2018 Indy Eleven season

The 2018 Indy Eleven season was the club's fifth season of existence, and their first season in the United Soccer League following their move from the North American Soccer League on January 10.[1] Indy also competed in the U.S. Open Cup. The season covered the period from October 30, 2017 to the beginning of the 2019 USL season.

Indy Eleven

2018 season
Owner	Ersal Ozdemir
Head Coach	Martin Rennie
United Soccer League	Eastern Conference: 7th
USL Playoffs	Conference Quarterfinals (knocked out by Louisville City)
U.S. Open Cup	Second Round (knocked out by Mississippi Brilla)
Top goalscorer	League: Jack McInerney (10) All: Jack McInerney (10)
Highest home attendance	17,535 (March 31 vs. Cincinnati)
Lowest home attendance	8,070 (May 30 vs. Charleston)
Average home league attendance	10,163
Home colors Away colors

2018 marked a number of firsts for the club: the first year that home matches were played in Lucas Oil Stadium, located in downtown Indianapolis, as well as the first year of Martin Rennie's managerial tenure. Although Rennie was victorious in his first game in charge of the club, Indy were defeated in their first-ever match at their new home stadium. The season average of 10,163 fans per home match was the second-largest average attendance in Indy Eleven history, behind only the club's inaugural season.

The Eleven qualified for the USL playoffs in their first season in the league, finishing with 49 points and earning the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference. However, they were eliminated in the conference quarterfinals by Louisville City, who went on to win USL Cup for the second consecutive season. In the U.S. Open Cup, Indy was eliminated in the second round by fourth-tier Mississippi Brilla, marking the second consecutive season that the club was knocked out by a Premier Development League opponent.

Roster

As of match played October 20, 2018[2]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Signed in	Previous club	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
0	Ben Lundgaard		GK	(1995-09-25) September 25, 1995	2018	Columbus Crew SC (loan)	0	0
1	Owain Fôn Williams		GK	(1987-03-17) March 17, 1987	2018	Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan)	36	0
25	Jordan Farr		GK	(1994-10-05) October 5, 1994	2018	Corban Warriors	0	0
Defenders
3	Tyler Pasher		DF	(1994-04-27) April 27, 1994	2018	Sporting Kansas City	10	1
5	Reiner Ferreira		DF	(1985-11-17) November 17, 1985	2018	San Francisco Deltas	17	1
7	Ayoze		DF	(1985-11-22) November 22, 1985	2018	New York Cosmos	30	4
19	Carlyle Mitchell		DF	(1987-08-08) August 8, 1987	2018	Central	32	2
20	Karl Ouimette		DF	(1992-06-18) June 18, 1992	2018	San Francisco Deltas	33	3
21	Brad Rusin		DF	(1986-09-05) September 5, 1986	2018	Miami FC	12	0
22	Kevin Venegas		DF	(1989-07-29) July 29, 1989	2018	Minnesota United	22	1
Midfielders
2	Dylan Mares		MF	(1992-02-11) February 11, 1992	2018	Miami FC 2	92	13
4	Brad Ring		MF	(1987-04-07) April 7, 1987	2014	Portland Timbers	115	4
6	Nico Matern		MF	(1992-11-27) November 27, 1992	2018	Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats	28	0
8	Matt Watson		MF	(1985-01-01) January 1, 1985	2018	Phoenix Rising	31	1
10	Ben Speas		MF	(1991-01-17) January 17, 1991	2017	Minnesota United	52	7
12	Amass Amankona		MF	(1995-08-02) August 2, 1995	2018	Dayton Dutch Lions	1	0
16	Juan Guerra		MF	(1987-02-16) February 16, 1987	2018	New York Cosmos	26	1
18	Seth Moses		MF	(1993-08-02) August 2, 1993	2018	Puerto Rico FC	22	0
23	Zach Steinberger		MF	(1992-05-10) May 10, 1992	2018	Jacksonville Armada	30	3
27	Nathan Lewis		MF	(1990-07-20) July 20, 1990	2018	Central	11	0
	Diego Campos		MF	(1995-10-01) October 1, 1995	2018	Chicago Fire (loan)	0	0
Forwards
9	Eugene Starikov		FW	(1988-11-17) November 17, 1988	2018	New York Cosmos	19	6
14	Soony Saad		FW	(1992-08-17) August 17, 1992	2018	Sporting Kansas City	30	5
17	Justin Braun		FW	(1987-03-31) March 31, 1987	2016	Sacramento Republic	64	19
28	Elliot Collier		FW	(1995-02-22) February 22, 1995	2018	Chicago Fire (loan)	11	1
99	Jack McInerney		FW	(1992-08-05) August 5, 1992	2018	LA Galaxy	32	10

