2021 Indy Eleven season

Indy Eleven
2021 season
Owner	List Brian Bauer; Don Gottwald; Shane Hageman; Jeffrey Laborsky; Fred Merritt; Ersal Ozdemir; Quinn Ricker; Chris Traylor;
Head coach	Max Rogers (interim)
USL Championship	Eastern Conference: 12th
USLC Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	TBD
Highest home attendance	7,999 (10/2 v. ATL)
Lowest home attendance	1,999 (5/8 v. TUL)
Average home league attendance	5,599
Biggest win	IND 2–0 SKC (5/22); TUL 0–2 IND (8/4); IND 2–0 SLC (8/28)
Biggest defeat	ATL 6–2 IND (8/8)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Indy Eleven season was the club's eighth season of existence, their eighth consecutive season in the second tier of American soccer, and their fourth season in the league now named the USL Championship. This article covers the period from November 2, 2020 (the day after the ultimately cancelled 2020 USLC playoffs final) to the end of the 2021 USLC season (tentatively scheduled for November 2021).

Roster

As of June 24, 2021^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	Jordan Farr	United States
2	DF	Patrick Seagrist (on loan from Inter Miami CF)	United States
3	DF	A. J. Cochran	United States
4	DF	Nedeljko Malić	Bosnia and Herzegovina
5	DF	Jared Timmer	United States
6	MF	Jeremiah Gutjahr	United States
7	DF	Ayoze	Spain
8	FW	Cammy Smith	Scotland
9	DF	Carl Haworth	Canada
10	FW	Gordon Wild	Germany
12	MF	Patrick McDonald (^[A])	United States
13	GK	Eric Dick (on loan from Columbus Crew)	United States
15	DF	Neveal Hackshaw	Trinidad and Tobago
16	DF	Aidan Liu (on loan from Vejle BK)	United States
17	FW	Nick Moon	United States
19	DF	Rece Buckmaster	United States
20	DF	Karl Ouimette	Canada
21	FW	Matthew Roou (^[A])	United States
22	FW	Jordan Hamilton	Canada
24	GK	Alex Svetanoff (^[A])	United States
25	DF	Matthew Senanou (^[A])	United States
26	GK	Bobby Edwards	United States
27	MF	Nicky Law	England
28	MF	Gershon Koffie	Ghana
29	FW	Manuel Arteaga	Venezuela
85	MF	Aboubacar Sissoko	Mali
98	MF	Peter-Lee Vassell	Jamaica

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Competitions

USL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Louisville City FC	32	18	7	7	61	37	+24	61	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Birmingham Legion FC	32	18	8	6	51	31	+20	60
3	Memphis 901 FC	32	14	10	8	47	42	+5	50
4	FC Tulsa	32	14	13	5	49	48	+1	47
5	OKC Energy FC	32	8	11	13	30	38	−8	37
6	Indy Eleven	32	9	15	8	32	47	−15	35
7	Atlanta United 2	32	8	14	10	47	56	−9	34^[a]
8	Sporting Kansas City II	32	4	20	8	33	64	−31	20^[a]

Source: USL
Notes:

^ ^a ^b The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.^[3]

Match results

May 1 1	Birmingham Legion FC	0–1	Indy Eleven	Birmingham, AL
7:30 PM EDT	Asiedu 61' Williams 87'	Report	Arteaga 28' Hamilton 90+5'	Stadium: BBVA Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Greg Dopka

May 8 2	Indy Eleven	0–2	FC Tulsa	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Rivas 62', 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 1,999 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 22 3	Indy Eleven	2–0	Sporting Kansas City II	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Hamilton 53' Arteaga 65'	Report	Rešetar 48'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 3,999 Referee: Matthew Corrigan

May 29 4	Louisville City FC	1–2	Indy Eleven	Louisville, KY
7:30 PM EDT	Lancaster 11' Bone 45' DelPiccolo 71' Hubbard 88'	Report	Hamilton 63' (pen.), 89' (pen.) Seagrist 77'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,731 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

June 2 5	Indy Eleven	1–1	OKC Energy FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Moon 42'	Report	Daniels 65' López 69'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 3,999 Referee: Calin Radosav

June 5 6	Indy Eleven	1–2	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Smith 30' Cochran 43' Ouimette 90+6'	Report	Salazar 3' Murphy 35' Atuahene 44'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 4,999 Referee: Matthew Thompson

