USL

  • Eleven get crucial 3 points

    Gallery: Eleven get crucial 3 points vs. Independence ahead of road trip

    INDIANAPOLIS — With a four-game road trip looming, the Indy Eleven earned a crucial three points Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium with 2-1 win over the Charlotte Independence. After falling behind early in the second half, the Eleven answered with goals by Ben Speas and Carlyle Mitchell to...
  • Ottawa Fury FC

    Gallery: Ottawa Fury FC steals 3 points in Indy

    INDIANAPOLIS — Despite getting relatively outplayed Wednesday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, Ottawa Fury FC departed with three crucial points to move up the congested USL Eastern Conference table after downing the Indy Eleven 1-nil. An own goal in the first half by Indy center back Carlyle Mitchell was...
  • Indy Eleven - Brickyard Battalion - midterm

    USL Eastern Conference: Midterm progress report

    The World Cup has reached the knockout rounds with upsets galore and many a favored contender heading home early. But you probably knew that already. Instead of using some weird metric to rank and/or predict the World Cup, I’ve been itching to get back to my bread and butter:...
  • lower-division soccer - usl progress report

    USL Western Conference: Midterm progress report

    The World Cup has reached the knockout rounds with upsets galore and many a favored contender heading home early. But you probably knew that already. Instead of using some weird metric to rank and/or predict the World Cup, I’ve been itching to get back to my bread and butter:...
  • Matt Watson - Indy Eleven - familiar faces

    Gallery: Familiar faces return to Indy as Eleven draw Penn FC

    INDIANAPOLIS — Penn FC‘s Marco Franco and Paulo Jr. returned to the Circle City on Saturday night to take on their former club, Indy Eleven, at Lucas Oil Stadium on Pride Night. Both familiar faces were with Indy in 2017. The end result, a 1-1 draw, meant a sharing...
  • Nashville SC vs. Indy Eleven

    Preview: Nashville SC vs. Indy Eleven

    For Club and Country‘s Tim Sullivan and I preview Tuesday’s USL Eastern Conference clash between host Nashville SC and the Indy Eleven via a back-and-forth Q&A. First, the Nashville SC side of things: Kevin Johnston: What factors have led to Nashville SC’s rapid ascent up the table? Tim Sullivan:...
  • Atlanta United 2

    Gallery: Eleven end funk against Atlanta United 2

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Eleven put a halt to their four-match winless streak Saturday with a 2-nil toppling of Atlanta United 2 at Lucas Oil Stadium. Matt Watson opened the scoring, and Ayoze and Carlyle Mitchell connected on a corner kick for Indy’s second. Follow Robbie on Twitter: @RobbMeh. Support...
  • Indy Eleven - Jeff Belskus

    Soc Takes Pod Ep. 50: Indy Eleven president Jeff Belskus

    The panel welcomes Indy Eleven president Jeff Belskus to tackle a few questions regarding the current state of the club, Indy’s MLS bid, the fan experience at Lucas Oil Stadium and missed opportunities due to consecutive entry-round Open Cup losses. Belskus also describes the hurdles the team climbed in...
  • 3-3 thriller

    Gallery: Eleven, Battery leave with point each in wild 3-3 thriller

    INDIANAPOLIS — A brace from Ayoze and a Soony Saad rocket from distance weren’t enough for the Indy Eleven on Wednesday night at Lucas Oil Stadium, as goals by the Charleston Battery’s O’Brian Woodbine, Ataulla Guerra and Tah Anunga saw the teams share points. Indy took a 3-2 lead...
  • Cincinnati

    It’s official: FC Cincinnati to join MLS in 2019

    Welcome to the big show, FC Cincinnati. The club with by far the most staggering attendance figures in all of lower-division American soccer is off to MLS. League commissioner Don Garber & Co. announced The Queen City as the latest MLS expansion market Tuesday at Rhinegeist Brewery. FC Cincinnati...
  • Evan Louro - NYRB II - New York Red Bulls II

    Red Bulls II hands Eleven first road setback

    The Indy Eleven had escaped with a result in all four of their road matches entering Sunday afternoon’s duel with New York Red Bulls II in Harrison, N.J. The streak is over. Indy built an early lead, but squandered it in the second half thanks to a furious Red...
  • USL Western Conference

    USL Western Conference: Q1 progress report

    We’re now roughly one-quarter through the 34-game USL season, meaning most teams have played somewhere between 7 and 10 games each. As of right now, 147 of 561 matches have been played, which is 26.2 percent of the season completed. This is close enough to 25 percent for me,...