Staff

• Martin Rennie – Head Coach
• Phillip Dos Santos – Assistant Coach
• David Dixon – Assistant Coach
• Andy Swift – Goalkeeper Coach

Preseason

Indy Eleven played a seven-match preseason schedule ahead of the season, featuring four matches against fellow professional clubs, two games against collegiate teams, and one game against an independent club. Although five of the seven matches were officially home matches for Indy, none of them were played at Lucas Oil Stadium; instead, they were played at different sites around the Indianapolis metropolitan area.[3]

Indy Eleven v FC Cincinnati

February 22 Friendly	Indy Eleven	1–2	FC Cincinnati	Westfield, IN
1:30 PM EST	Ring  37'  54' Saad  65' (pen.)	Report	Ledesma  50' (pen.) Haber  67' König  72'	Stadium: Grand Park Events Center
Note: Match played with three periods of 30 minutes each

Indy Eleven v Swope Park Rangers

February 28 Friendly	Indy Eleven	2–0	Swope Park Rangers	Westfield, IN
1:30 PM EST	Starikov  5' (pen.), 44' Reiner  89'	Report		Stadium: Grand Park Events Center

Indy Eleven v Notre Dame Fighting Irish

March 3 Friendly	Indy Eleven	3–1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	Indianapolis, IN
2:30 PM EST	Dumas  7' (o.g.) Trialist  60' Venegas  81' McInerney  90' (pen.)	Report	39'  56'  86'	Stadium: Bud and Jackie Sellick Bowl

Bridges FC v Indy Eleven

March 10 Friendly	Bridges FC	0–0	Indy Eleven	Chicago, IL
2:00 PM EST		Report

Chicago Fire v Indy Eleven

March 11 Friendly	Chicago Fire	0–2	Indy Eleven	Bridgeview, IL
12:00 PM EDT		Report	Saad  11' Starikov  18'	Stadium: Toyota Park

Indy Eleven v Jacksonville Armada

March 17 Friendly	Indy Eleven	0–0	Jacksonville Armada	Indianapolis, IN
11:00 AM EDT	Watson  67'	Report	63' Yuma  71'	Stadium: Key Stadium

Indy Eleven v Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats

March 17 Friendly	Indy Eleven	7–0	Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats	Indianapolis, IN
1:30 PM EDT	Ring Braun Lewis Trialist Guerra	Report		Stadium: Key Stadium

Competitions

USL

Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	New York Red Bulls II	34	13	13	8	71	59	+12	52	Conference Playoffs
6	Bethlehem Steel FC	34	14	8	12	56	41	+15	50
7	Indy Eleven	34	13	10	11	45	42	+3	49
8	Nashville SC	34	12	13	9	42	31	+11	49
9	North Carolina FC	34	13	8	13	60	50	+10	47

Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	10	11	45	42	+3	49	8	5	4	29	21	+8	5	5	7	16	21	−5

Source: USL standings

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	D	W	W	W	D	L	W	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	L

Source: Indy schedule
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

In August 2017, the USL announced that the 2018 season would span 34 games, the longest regular season the league had ever run.[4] The expansion was spurred by the addition of six new clubs for the 2018 season: alongside Indy, the league also welcomed in Atlanta United 2, Fresno FC, Las Vegas Lights, Nashville SC, and North Carolina FC.

