INDY ELEVEN GAMEDAY & MATCH PREVIEW
Indy Eleven at Ottawa Fury FC
Saturday, May 23, 2015 – 3:00 p.m. ET
TD Place – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

MEDIA GAME NOTES:
Indy Eleven Game Notes
Ottawa Fury FC Game Notes

WATCH PARTIES: Click here for listing of seven watch party locations in Indiana
*** "Watch Party HQ" Location at BWW Greenwood Point - 8020 S. US Hwy 31 in Indianapolis

LIVE STREAMING VIDEO:
In the United States: Streaming video via ESPN3.com 
Internationally: Streaming video via various ESPN online platforms  

TV/RADIO:
TV: No local broadcast
RADIO: TSN 1200 (OTT English broadcast)  

FOLLOW ONLINE:
Twitter updates: Follow the @IndyElevenLive feed
Live stats: Visit the NASL.com MatchCenter   

WATCH PARTIES:
Click here for locations of seven Official Indy Eleven Watch Parties across Indiana
Meet new FW Duke Lacroix at "HQ Location" at BWW's Greenwood Point - 8020 S. US Hwy 31

OTHER GAME PREVIEWS:
NASL.com preview
Ottawa Fury FC preview
NASL.com: What to Watch for in Week 8  

It's off the the Great White North this weekend for the "Boys in Blue" as Indy Eleven will renew acquaintances with its "NASL Class of 2014" brethren Ottawa Fury FC for a Saturday matinee in the Canadian Capital. 

IT'S NICE UP HERE, EH?
International travel treated Indy Eleven well last season, as the “Boys in Blue” brought the full three points back across the border following both its trips into Canada, NASL Fall Season wins at FC Edmonton (1-0 W on July 27, 2014) and Ottawa (2-1 W on Oct. 26). Indy Eleven was merely returning the favor against Ottawa, who had previously captured the season series thanks to a pair of wins at IUPUI’s Carroll Stadium on May 17 (2-4 L) and August 23 (1-2 L).

ROAD WARRIORS
Indy Eleven had been riding a nearly record-length wave of good fortune on the road … that was until a 0-1 loss at Jacksonville on May 9 derailed the team’s five-game away undefeated streak, just one off the NASL’s modern era record.  However, Indiana’s Team will still have the opportunity to even its all-time away ledger when it travels to Ottawa this Saturday, a record that currently sits at 5W-5D-6L (22 GF / 27 GA). 

Indy Eleven became adept at gaining results on the road last year, with the squad going 4W-2D-3L in away affairs during Fall Season play (including a 2-1 win over Ottawa at TD Place on Oct. 26).

STINGY SATURDAY?
Goals might be hard to come by when Indy and Ottawa clash in the Canadian capital Saturday. Ottawa’s four goals on the season currently ranks dead last among the NASL’s 11 teams, while Indy Eleven’s six tallies places above only Ottawa and Atlanta (5).  Meanwhile, both teams have had respectable defensive numbers this season, their eight goals allowed each placing them smack dab in the middle of the NASL table in the category, tied for 6^th alongside Jacksonville. 

WHO TO WATCH, INDY ELEVEN EDITION – MF BRAD RING / MF SERGIO PENA:
With Sergio Pena back to full strength, the afore-mentioned decision for Juergen Sommer between Pena and Brad Ring will be a tough one. On one hand, Pena gives you size and strength that could prove useful on set pieces – and can fire off the occasional long bomb that keeps defenders and goalkeepers honest.  On the other hand, Ring provides a little more speed, versatility and diligence in staying in front of the back four, which could be key against a three-forward alignment like Jacksonville has deployed so far. Whoever’s at the deep midfield position, their presence will dictate which team wins the midfield battle.

“IRONMAN” CONTEST A TWO-MAN RACE
After Kristian Nicht played every minute of every game last year, perhaps the stakes were raised when it came to which member of the “Boys in Blue” would log the most time in 2015.  Not only are defenders Marco Franco and Erick Norales the only two players to play all 540 minutes across the team’s first six games in 2015, but they’re the only ones to start all six as well. An additional five players (Mares, Rugg, Brown, Peña & Smart) have seen some time in every game to this point.

FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH DISCOVERED?
After starting the season without any players of rookie status, Indy Eleven has added two players in as many weeks that carry that title. Defender Daniel Keller, a native of Carmel and product of the University of Louisville, was added on May 11, while forward Duke Lacroix is literally fresh out of the University of Pennsylvania, signing with Indy Eleven on Thursday after leaving the Ivy League institution last week with his Bachelor’s degree in sociology.

WHO TO WATCH, INDY ELEVEN EDITION – FORWARDS CHARLIE RUGG & BRIAN BROWN
When you've only been shutout once in six games, you can't totally go nuts about the lack of offensive production ... but with that being said, when you've only scored multiple goals once in those six games, you can't be totally satisfied either.  With Wojciech Wojcik seemingly entrenched up top as a true target forward, it's up to fellow forwards Charlie Rugg and Brian Brown to see how to best unlock the tremendous potential they possess and turn that effort into goals. Both young strikers can be dangerous and finish in a multitude of ways, but chances for each have seemed tough to come by early in the season.  Whether coach Sommer decides to employ both out wider as he did last week or go back to a two-man alignment up top, Rugg & Brown will have to adapt accordingly and be opportunistic in order to get the Indy Eleven attack moving at full throttle (yes, we needed one motor sports reference in there to meet quota this 500 race weekend).

WHO TO WATCH, OTTAWA FURY FC EDITION – MF JULIAN DEGUZMAN
Sometimes its for good reasons and sometimes its for bad reasons, but regardless of the reasoning, you eyes will drift towards De Guzman on Saturday. The 34-year-old midfielder is not a true attacking, creative #10 type, but you can be sure the Fury FC faithful thought the former Canadian National Team member (76 caps) and ex-Bundesliga (Hannover 96), La Liga (Deportivo La Caruna) and MLS (Toronto FC) performer would have seen the scoresheet one way or another by now.  De Guzman's the guy who will try to take the "Boys in Blue" out of their comfort zone with "cagey, veteran type" interactions and off-the-ball shenanigans ... if Indy looks frustrated on Saturday, he'll likely be the root cause of the discomfort in one way or another.