| Club: | Indy Eleven |
| Season: | 2014 |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Chairman: | Ersal Ozdemir |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Juergen Sommer |
| League: | NASL |
| League Result: | Spring: 10th Fall: 7th Combined: 9th |
| Cup1: | U.S. Open Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Fourth Round vs Columbus Crew |
| League Topscorer: | Kléberson (8) |
| Season Topscorer: | Kléberson (8) |
| Highest Attendance: | 11,048 (April 12 v. Carolina) |
| Lowest Attendance: | League: 10,285 (3 times) All: 9,181 (May 28 v. Dayton) |
| Average Attendance: | League: 10,478 All: 10,293 |
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| Nextseason: | 2015 |
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.
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.[1]
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.[2] 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.[3]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Nathan Sprenkel | GK | 2014 11, df=yes | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | Kristian Nicht | GK | 2014 11, df=yes | Rochester Rhinos | 2014 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 35 | Jon Dawson | GK | 2014 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Andrew Stone | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Milwaukee Panthers | 2014 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 3 | Jaime Frías | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from  Guadalajara | 2014 | 2014 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Erick Norales | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Marathón | 2014 | 23 | 2 | |||
| 6 | Chris Estridge | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Rochester Rhinos | 2014 | 11 | 1 | |||
| 16 | Cory Miller | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Los Angeles Blues | 2014 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Kyle Hyland | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Columbus Crew | 2014 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Marco Franco | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from Chicago Fire | 2014 | 2014 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Fejiro Okiomah | DF | 2014 11, df=yes | Charlotte Eagles | 2014 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 4 | Brad Ring | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Portland Timbers | 2014 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 8 | Kléberson | MF | 2014 11, df=yes |  Bahia | 2014 | 20 | 8 | |||
| 12 | A. J. Corrado | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | San Jose Earthquakes | 2014 | 16 | 0 | |||
| 13 | Corby Moore | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Southampton | 2014 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Blake Smith | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from Montreal Impact | 2014 | 2014 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 20 | Sergio Peña | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from Real Sociedad | 2014 | 2014 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Dylan Mares | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Real Salt Lake | 2014 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Victor Pineda | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from Chicago Fire | 2014 | 2014 | 17 | 3 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Don Smart | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | RVA | 2014 | 28 | 3 | |||
| 14 | Jermaine Johnson | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | Sheffield Wednesday | 2014 | 10 | 2 | |||
| 15 | Mike Ambersley | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | Minnesota United | 2014 | 28 | 7 | |||
| 17 | Ben Spencer | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from  Molde | 2014 | 2014 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 88 | Jhulliam | FW | 2014 11, df=yes |  Sheriff Tiraspol | 2014 | 8 | 3 | |||
| 99 | Charlie Rugg | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | Loan from LA Galaxy | 2014 | 2014 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Left Indy Eleven | ||||||||||
| 9 | Pedro Ferreira-Mendes | FW | 2014 11, df=yes | Atlanta Silverbacks | 2014 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 21 | Walter Ramírez | MF | 2014 11, df=yes | San Antonio Scorpions | 2014 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 26 | Baba Omosegbon | DF | 2014 | 1 | 0 | |||||
See main article: 2014 North American Soccer League season.
See main article: 2014 North American Soccer League season.
See main article: 2014 Lamar Hunt 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.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Indy Eleven during the season:|-|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | NASL Spring Season | width=150 | NASL Fall Season | width=150 | U.S. Open Cup | width=80 | 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 | |||||||||
| MF | | 27 | Victor Pineda | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 88 | Jhulliam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 7 | DF | 5 | Erick Norales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Ben Spencer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 14 | Jermaine Johnson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | | 4 | Brad Ring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 3 | Jaime Frías | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 99 | Charlie Rugg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| MF | | 22 | Dylan Mares | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 14 | 21 | 6 | 41 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | NASL Spring Season | NASL Fall Season | U.S. Open Cup | Total | ||||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GK | October 1, 2013 | [4] | ||||
| 26 | DF | Baba Omosegbon | November 11, 2013 | [5] | |||
| 1 | GK | November 11, 2013 | |||||
| 5 | DF | November 26, 2013 | [6] | ||||
| 9 | FW | December 11, 2013 | [7] | ||||
| 18 | DF | December 11, 2013 | |||||
| 7 | MF | December 11, 2013 | |||||
| 16 | DF | Chris Wey | December 11, 2013 | ||||
| 4 | MF | January 22, 2014 | [8] | ||||
| 15 | FW | January 22, 2014 | |||||
| 21 | MF | January 30, 2014 | [9] | ||||
| 35 | GK | Jon Dawson | February 25, 2014 | [10] | |||
| 6 | DF | February 25, 2014 | |||||
| 2 | DF | February 25, 2014 | |||||
| 13 | MF | March 12, 2014 | [11] | ||||
| 17 | FW | Season-long loan | March 12, 2014 | ||||
| 8 | MF | April 2, 2014 | [12] | ||||
| 3 | DF | Loan | April 8, 2014 | [13] | |||
| 12 | MF | April 8, 2014 | |||||
| 22 | MF | April 11, 2014 | [14] | ||||
| 23 | DF | April 11, 2014 | |||||
| 20 | MF | Loan | July 15, 2014 | [15] | |||
| 27 | MF | Loan | June 13, 2014 | [16] | |||
| 14 | FW | Free | July 30, 2014 | [17] | |||
| 88 | FW | Free | August 26, 2014 | [18] | |||
| 16 | DF | August 28, 2014 | [19] | ||||
| 21 | DF | Loan | September 12, 2014 | [20] | |||
| 99 | FW | Loan | October 1, 2014 | [21] |
| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | DF | Chris Wey | Released | July 8, 2014 | |||
| 20 | MF |  Kevin Rozo | Released | July 8, 2014 | |||
| 21 | MF | Released | July 8, 2014 | [22] | |||
| 26 | DF | Baba Omosegbon | Released | July 8, 2014 | |||
| 9 | FW | August 15, 2014 | [23] |