On January 12, 2018, the league announced home openers for every club. Indy began the season on the road, facing off against Richmond Kickers on March 24. The Eleven opened their home slate a week later, welcoming FC Cincinnati to Lucas Oil Stadium for the first match at the stadium in club history.[5]

The schedule for the remainder of the 2018 season was released by the club on February 6. Indy played three times against four different clubs: FC Cincinnati, Louisville City, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, and Bethlehem Steel FC. They faced every other Eastern Conference team twice.[6]

Richmond Kickers v Indy Eleven

March 24 1	Richmond Kickers	0–1	Indy Eleven	Richmond, VA
5:00 PM EDT	Sekyere  88',  90+5'	Report	McInerney  41' Matern  60' Steinberger  68' Reiner  90+6'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,756 Referee: Matthew Franz

Indy Eleven v FC Cincinnati

March 31 2	Indy Eleven	0–1	FC Cincinnati	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Reiner  41' McInerney  45+4'	Report	Welshman  26' Keinan  54' Lasso  74'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 17,535 Referee: Malik Badawi

North Carolina FC v Indy Eleven

April 7 3	North Carolina FC	0–1	Indy Eleven	Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Kandziora  36' Smith  54' Bekker  77' Guillen  90+4'	Report	Pasher  15' Mitchell  37' Fôn Williams  70' Ouimette  90+4'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,169 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Indy Eleven v Nashville SC

April 14 4	Indy Eleven	2–1	Nashville SC	Indianapolis, IN
12:00 PM EDT	Saad  15', 34' Ayoze  70'	Report	Akinyode  26' Doyle  37' Mensah  45'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,188 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Charlotte Independence v Indy Eleven

April 28 5	Charlotte Independence	0–0	Indy Eleven	Charlotte, NC
7:00 PM EDT	George  15' Cato  83'	Report	Ayoze  32' McInerney  72'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1,702 Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.

Indy Eleven v FC Cincinnati

May 2 6	Indy Eleven	2–3	FC Cincinnati	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	McInerney  24' Ayoze  30' (pen.),  88'	Report	Walker  7' (pen.),  75' McLaughlin  41' Bone  54' Lasso  60' Welshman  72'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,079 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Indy Eleven v Louisville City

May 5 7	Indy Eleven	1–0	Louisville City	Indianapolis, IN
12:00 PM EDT	McInerney  67' Ayoze  78' (pen.),  79' Braun  90+2' Fôn Williams  90+7'	Report	DelPiccolo  36' Craig  77' Ownby  90+2'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,008 Referee: Jon Freemon

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC v Indy Eleven

May 11 8	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	0–0	Indy Eleven	Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Ring  77'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Eric Tattersall

Indy Eleven v Bethlehem Steel FC

May 19 9	Indy Eleven	1–2	Bethlehem Steel FC	Indianapolis, IN
8:00 PM EDT	Mitchell  41' Steinberger  71'	Report	Aubrey  16' Moar  60' Chiluya  75' Jones  84'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,384 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

New York Red Bulls II v Indy Eleven

May 26 10	New York Red Bulls II	4–1	Indy Eleven	Harrison, NJ
1:00 PM EDT	White  57' Rivas  60' (pen.) Lade  73' Moreno  75',  83' Barlow  90+3'	Report	Saad  21' Ring  30' Rusin  59' McInerney  65' Matern  71'  73'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 498 Referee: Mark Allatin

Indy Eleven v Charleston Battery

May 30 11	Indy Eleven	3–3	Charleston Battery	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Ring  25' Saad  43' Mitchell  67' McInerney  78' Ayoze  86' (pen.), 90+3'	Report	van Schaik  19' Anunga  43',  90+4' Woodbine  62' Guerra  80' Candela  80' Thomas  85'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,070 Referee: Luis Guardia

