# 2019 Indy Eleven season

The 2019 Indy Eleven season was the club's sixth season of existence, their sixth consecutive season in the second tier of American soccer, and their second season in the league now named the USL Championship. The season covers the period from October 21, 2018 to the beginning of the 2020 USL Championship season.

## Roster

    As of match played May 4, 2019
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Signed in | Previous club | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||
| 0 | Jordan Farr | GK | (1994-10-05) October 5, 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Corban Warriors | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Evan Newton | GK | (1988-04-01) April 1, 1988 (age 36) | 2019 | FC Cincinnati | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Mario Perez | GK | (2000-02-16) February 16, 2000 (age 25) | 2019 | Indiana Fire Academy | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||
| 2 | Lucas Farias | DF | (1994-08-18) August 18, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | São Bento | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Macauley King | DF | (1995-10-04) October 4, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | Young Harris Mountain Lions | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | Mitch Osmond | DF | (1994-03-11) March 11, 1994 (age 31) | 2019 | Rio Grande RedStorm | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Ayoze | DF | (1985-11-22) November 22, 1985 (age 39) | 2018 | New York Cosmos | 36 | 4 |
| 20 | Karl Ouimette | DF | (1992-06-18) June 18, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | San Francisco Deltas | 37 | 3 |
| 29 | Paddy Barrett | DF | (1993-08-22) August 22, 1993 (age 31) | 2019 | FC Cincinnati | 7 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||
| 4 | Tyler Gibson | MF | (1991-01-12) January 12, 1991 (age 34) | 2019 | FC Cincinnati | 8 | 1 |
| 6 | Nico Matern | MF | (1992-11-27) November 27, 1992 (age 32) | 2018 | Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats | 34 | 0 |
| 8 | Matt Watson | MF | (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 40) | 2018 | Phoenix Rising | 39 | 1 |
| 15 | Neveal Hackshaw | MF | (1995-09-21) September 21, 1995 (age 29) | 2019 | Charleston Battery | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | Kenney Walker | MF | (1988-12-23) December 23, 1988 (age 36) | 2019 | FC Cincinnati | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | Tyler Pasher | MF | (1994-04-27) April 27, 1994 (age 30) | 2018 | Sporting Kansas City | 17 | 2 |
| 25 | Do-heon Kim | MF | (1982-07-14) July 14, 1982 (age 42) | 2019 | Negeri Sembilan | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards |||||||||
| 9 | Eugene Starikov | FW | (1988-11-17) November 17, 1988 (age 36) | 2018 | New York Cosmos | 22 | 6 |
| 10 | Thomas Enevoldsen | FW | (1987-07-27) July 27, 1987 (age 37) | 2019 | Orange County SC | 8 | 2 |
| 14 | Ilija Ilić | FW | (1991-04-26) April 26, 1991 (age 33) | 2019 | Louisville City | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Dane Kelly | FW | (1991-02-09) February 9, 1991 (age 34) | 2019 | D.C. United | 8 | 4 |
| 18 | Alioune Diakhate | FW | (1994-04-10) April 10, 1994 (age 30) | 2019 | C.D. Oller | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Joshua Penn | FW | (2000-11-25) November 25, 2000 (age 24) | 2019 | Chicago Sockers FC | 3 | 0 |
| Out on loan |||||||||
| — | Ben Speas | MF | (1991-01-17) January 17, 1991 (age 34) | 2017 | Minnesota United | 52 | 7 |

## Non-competitive
### Preseason

The Eleven released their preseason schedule on January 23, 2019. A four-game preseason slate was initially announced, featuring matches against teams from Major League Soccer, the USL Championship, USL League One, and one collegiate program. A fifth game, against Forward Madison FC, was later added to the schedule.

### Midseason
## Competitive
### USL Championship
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC | 34 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 58 | 30 | +28 | 68 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Nashville SC | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 67 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Indy Eleven | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 63 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Louisville City FC | 34 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 58 | 41 | +17 | 60 | Conference Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 33 | +28 | 58 | Conference Quarterfinals |

#### 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 | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | W | D | W |

#### Match results

The league announced home openers for every club on December 14, 2018. Indy will open at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 30, meeting expansion club Hartford Athletic for the first time. The Eleven will also take part in the home openers for two other clubs, facing Saint Louis FC on March 9 and Charlotte Independence on March 15.
The full Indy schedule was released on December 19, 2018. The season will once again consist of 34 matches, with the Eleven playing home and away against each Eastern Conference opponent. Indy will face expansion clubs Birmingham Legion FC, Hartford Athletic, Loudoun United FC, and Memphis 901 FC for the first time ever, and will also play inaugural matches against Saint Louis FC and Swope Park Rangers, who move over from the Western Conference.

