August 2014 [18]
16 DF United States Cory Miller Free agent 28 August 2014 [19]
21 DF United States Marco Franco United States Chicago Fire Loan 12 September 2014 [20]
99 FW United States Charlie Rugg United States LA Galaxy Loan 1 October 2014 [21]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source
16 DF United States Chris Wey Released 8 July 2014 [22]
20 MF Colombia Kevin Rozo Released 8 July 2014 [22]
21 MF Honduras Walter Ramírez Released 8 July 2014 [22]
26 DF United States Baba Omosegbon Released 8 July 2014 [22]
9 FW Brazil Pedro Mendes United States Minnesota United FC 15 August 2014 [23]

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