# 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. 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.
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
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 0 | Ben Lundgaard | GK | (1995-09-25) September 25, 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Columbus Crew SC (loan) | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Owain Fôn Williams | GK | (1987-03-17) March 17, 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 36 | 0 |
| 25 | Jordan Farr | GK | (1994-10-05) October 5, 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Corban Warriors | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 3 | Tyler Pasher | DF | (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Sporting Kansas City | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Reiner Ferreira | DF | (1985-11-17) November 17, 1985 (age 38) | 2018 | San Francisco Deltas | 17 | 1 |
| 7 | Ayoze | DF | (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 38) | 2018 | New York Cosmos | 30 | 4 |
| 19 | Carlyle Mitchell | DF | (1987-08-08) August 8, 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | Central | 32 | 2 |
| 20 | Karl Ouimette | DF | (1992-06-18) June 18, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | San Francisco Deltas | 33 | 3 |
| 21 | Brad Rusin | DF | (1986-09-05) September 5, 1986 (age 38) | 2018 | Miami FC | 12 | 0 |
| 22 | Kevin Venegas | DF | (1989-07-29) July 29, 1989 (age 35) | 2018 | Minnesota United FC | 22 | 1 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 2 | Dylan Mares | MF | (1992-02-11) February 11, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Miami FC 2 | 92 | 13 |
| 4 | Brad Ring | MF | (1987-04-07) April 7, 1987 (age 37) | 2014 | Portland Timbers | 115 | 4 |
| 6 | Nico Matern | MF | (1992-11-27) November 27, 1992 (age 31) | 2018 | Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats | 28 | 0 |
| 8 | Matt Watson | MF | (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | Phoenix Rising | 31 | 1 |
| 10 | Ben Speas | MF | (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 33) | 2017 | Minnesota United | 52 | 7 |
| 12 | Amass Amankona | MF | (1995-08-02) August 2, 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Juan Guerra | MF | (1987-02-16) February 16, 1987 (age 37) | 2018 | New York Cosmos | 26 | 1 |
| 18 | Seth Moses | MF | (1993-08-02) August 2, 1993 (age 31) | 2018 | Puerto Rico FC | 22 | 0 |
| 23 | Zach Steinberger | MF | (1992-05-10) May 10, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Jacksonville Armada | 30 | 3 |
| 27 | Nathan Lewis | MF | (1990-07-20) July 20, 1990 (age 34) | 2018 | Central | 11 | 0 |
| | Diego Campos | MF | (1995-10-01) October 1, 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Chicago Fire (loan) | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Eugene Starikov | FW | (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 35) | 2018 | New York Cosmos | 19 | 6 |
| 14 | Soony Saad | FW | (1992-08-17) August 17, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Sporting Kansas City | 30 | 5 |
| 17 | Justin Braun | FW | (1987-03-31) March 31, 1987 (age 37) | 2016 | Sacramento Republic | 64 | 19 |
| 28 | Elliot Collier | FW | (1995-02-22) February 22, 1995 (age 29) | 2018 | Chicago Fire (loan) | 11 | 1 |
| 99 | Jack McInerney | FW | (1992-08-05) August 5, 1992 (age 32) | 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.

## Competitions
### USL
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Conference Playoffs |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 49 | Conference Playoffs |
| 8 | Nashville SC | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 49 | Conference Playoffs |
| 9 | North Carolina FC | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 60 | 50 | +10 | 47 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
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 |
| Stadium | 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 |

#### 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. 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.
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.