Indy Eleven v Atlanta United 2

June 9 12	Indy Eleven	2–0	Atlanta United 2	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Watson  30' Mitchell  55' Guerra  78'	Report		Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,034 Referee: Michael Radchuk

Toronto FC II v Indy Eleven

June 16 13	Toronto FC II	1–3	Indy Eleven	Rochester, NY
7:00 PM EDT	Akinola  28' Boskovic  73' Miño  76'	Report	Venegas  23' Braun  45', 49'	Stadium: Marina Auto Stadium Attendance: 1,242 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

Nashville SC v Indy Eleven

June 26 14	Nashville SC	0–2	Indy Eleven	Nashville, TN
8:30 PM EDT		Report	Ouimette  16' Braun  35' Ayoze  90'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 8,482 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Indy Eleven v Penn FC

June 30 15	Indy Eleven	1–1	Penn FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Watson  41' Ouimette  50'  76' McInerney  80' Rusin  90'	Report	Mkosana  51' (pen.) Metzger  71'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 10,222 Referee: Greg Dopka

Indy Eleven v Ottawa Fury FC

July 4 16	Indy Eleven	0–1	Ottawa Fury FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Guerra  26'	Report	Haworth  9' Reid  20' Mitchell  28' (o.g.) Edward  69' Obasi  79'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 11,025 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Indy Eleven v Charlotte Independence

July 7 17	Indy Eleven	2–1	Charlotte Independence	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Speas  62' Mitchell  70'	Report	Duckett  49'  77' Herrera  50',  55' Areman  90+2' Martínez  90+3'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,858 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

Charleston Battery v Indy Eleven

July 11 18	Charleston Battery	2–1	Indy Eleven	Charleston, SC
7:00 PM EDT	Wild  22', 84'	Report	Starikov  58'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 2,094 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Indy Eleven

July 21 19	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–1	Indy Eleven	St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Bonomo  12',  54' Hristov  19',  29' Cole  62' Flemmings  89'	Report	Starikov  20' Venegas  39' Matern  49' Ring  90+2'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,378 Referee: Matthew Miscannon

Bethlehem Steel FC v Indy Eleven

July 26 20	Bethlehem Steel FC	0–1	Indy Eleven	Bethlehem, PA
11:00 AM EDT		Report	Guerra  8' Reiner  43' Starikov  72' McInerney  86'	Stadium: Goodman Stadium Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Nickrod Fateh

Louisville City v Indy Eleven

August 5 21	Louisville City	2–2	Indy Eleven	Louisville, KY
5:00 PM EDT	Ilić  17' Jimenez  44' Davis  59' Ownby  90+2'	Report	McInerney  16', 21' Ouimette  40' Starikov  74'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 8,437 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

Indy Eleven v North Carolina FC

August 15 22	Indy Eleven	3–2	North Carolina FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Starikov  7' Speas  31' Mitchell  45' Guerra  90'	Report	Bekker  45+1' Lomis  77'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,023 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Ottawa Fury FC v Indy Eleven

August 18 23	Ottawa Fury FC	0–0	Indy Eleven	Ottawa, ON
2:00 PM EDT		Report	Ayoze  85'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,393 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Indy Eleven v Toronto FC II

August 22 24	Indy Eleven	3–2	Toronto FC II	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Speas  18' McInerney  24' Mares  58' Watson  88'	Report	Endoh  29' Hamilton  34'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,209 Referee: Thomas Snyder

Atlanta United 2 v Indy Eleven

August 25 25	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Indy Eleven	Lawrenceville, GA
7:00 PM EDT	Kissiedou  29' Gaither  90+6'	Report	Moses  45+1' Ouimette  53' Ring  69'	Stadium: Coolray Field Attendance: 3,008 Referee: Greg Dopka