#### USL Cup Playoffs
### U.S. Open Cup

As a member of the USL Championship, Indy Eleven will enter the tournament in the second round, to be played May 14–15, 2019.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | USLC | USLC | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 0 | GK | USA | Jordan Farr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | GK | USA | Evan Newton | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Lucas Farias | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Macauley King | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Tyler Gibson | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Mitch Osmond | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ESP | Ayoze | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Matt Watson | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | USA | Eugene Starikov | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | DEN | Thomas Enevoldsen | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SRB | Ilija Ilić | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | TRI | Neveal Hackshaw | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | JAM | Dane Kelly | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SEN | Alioune Diakhate | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Kenney Walker | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN | Karl Ouimette | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CAN | Tyler Pasher | 7 | 1 | 5+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | EIR | Paddy Barrett | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Indy during the season: ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | GER | Nico Matern | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | USA | Alex Crognale | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | USA | Mario Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | KOR | Do-heon Kim | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | USA | Joshua Penn | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Indy stats

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | USLC | USLC | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Macauley King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Tyler Gibson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Nico Matern | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Ayoze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Neveal Hackshaw | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Dane Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Alioune Diakhate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | Paddy Barrett | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Players who left Indy during the season: |||||||||
| 21 | DF | Alex Crognale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Indy stats

### Clean sheets

| No. | Name | USLC | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Games Played |
| No. | Name | 0 | Jordan Farr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Evan Newton | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 24 | Mario Perez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Indy stats

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| FW | Ilija Ilić | Louisville City | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Dec 3, 2018 |
| DF | Paddy Barrett | FC Cincinnati | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Dec 5, 2018 |
| MF | Tyler Gibson | FC Cincinnati | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Dec 5, 2018 |
| MF | Kenney Walker | FC Cincinnati | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Dec 5, 2018 |
| MF | Neveal Hackshaw | Charleston Battery | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Dec 13, 2018 |
| GK | Evan Newton | FC Cincinnati | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Jan 8, 2019 |
| DF | Macauley King | Young Harris Mountain Lions | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Jan 10, 2019 |
| FW | Dane Kelly | D.C. United | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Jan 16, 2019 |
| FW | Thomas Enevoldsen | Orange County SC | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Jan 29, 2019 |
| DF | Lucas Farias | São Bento | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Feb 7, 2019 |
| FW | Joshua Penn | Chicago Sockers FC | Signed to a USL Academy contract. | Feb 21, 2019 |
| GK | Mario Perez | Indiana Fire Academy | Signed to a USL Academy contract. | Feb 21, 2019 |
| MF | Do-heon Kim | Negeri Sembilan | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Mar 5, 2019 |
| FW | Alioune Diakhate | C.D. Oller | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Mar 6, 2019 |
| DF | Mitch Osmond | Rio Grande RedStorm | Terms of the contract were undisclosed. | Mar 6, 2019 |

### Loan in

| Pos. | Player | Parent club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
| DF | Alex Crognale | Columbus Crew SC | Duration of the 2019 USL Championship season. | Mar 15, 2019 | May 11, 2019 | |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| MF | Amass Amankona | Richmond Kickers | Contract option declined. Signed for Richmond on Jan 4, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| FW | Justin Braun | | Contract expired. Retired. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| DF | Reiner Ferreira | Boa Esporte | Contract expired. Signed for Boa on Jan 5, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Juan Guerra | | Contract expired. Retired. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Nathan Lewis | Lansing Ignite | Contract option declined. Signed for Lansing on Jan 5, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Dylan Mares | Miami FC | Contract expired. Signed for Miami on Jan 16, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| FW | Jack McInerney | Oakland Roots | Contract expired. Signed for Oakland on Jul 24, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| DF | Carlyle Mitchell | St. Ann's Rangers | Contract expired. Signed for St. Ann's in April 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Seth Moses | Fresno FC | Contract option declined. Signed for Fresno on Mar 6, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Brad Ring | | Contract expired. Retired. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| DF | Brad Rusin | | Contract expired. Retired. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| FW | Soony Saad | Al Ansar | Contract expired. Signed for Ansar on Jan 18, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| MF | Zach Steinberger | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Contract option declined. Signed for Tampa Bay on Dec 5, 2018. | Oct 21, 2018 |
| DF | Kevin Venegas | New York Cosmos | Contract expired. Signed for New York on Feb 11, 2019. | Oct 21, 2018 |

### Loan out

| Pos. | Player | Loanee club | Length/Notes | Beginning | End | Source |
| MF | Ben Speas | North Carolina FC | Duration of the 2019 USL Championship season. | Jan 24, 2019 | | |

## Kits

| Home | Away |
| Type | Shirt | Shorts | Socks | First appearance / Record |
| Home | Blue | Blue | Blue | Match 3 vs. Hartford / 2–2–1 |
| Away | White | White | White | Match 1 vs. Saint Louis / 2–0–1 |