### U.S. Open Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played October 20, 2018

### Appearances and goals

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

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | USL | USL | USL Playoffs | USL Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | 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 |
| No. | Name | 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 |
| DF | Reiner Ferreira | San Francisco Deltas | Added to the roster following receipt of his P-1 visa. | January 25, 2018 |
| DF | Brad Rusin | Miami FC | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | January 25, 2018 |
| DF | Kevin Venegas | Minnesota United FC | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | January 25, 2018 |
| MF | Juan Guerra | New York Cosmos | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | January 31, 2018 |
| MF | Zach Steinberger | Jacksonville Armada | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | January 31, 2018 |
| GK | Jordan Farr | Corban Warriors | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 2, 2018 |
| DF | Karl Ouimette | San Francisco Deltas | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 2, 2018 |
| DF | Ayoze | New York Cosmos | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 6, 2018 |
| FW | Eugene Starikov | New York Cosmos | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 6, 2018 |
| DF | Tyler Pasher | Sporting Kansas City | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 7, 2018 |
| MF | Matt Watson | Phoenix Rising | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 8, 2018 |
| MF | Amass Amankona | Dayton Dutch Lions | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 8, 2018 |
| MF | Seth Moses | Puerto Rico FC | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 9, 2018 |
| MF | Nathan Lewis | Central | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 12, 2018 |
| DF | Carlyle Mitchell | Central | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 12, 2018 |
| FW | Jack McInerney | LA Galaxy | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 19, 2018 |
| FW | Soony Saad | Sporting Kansas City | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | February 21, 2018 |
| MF | Nico Matern | Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | March 13, 2018 |
| MF | Dylan Mares | Miami FC 2 | Signed for the remainder of the 2018 season. | August 20, 2018 |

### Loan in

| Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End |
| GK | Owain Fôn Williams | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Duration of the 2018 USL season. | February 1, 2018 | October 21, 2018 |
| GK | Ben Lundgaard | Columbus Crew SC | Duration of the 2018 USL season. | March 7, 2018 | October 21, 2018 |
| MF | Diego Campos | Chicago Fire | On a match-by-match basis. | August 10, 2018 | October 21, 2018 |
| FW | Elliot Collier | Chicago Fire | On a match-by-match basis. | August 10, 2018 | October 21, 2018 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Adrian Ables | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| GK | Jon Busch | Columbus Crew SC | Contract expired. Signed a one-day contract to retire with Columbus. | October 30, 2017 |
| GK | Keith Cardona | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Colin Falvey | Ottawa Fury FC | Contract expired. Signed for Ottawa on January 23, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Marco Franco | Penn FC | Contract expired. Signed for Penn on February 27, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| FW | David Goldsmith | Michigan Bucks | Contract expired. Signed for Michigan for the 2018 PDL season. | October 30, 2017 |
| MF | Craig Henderson | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Daniel Keller | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| GK | Christian Lomeli | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Anthony Manning | SIMA Águilas | Contract expired. Signed with SIMA for the 2018 U.S. Open Cup. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Cory Miller | Detroit City | Contract expired. Signed with Detroit for the 2018 PDL season. | October 30, 2017 |
| FW | Paulo Jr. | Penn FC | Contract expired. Signed for Penn on June 19, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| MF | Don Smart | Miami FC 2 | Contract expired. Signed for Miami on March 5, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| MF | Tanner Thompson | | Contract expired. | October 30, 2017 |
| MF | Gerardo Torrado | | Contract expired. Retired. | October 30, 2017 |
| MF | Siniša Ubiparipović | | Contract expired. Retired. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Nemanja Vuković | Atlantic City FC | Contract expired. Signed for Atlantic City on February 15, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| DF | Kwame Watson-Siriboe | KTP | Contract expired. Signed for KTP on April 13, 2018. | October 30, 2017 |
| FW | Éamon Zayed | Charlotte Independence | Contract terminated. Signed for Charlotte on March 22, 2018. | January 17, 2018 |

### Loan out

| Pos. | Player | Loanee club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
| MF | Zach Steinberger | North Carolina FC | Duration of the 2018 USL season. | August 24, 2018 | October 14, 2018 | |

## Awards
### USL Team of the Week

| Week | Starters | Bench | Opponent(s) |
| 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 |

## 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 |