Indy Eleven v Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

August 29 26	Indy Eleven	2–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	McInerney  4', 90+4',  90+5'	Report	Greenspan  45+2' François  59' Lee  86'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,077 Referee: Malik Badawi

Indy Eleven v Richmond Kickers

September 1 27	Indy Eleven	1–1	Richmond Kickers	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Mares  14' Reiner  81'	Report	Gonzalez  5',  69' Williams  82' Agyemang  90+3'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 11,344 Referee: Victor Rivas

Indy Eleven v New York Red Bulls II

September 5 28	Indy Eleven	3–0	New York Red Bulls II	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Starikov  2', 21' Matern  5' Mitchell  38' Reiner  43' Watson  62'	Report	Abang  53'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 8,703 Referee: Jon Freemon

Penn FC v Indy Eleven

September 12 29	Penn FC	1–0	Indy Eleven	Harrisburg, PA
6:30 PM EDT	Tiago  22' Paulo Jr.  57' Dennis  72'	Report	McInerney  40' Rusin  87'	Stadium: FNB Field Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC v Indy Eleven

September 22 30	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	3–2	Indy Eleven	Pittsburgh, PA
7:00 PM EDT	Zemanski  49' Brett  51' Forbes  90' (pen.)	Report	McInerney  81' Greenspan  90+2' (o.g.) Venegas  90+4'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,454 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Indy Eleven v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 26 31	Indy Eleven	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Ouimette  37' Fôn Williams  74' Collier  75'	Report		Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,123 Referee: Daniel Radford

FC Cincinnati v Indy Eleven

September 29 32	FC Cincinnati	3–0	Indy Eleven	Cincinnati, OH
7:30 PM EDT	König  31',  65' Adi  34' Mitchell  74' (o.g.)	Report	Matern  31'	Stadium: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 31,478 Referee: Tim Ford

Indy Eleven v Bethlehem Steel FC

October 6 33	Indy Eleven	1–1	Bethlehem Steel FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Moses  58' Starikov  61'	Report	Faris  39' Fontana  74' Chambers  87'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 14,894 Referee: Ramy Touchan

Louisville City v Indy Eleven

October 13 34	Louisville City	1–0	Indy Eleven	Louisville, KY
7:30 PM EDT	DelPiccolo  25' Souahy  31' Lancaster  34' (pen.)	Report	Ouimette  51' Moses  78' Mares  82'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 10,686 Referee: Greg Dopka

Postseason

Main article: 2018 USL Playoffs

Louisville City v Indy Eleven

October 20 Quarterfinal	Louisville City	4–1	Indy Eleven	Louisville, KY
7:30 PM EDT	McCabe  29', 48',  66' Ilić  42' Lancaster  73'	Report	Mitchell  46' Saad  67' Ouimette  72'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Referee: Mark Allatin

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup

Mississippi Brilla v Indy Eleven

May 16 Second Round	Mississippi Brilla	1–0	Indy Eleven	Clinton, MS
6:00 PM EDT	Bourrier  36' Palmer  78' Easterling  82'	Report	Ring  78'	Stadium: Arrow Field Attendance: 400 Referee: Alex Connelly

Statistics

As of match played October 20, 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
0	GK		Ben Lundgaard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	GK		Owain Fôn Williams	36	0	34	0	1	0	1	0
2	MF		Dylan Mares	12	2	10+1	2	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Tyler Pasher	10	1	9+1	1	0	0	0	0
4	MF		Brad Ring	21	0	12+8	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF		Reiner Ferreira	17	1	15+1	1	1	0	0	0
6	MF		Nico Matern	28	0	26	0	1	0	1	0
7	DF		Ayoze	30	4	28	4	1	0	1	0
8	MF		Matt Watson	31	1	24+6	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Eugene Starikov	19	6	13+6	6	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Ben Speas	25	3	10+13	3	1	0	1	0
12	MF		Amass Amankona	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW		Soony Saad	30	5	18+10	4	0+1	1	0+1	0
16	MF		Juan Guerra	26	1	15+10	1	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Justin Braun	18	3	9+8	3	0	0	1	0
18	MF		Seth Moses	22	0	14+6	0	1	0	1	0
19	DF		Carlyle Mitchell	32	2	31	2	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Karl Ouimette	33	3	31	3	1	0	1	0
21	DF		Brad Rusin	12	0	6+5	0	0	0	1	0
22	DF		Kevin Venegas	22	1	19+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
23	MF		Zach Steinberger	18	1	12+5	1	0	0	0+1	0
25	GK		Jordan Farr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Nathan Lewis	11	0	8+3	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Elliot Collier	11	1	5+5	1	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW		Jack McInerney	32	10	25+5	10	1	0	0+1	0
	MF		Diego Campos	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Indy stats