June 9 7	El Paso Locomotive FC	2–0	Indy Eleven	El Paso, TX
9:00 PM EDT	Ross 2' Luna 49' Rebellón 57'	Report	Koffie 6' Smith 40' Ouimette 44'	Stadium: Southwest University Park Attendance: 5,189 Referee: Jon Freemon

June 15 8	Indy Eleven	0–1	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Ayoze 65' Seagrist 89'	Report	Griffin 25' Williamson 37', 59' Peters 58' 62' Dixon 90' Dikwa 90+3'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 4,999 Referee: Chris Ruska

June 20 9	Sporting Kansas City II	1–2	Indy Eleven	Kansas City, KS
5:00 PM EDT	Mushagalusa 20' Duke 90+2'	Report	Law 12', 19' Wild 50' Cochran 83' Gutjahr 90+5'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

June 26 10	Louisville City FC	3–3	Indy Eleven	Louisville, KY
7:30 PM EDT	DelPiccolo 6' Gómez 14' Bone 32', 78' Hoppenot 70'	Report	Smith 9', 33' Hackshaw 20' Arteaga 41' Vassell 74'	Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 10,927

July 3 11	Indy Eleven	0–1	Birmingham Legion FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Ouimette 7' Ayoze 76'	Report	Brett 8' (pen.) Lapa 29' Servania 65'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,999 Referee: Jervis Atagana

July 7 12	Atlanta United 2	1–1	Indy Eleven	Kennesaw, GA
7:30 PM EDT	Stanley 73'	Report	Hamilton 64'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 638 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 17 13	Indy Eleven	1–1	Memphis 901 FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Moon 47'	Report	Salazar 51' Dally 85'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,999 Referee: Luis Arroyo

July 24 14	Indy Eleven	1–2	Birmingham Legion FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Kavita 77' (o.g.)	Report	Servania 45+1' Kasim 54' A. Crognale 64' Dean 90+1'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,999 Referee: Kevin Fikar

August 4 15	FC Tulsa	0–2	Indy Eleven	Tulsa, OK
8:00 PM EDT		Report	Moon 37' Arteaga 54' Wild 79' Hackshaw 81' Vassell 85'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

August 8 16	Atlanta United 2	6–2	Indy Eleven	Kennesaw, GA
7:30 PM	Wolff 1', 6', 50' Matheus 53' Macky Diop 58' Mejia 90+5'	Report	Moon 51' Vassell 61'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 677 Referee: William Steffen

August 14 17	Indy Eleven	2–1	OKC Energy FC	Indianapolis, IN
6:00 PM CDT	Sissoko 10' Law 26' Artega 53', 90+3' Wild 90+4'	Report	Batista 36' Adekoya 45'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,999 Referee: Joshua Encarnacion

August 18 18	Loudoun United FC	4–1	Indy Eleven	Leesburg, VA
7:00 PM EDT	Sergi 43', 45+1' Dambrot 47' Paz 73' Ku-Dipietro 76' Saravia 85' Amoustapha 90+2'	Report	Cochran 33' Ouimette 34', 78' Moon 64'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 310 Referee: Matthew Franz

August 22 19	Sporting Kansas City II	1–1	Indy Eleven	Kansas City, KS
5:00 PM EDT	Harris 40' Barber 64' Dia 88'	Report	Hamilton 51', 58' Seagrist 69'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Greg Dopka

August 28 20	Indy Eleven	2–0	Real Monarchs	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Artega 26', 45+4' (pen.), 79' Gutjahr 45' Ayoze 84'	Report	Flores 44' Adams 79' Iloski 90+5'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,999 Referee: DeShun Beard

September 4 21	Indy Eleven	0–1	Atlanta United 2	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT		Report	McFadden 26' Goodrum 90+4'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 4,999 Referee: Calin Radosav

September 8 22	FC Tulsa	2–1	Indy Eleven	Tulsa, OK
8:00 PM EDT	Marlon 9', 67' Corrales 51' Suárez 89' (pen.) Da Costa 90+6'	Report	Arteaga 34' Haworth 41' Farr 88'	Stadium: ONEOK Field Attendance: 2,312 Referee: John Griggs

September 11 23	Indy Eleven	1–0	Sporting Kansas City II	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Koffie 64' Wild 77', 89' Hackshaw 87'	Report	Čuić 90+3'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,999 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

