# 2014 Indy Eleven season

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.
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. 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.

## Roster

    As of Match played November 1, 2014.
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Nathan Sprenkel | GK | (1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 24) | | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Kristian Nicht | GK | (1982-04-03)3 April 1982 (aged 32) | Rochester Rhinos | 2014 | | 29 | 0 |
| 35 | Jon Dawson | GK | | | 2014 | | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Andrew Stone | DF | (1990-11-18)18 November 1990 (aged 23) | Milwaukee Panthers | 2014 | | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | Jaime Frías | DF | (1993-02-18)18 February 1993 (aged 21) | Loan from Guadalajara | 2014 | 2014 | 25 | 1 |
| 5 | Erick Norales | DF | (1985-02-11)11 February 1985 (aged 29) | Marathón | 2014 | | 23 | 2 |
| 6 | Chris Estridge | DF | (1989-09-21)21 September 1989 (aged 25) | Rochester Rhinos | 2014 | | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | Cory Miller | DF | (1988-07-22)22 July 1988 (aged 26) | Los Angeles Blues | 2014 | | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Kyle Hyland | DF | (1991-03-01)1 March 1991 (aged 23) | Columbus Crew | 2014 | | 18 | 0 |
| 21 | Marco Franco | DF | (1991-10-06)6 October 1991 (aged 23) | Loan from Chicago Fire | 2014 | 2014 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | Fejiro Okiomah | DF | (1990-11-10)10 November 1990 (aged 23) | Charlotte Eagles | 2014 | | 16 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Brad Ring | MF | (1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 27) | Portland Timbers | 2014 | | 13 | 1 |
| 8 | Kléberson | MF | (1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 35) | Bahia | 2014 | | 20 | 8 |
| 12 | A. J. Corrado | MF | (1992-01-08)8 January 1992 (aged 22) | San Jose Earthquakes | 2014 | | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | Corby Moore | MF | (1993-11-21)21 November 1993 (aged 20) | Southampton | 2014 | | 14 | 0 |
| 19 | Blake Smith | MF | (1991-01-17)17 January 1991 (aged 23) | Loan from Montreal Impact | 2014 | 2014 | 21 | 6 |
| 20 | Sergio Peña | MF | (1987-05-09)9 May 1987 (aged 27) | Loan from Real Sociedad | 2014 | 2014 | 15 | 0 |
| 22 | Dylan Mares | MF | (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 (aged 22) | Real Salt Lake | 2014 | | 26 | 1 |
| 27 | Victor Pineda | MF | (1993-03-15)15 March 1993 (aged 21) | Loan from Chicago Fire | 2014 | 2014 | 17 | 3 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Don Smart | FW | (1987-12-02)2 December 1987 (aged 26) | RVA | 2014 | | 28 | 3 |
| 14 | Jermaine Johnson | FW | (1980-06-25)25 June 1980 (aged 34) | Sheffield Wednesday | 2014 | | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | Mike Ambersley | FW | (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 31) | Minnesota United | 2014 | | 28 | 7 |
| 17 | Ben Spencer | FW | (1995-03-28)28 March 1995 (aged 19) | Loan from Molde | 2014 | 2014 | 13 | 2 |
| 88 | Jhulliam | FW | (1988-04-04)4 April 1988 (aged 26) | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2014 | | 8 | 3 |
| 99 | Charlie Rugg | FW | (1990-10-02)2 October 1990 (aged 24) | Loan from LA Galaxy | 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 1 |
| Left Indy Eleven ||||||||||
| 9 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | FW | (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 24) | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2014 | | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Walter Ramírez | MF | (1983-11-07)7 November 1983 (aged 30) | San Antonio Scorpions | 2014 | | 8 | 0 |
| 26 | Baba Omosegbon | DF | | | 2014 | | 1 | 0 |

## Competitions
### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 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 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: June 23, 2014. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | D | L | L | L | L | D | L | D |
| Position | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Match reports
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: November 3, 2014. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A |
| 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 |

#### 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 November 1, 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | USA | Andrew Stone | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | USA | Jaime Frías | 25 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | USA | Brad Ring | 13 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | HON | Erick Norales | 23 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | USA | Chris Estridge | 11 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | JAM | Don Smart | 28 | 3 | 1+8 | 0 | 8+9 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Kléberson | 20 | 8 | 4+2 | 3 | 13+1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | USA | A. J. Corrado | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Corby Moore | 14 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | JAM | Jermaine Johnson | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | USA | Mike Ambersley | 28 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 15+2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | USA | Cory Miller | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | USA | Ben Spencer | 13 | 2 | 4+3 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | USA | Kyle Hyland | 18 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Blake Smith | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | HON | Sergio Peña | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | USA | Marco Franco | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | USA | Dylan Mares | 26 | 1 | 4+3 | 0 | 7+10 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 23 | DF | USA | Fejiro Okiomah | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | GER | Kristian Nicht | 29 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | USA | Victor Pineda | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | BRA | Jhulliam | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | USA | Charlie Rugg | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Indy Eleven during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | 14 | 0 | 4+5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | HON | Walter Ramírez | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | USA | 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 | MF | | 8 | Kléberson | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | | 15 | Mike Ambersley | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | | 19 | Blake Smith | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | | 7 | Don Smart | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 27 | Victor Pineda | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | 88 | Jhulliam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | | 5 | Erick Norales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 17 | Ben Spencer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | | 14 | Jermaine Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | | 4 | Brad Ring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | | 3 | Jaime Frías | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | | 99 | Charlie Rugg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | | 22 | Dylan Mares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 14 | 21 | 6 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | U.S. Open Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Jaime Frías | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Brad Ring | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Erick Norales | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Chris Estridge | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Don Smart | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Kléberson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | A. J. Corrado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Corby Moore | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Jermaine Johnson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | FW | Mike Ambersley | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Cory Miller | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Ben Spencer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Kyle Hyland | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Blake Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Sergio Peña | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | Dylan Mares | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Fejiro Okiomah | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Victor Pineda | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Charlie Rugg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Indy Eleven during the season: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 24 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 4 |

## Transfers
### In

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

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 16 | DF | Chris Wey | | Released | July 8, 2014 |
| 20 | MF | Kevin Rozo | | Released | July 8, 2014 |
| 21 | MF | Walter Ramírez | | Released | July 8, 2014 |
| 26 | DF | Baba Omosegbon | | Released | July 8, 2014 |
| 9 | FW | Pedro Mendes | Minnesota United FC | | August 15, 2014 |