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		USL Playoffs		U.S. Open Cup		Total
1	GK	Owain Fôn Williams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2	MF	Dylan Mares	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF	Brad Ring	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
5	DF	Reiner Ferreira	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6	MF	Nico Matern	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
7	DF	Ayoze	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
8	MF	Matt Watson	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9	FW	Eugene Starikov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
16	MF	Juan Guerra	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17	FW	Justin Braun	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	MF	Seth Moses	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	DF	Carlyle Mitchell	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
20	DF	Karl Ouimette	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2
21	DF	Brad Rusin	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
22	DF	Kevin Venegas	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	MF	Zach Steinberger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99	FW	Jack McInerney	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0

Source: Indy stats

Clean sheets

No.	Name	USL	USL Playoffs	U.S. Open Cup	Total	Games Played
		0	Ben Lundgaard	0	0	0	0	0
1	Owain Fôn Williams	11	0	0	11	36
25	Jordan Farr	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Indy stats

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
DF	Reiner Ferreira	San Francisco Deltas	Added to the roster following receipt of his P-1 visa.	Jan 25, 2018	[7]
DF	Brad Rusin	Miami FC	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Jan 25, 2018	[7]
DF	Kevin Venegas	Minnesota United	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Jan 25, 2018	[7]
MF	Juan Guerra	New York Cosmos	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Jan 31, 2018	[8]
MF	Zach Steinberger	Jacksonville Armada	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Jan 31, 2018	[9]
GK	Jordan Farr	Corban Warriors	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 2, 2018	[10]
DF	Karl Ouimette	San Francisco Deltas	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 2, 2018	[10]
DF	Ayoze	New York Cosmos	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 6, 2018	[11]
FW	Eugene Starikov	New York Cosmos	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 6, 2018	[11]
DF	Tyler Pasher	Sporting Kansas City	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 7, 2018	[12]
MF	Matt Watson	Phoenix Rising	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 8, 2018	[13]
MF	Amass Amankona	Dayton Dutch Lions	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 8, 2018	[14]
MF	Seth Moses	Puerto Rico FC	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 9, 2018	[15]
MF	Nathan Lewis	Central	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 12, 2018	[16]
DF	Carlyle Mitchell	Central	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 12, 2018	[16]
FW	Jack McInerney	LA Galaxy	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 19, 2018	[17]
FW	Soony Saad	Sporting Kansas City	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Feb 21, 2018	[18]
MF	Nico Matern	Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats	Terms of the contract were undisclosed.	Mar 13, 2018	[19]
MF	Dylan Mares	Miami FC 2	Signed for the remainder of the 2018 season.	Aug 20, 2018	[20]