September 18 24	Indy Eleven	0–2	Louisville City FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM ET	Hackshaw 57' Arteaga 60' Timmer 65' Farr 71'	Report	DelPiccolo 32' Hoppenot 41' Lancaster 69' McCabe 80' Souahy 83'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,499 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

September 22 25	Memphis 901 FC	1–0	Indy Eleven	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Murphy 31' Paul 56' Reynolds 75' Cropper 90' Kissiedou 90+6'	Report	Moon 28'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 3,716 Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

September 26 26	OKC Energy FC	2–0	Indy Eleven	Oklahoma City, OK
5:00 PM CDT	Chavez 30' Daniels 74' Kurimoto 90+2'	Report	Seagrist 23' Gutjahr 45+2' Koffie 70' Sissoko 90+4'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 1,960 Referee: Kevin Broadley

September 29 27	OKC Energy FC	1–1	Indy Eleven	Oklahoma City, OK
7:30 PM CDT	Chavez 28' Batista 64' Cochran 82' Adekoya 87' Bijev 90+3'	Report	Arteaga 12', 66', 82' Edwards 90+3'	Stadium: Taft Stadium Attendance: 3,677 Referee: John Matto

October 2 28	Indy Eleven	1–1	Atlanta United 2	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Ayoze 15' Wild 25' Koffie 50' Arteaga 53' Seagrist 90+4' Farr 90+6'	Report	Benítez 67' Mertz 85' McFadden 90+5' Macky Diop 90+6'	Stadium: Michael A. Carroll Stadium Attendance: 7,999 Referee: Greg Dopka

October 10 29	Birmingham Legion FC	3–1	Indy Eleven	Birmingham, AL
4:00 PM CDT	Brett 8' Kavita 45' Vancaeyezeele 54' E. Crognale 74' Rufe 90+4', 90+4'	Report	Law 42'	Stadium: BBVA Field Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

October 16 30	Indy Eleven	1–0	Louisville City FC	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Arteaga 85' Buckmaster 90+2'	Report	DelPiccolo 43' Gómez 78' McCabe 82'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,499 Referee: Ricardo Fierro

October 23 31	Indy Eleven	1–1	FC Tulsa	Indianapolis, IN
7:00 PM EDT	Arteaga 43' Vassell 71' Adewole 77'	Report	Fenwick 32' Johnson 78'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 6,499 Referee: Melvin Rivas

October 30 32	Memphis 901 FC	3–0	Indy Eleven	Memphis,TN
7:00 PM CDT	Fortune 7', 56' Lamah 12' Murphy 31' Reynolds 66' Carroll 81'	Report	Vassell 25' Moon 80' Partida 85'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 4,015 Referee: Matthew Franz

USL Cup Playoffs

U.S. Open Cup

On March 29, 2021, the U.S. Soccer Federation announced a truncated format for the 2021 U.S. Open Cup, with 16 clubs participating, entering at the same time in a Round of 16. The format included just four teams from the USL Championship, the four semi-finalists from the 2020 playoffs (El Paso, Louisville, Phoenix, and Tampa). Due to the fact that Indy failed to qualify for the 2020 USLC playoffs, the club was eliminated from the 2021 U.S. Open Cup.^[4]

References

^ Brown, Alex (January 24, 2019). "Indy Eleven Changes Ownership Structure". InsideIndianaBusiness.com. Inside INdiana Business. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
^ "Indy Eleven roster". IndyEleven.com. Indy Eleven. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
^ "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
^ "Open Cup Committee Decides Not To Play Opening Round Of U.S. Open Cup Due To Challenges Surrounding COVID Pandemic; Teams Will Enter Tournament At Round Of 16". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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[table_hth_ATL0.19610582580609-4] The USL awarded a 3–0 win to Atlanta United 2 after Sporting Kansas City II fielded Jake Davis who was an ineligible player. The original score was 1–0 for Sporting Kansas City II.^[3]

[1] Brown, Alex (January 24, 2019). "Indy Eleven Changes Ownership Structure". InsideIndianaBusiness.com. Inside INdiana Business. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[2] "Indy Eleven roster". IndyEleven.com. Indy Eleven. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

[3] "USL Issues Fine, Forfeit to Sporting Kansas City II for Ineligible Player". USLChampionship.com. USL Championship. October 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

[5] "Open Cup Committee Decides Not To Play Opening Round Of U.S. Open Cup Due To Challenges Surrounding COVID Pandemic; Teams Will Enter Tournament At Round Of 16". U.S. Soccer Federation. Retrieved July 15, 2021.

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