INDY ELEVEN GAMEDAY & MATCH PREVIEW
Indy Eleven at Minnesota United FC
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 – 8:00 p.m. ET
National Sports Center Stadium – Blaine, MN

WATCH LIVE:
Local: No local broadcast
National: ONE World Sports 

Streaming Video:
- Viewers in the Indianapolis "DMA" and OWS subscribers: ONEWorldSports.com 
*** Click here for the Indy DMA map

WATCH PARTIES:
Click here for the list of EIGHT Indy Eleven Official Watch Parties across Indiana
"HQ" Location: Chatham Tap - Mass Ave (21+ only)

LISTEN LIVE:
Local radio (SPANISH): La Pura Mega 88.1 FM
Streaming audio (SPANISH): www.LaPuraMega.com

FOLLOW ONLINE:  
In-game updates: Follow the @IndyElevenLive Twitter feed
Live stats: Visit the NASL.com MatchCenter 
Game Hashtag: #MNUvIND

Click here for the full NASL standings page
Click here to see the Fall NASL Schedule

TEAM RECORDS: 
Indy Eleven:
Fall Season: 2W-3D-5L, 9 pts., 9th place
Combined Season: 5W-7D-8L, 22 pts., 10th place

Minnesota United FC:
Fall Season: 4W-3D-2L, 15 pts., 5th place
Combined Season: 7W-8D-4L, 29 pts., 3rd place

GAME NOTES:  
Indy Eleven Game Notes
Minnesota Game Notes (coming soon)

Just four days after suffering the heaviest defeat in the club's brief history, Indy Eleven will look to rebound quickly with a huge road result on Wednesday night against an in-form Minnesota United FC side.  Kickoff for the "NASL Wednesday Night Soccer on ONE World Sports" game of the week at the National Sports Stadium in Blaine, Minn., is set for 8:00 p.m. ET. 

HISTORY vs. MINNESOTA:

Indy Eleven heads into the greater Twin Cities area on Wednesday night with a 1W-0D-3L mark against the “Loons,” including losses in both trips to the National Sports Center Stadium during its inaugural season in 2014.  The two sides squared off for the first time in 2015 back on May 16 at Carroll Stadium, where Minnesota went up early and overcame a 49^th minute equalizer from Sergio Pena to notch a 3-1 win.
 

INDY vs. MINNESOTA SERIES 

Oct. 17 vs. MNU                           7:30 p.m. ET 
Wednesday @ MNU                     8:00 p.m. ET 
May 16, 2015 vs. MNU                  1-3 L

October 11, 2014 vs MNU             2-0 W 
August 16, 2014@ MNU               1-5 L 
May 3, 2014 @ MNU                     2-3 L

INDY DEFENDERS SEEING RED:
Indy Eleven saw a defender ejected for the fourth time in eight matches last Saturday, as right back Marco Franco was shown a straight red for a challenge from behind on Fort Lauderdale attacker PC in the 50^th minute – following up on center back Erick Norales’ straight red card offense in the exact same minute the match prior at Atlanta. 

After going 12 games to start the season without seeing a player sent off, the troubling trend for Indy Eleven began with Cory Miller’s ejection late at Ottawa on July 19 (two cautions) and continued the next game on July 25 with Norales’ on-field incident with New York’s Sebastian Guenzatti earning the Honduran international an extra one-game suspension from the league office. 

FOR RICHARDS, SCORING IS THRICE AS NICE:
After a frustrating first stretch of games with Indy Eleven, veteran midfielder/forward Dane Richards has found his scoring touch across the last couple of weeks.  The Jamaican veteran became just the second player in club history to score in three consecutive games when he finished from 20 yards out in the 16^th minute of last Saturday’s 1-7 loss at Fort Lauderdale, joining a similar run from Kleberson during the team’s inaugural season last July/August.  The 31-year-old Richards also scored Indy’s lone tally – a 6^th minute penalty kick – during its 1-1 draw at Atlanta on Aug. 22, three days after he notched his first goal in checkers against Tampa Bay, the game-winner in a 2-0 victory at Carroll Stadium.

"OHHHHHH, WE’RE HALFWAY THERE ..."
Promise no more Bon Jovi quotes moving forward, but it’s appropriate here as Indy Eleven’s contest at Fort Lauderdale marked the halfway point of its Fall Season campaign – and the “2/3rds pole” for the combined 2015 season.  Indy Eleven couldn’t keep pace with its Spring Season point haul of 13, recording just 9 points across its first 10 games of Fall Season action:

Spring Season (10 games): 3W-4D-3L, 13 points (5^th)
Fall Season (10 games): 2W-3D-5L, 9 points (9^th)

Despite the slow start in the Fall, Indy Eleven could actually still find itself in the top four of the Combined Season standings with a 6-point week against Minnesota and Jacksonville … and a little help on the weekend (a Carolina win or draw at home vs. Atlanta on Saturday night and a Tampa Bay loss at New York on Sunday afternoon). Click here for the Combined Season table as we enter Week 10 of NASL play.

WHO TO WATCH, INDY ELEVEN EDITION – EVERYONE
When you lose 7-1, there's not one person that shoulders the blame and nobody escapes criticism, from the players on the field to the coaches on the sideline to the front office. There's no mistaking that Saturday's defeat had to serve as a wake-up call for the "Boys in Blue," and, rightly or wrongly, the rebound game at Minnesota will be looked at by many as the result that either turned around the squad's hopes for a spot in The Championship or put the first nail in the team's postseason coffin.  However, with nine games left after Wednesday night there's still some wiggle room to make up ground ... what must be looked against the Loons is the EFFORT the team will rebound with, and it's likely interim coach Tim Regan will start the game by fielding the XI he believes will fight for a result.

WHO TO WATCH, STRIKERS EDITION – FW CHRISTIAN RAMIREZ
Christian Ramirez might win this year's "Rip van Winkle" award in the NASL, as the league's defending Golden Boot winner broke out of his scoring slumber in the Spring Season (just one goal) by scoring once in seven straight games, a run that was broken last weekend at Tampa Bay (when the Loons didn't need his prowess in a 3-1 win). Interestingly enough, none of those seven goals stood as game-winners for Minnesota, but the 24-year-old did score the Loons' first goal in six of those games, five of which gave Minnesota a 1-0 head start. With Indy's recent propensity to concede first (7 out of 10 games in Fall Season play), it might be worth putting extra attention on Ramirez in the early going.