Loan in

Pos.	Player	Parent club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
GK	Owain Fôn Williams	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	Feb 1, 2018	Oct 21, 2018	[21][22]
GK	Ben Lundgaard	Columbus Crew SC	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	Mar 7, 2018	Oct 21, 2018	[23][22]
MF	Diego Campos	Chicago Fire	On a match-by-match basis.	Aug 10, 2018	Oct 21, 2018	[24][22]
FW	Elliot Collier	Chicago Fire	On a match-by-match basis.	Aug 10, 2018	Oct 21, 2018	[24][22]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
MF	Adrian Ables		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
GK	Jon Busch	Columbus Crew SC	Contract expired. Signed a one-day contract to retire with Columbus.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][26][27]
GK	Keith Cardona		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
DF	Colin Falvey	Ottawa Fury FC	Contract expired. Signed for Ottawa on Jan 23, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][28]
DF	Marco Franco	Penn FC	Contract expired. Signed for Penn on Feb 27, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][29]
FW	David Goldsmith	Michigan Bucks	Contract expired. Signed for Michigan for the 2018 PDL season.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][30]
MF	Craig Henderson		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
DF	Daniel Keller		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
GK	Christian Lomeli		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
DF	Anthony Manning	SIMA Águilas	Contract expired. Signed with SIMA for the 2018 U.S. Open Cup.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][31]
DF	Cory Miller	Detroit City	Contract expired. Signed with Detroit for the 2018 PDL season.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][32]
FW	Paulo Jr.	Penn FC	Contract expired. Signed for Penn on Jun 19, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][33]
MF	Don Smart	Miami FC 2	Contract expired. Signed for Miami on Mar 5, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][34]
MF	Tanner Thompson		Contract expired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25]
MF	Gerardo Torrado		Contract expired. Retired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][35]
MF	Siniša Ubiparipović		Contract expired. Retired.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][36]
DF	Nemanja Vuković	Atlantic City FC	Contract expired. Signed for Atlantic City on Feb 15, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][37]
DF	Kwame Watson-Siriboe	KTP	Contract expired. Signed for KTP on Apr 13, 2018.	Oct 30, 2017	[25][38]
FW	Éamon Zayed	Charlotte Independence	Contract terminated. Signed for Charlotte on Mar 22, 2018.	Jan 17, 2018	[39][40]

Loan out

Pos.	Player	Loanee club	Length/Notes	Beginning	End	Source
MF	Zach Steinberger	North Carolina FC	Duration of the 2018 USL season.	Aug 24, 2018	Oct 14, 2018	[41][42]

Awards

USL Team of the Week

Week	Starters	Bench	Opponent(s)	Link
2		Jack McInerney	Richmond Kickers
4	Tyler Pasher	Owain Fôn Williams	North Carolina FC
5	Soony Saad		Nashville SC
8	Ayoze		FC Cincinnati Louisville City
12	Ayoze		Charleston Battery
13	Matt Watson		Atlanta United 2
14	Kevin Venegas	Justin Braun	Toronto FC II
16	Ayoze		Nashville SC Penn FC
17		Ayoze	Ottawa Fury FC Charlotte Independence
20	Owain Fôn Williams		Bethlehem Steel FC
21	Jack McInerney		Louisville City
23	Reiner Ferreira		North Carolina FC Ottawa Fury FC
26	Eugene Starikov		New York Red Bulls II
29	Karl Ouimette		Tampa Bay Rowdies FC Cincinnati

USL Player of the Week Week Player Opponent(s) Link 5 Soony Saad Nashville SC

USL Save of the Week Week Player Opponent Link 4 Owain Fôn Williams North Carolina FC

Midseason USL Midseason Moments[43] Best SC Top 10 – Soony Saad vs. Nashville SC, April 14 Best Ending – vs. Charleston Battery, May 30 Best Tifo – Brickyard Battalion, Stranger Things, March 31

Postseason USL All-League Second Team[44] DF Ayoze

Kits

Home

Away

Type	Shirt	Shorts	Socks	First appearance / Record
Home	Blue	Blue	Blue	Match 2 vs. Cincinnati / 9–6–5
Away	White	White	White	Match 1 vs. Richmond / 4–5–6
Specialty	Camouflage	Blue	Blue	Match 16 vs. Ottawa / 0–0–1

See also

• Indy Eleven
• 2018 in American soccer
• 2018 USL season

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