INDY ELEVEN GAMEDAY & MATCH PREVIEW
Indy Eleven at San Antonio Scorpions
Saturday, September 12, 2015 – 8:30 p.m. ET
Toyota Field – San Antonio, TX

WATCH LIVE:
TV: No local/national broadcast
 
Streaming Video:
- In the United States: ESPN3.com / WatchESPN app (subscription necessary)
*** Internationally: various ESPN online platforms

WATCH PARTIES:
Click here for the list of EIGHT Indy Eleven Official Watch Parties across Indiana
"HQ" Location: Union Jack Pub - Broad Ripple (all ages)

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

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

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

TEAM RECORDS: 
Indy Eleven:
Fall Season: 3W-3D-6L, 12 pts., 8th place
Combined Season: 6W-7D-9L, 25 pts., 9th place

San Antonio Scorpions:
Fall Season: 2W-4D-5L, 10 pts., 11th place
Combined Season: 5W-7D-9L, 22 pts., 11th place

GAME NOTES:  
Indy Eleven Game Notes
San Antonio Game Notes

 

HISTORY vs. SAN ANTONIO

Indy Eleven enters Saturday’s tilt in Texas against the San Antonio Scorpions with an even 2W-2L-0D record all-time against the defending NASL champs, a ledger that includes a 1W-1L-0D split in the Alamo City

“Indiana’s Team” took the two sides’ first meeting of 2015 back on April 18 at Toyota Field in dramatic fashion, as second half goals by Erick Norales and Sergio Peña – the latter on a 45-yard golazo – gave Indy Eleven a 2-1 comeback win. Indy Eleven’s only other visit to Texas last August 9 resulted in a 0-2 defeat.

ALL-TIME INDY vs. SAS RESULTS

Oct. 10, 2015 vs. SAS                  7:30 p.m. ET
Saturday @ SAS                         8:30 p.m. ET
April 18, 2015 @ SAS                  2-1 W

Oct. 18, 2014 vs. SAS                  1-0 W
Aug. 9, 2014 @ SAS                    0-2 L
May 31, 2014 vs. SAS                  1-2 L

INFIRMARY UPDATE - MIDFIELD ALL CLEAR:
Indy Eleven’s injury woes have cleared up almost entirely, with four members of the central midfield – Brad Ring, Daniel Keller, Dylan Mares and Sergio Pena – all returning from injuries of varying degrees within the last month.

Mares officially made his return after more than a month off last Saturday, his 2-minute cameo against Jacksonville ending a streak of seven games missed due to surgery on his partially torn right meniscus on July 31.  Meanwhile, after participating in full training for the last couple of weeks Peña has been cleared to return to game action for the first time since undergoing compartment syndrome surgery on both of his legs in late May.

But the list has not been totally cleared, as forward Charlie Rugg will miss Saturday’s match at San Antonio due to a sports hernia injury, while defender Kyle Hyland is doubtful after suffering from flu-like symptoms late in the week.

SHARING THE SCORING LOAD:
Zach Steinberger and Marvin Ceballos became the 12^th and 13^th players, respectively, to score in checkers last weekend against Jacksonville. The collective baker’s dozen has combined to register 26 goals thus far (the 27^th came via own goal by Carolina’s Zach Scott). The 13 different goal scorers ties Indy with Ottawa for the most in the NASL. Meanwhile, this weekend’s opponent San Antonio is tied for the least amount of scorers with nine (tied w/ ATL & JAX).

THE WITCHING HALF-HOUR:
Indy Eleven bucked its trend of conceding across the final half hour last weekend against Jacksonville, scoring twice after the hour mark to put away its 3-0 win at Carroll Stadium.  Indy Eleven has held its own in the first 60 minutes of games with a -1 goal differential (17 GF / 18 GA), but has lost its grip in the final half hour with a -7 mark (10 GF / 17 GA).

WHO TO WATCH, INDY ELEVEN EDITION – MF DON SMART
With his first two assists of the season last weekend against Jacksonville, midfielder Don Smart rewarded coach Tim Regan’s increasing faith in the right winger.  After starting just one of his nine appearances in the Spring Season, the Jamaican attacker has now started five times in his nine Fall Season appearances to date, including the last two contests.  While Smart has shown the willingness to put in work on the defensive side of the ball in recent weeks, he'll need to find a balance on Saturday as Indy's width will be depended on to keep the Scorpions' wingers on their five-man backline honest.

WHO TO WATCH, SCORPIONS EDITION – GK DANIEL FERNANDES
Fun fact to start this one off: San Antonio has played three goalkeepers so far in the Fall Season - none of them being Jon Kempin, the loanee from MLS' Sporting KC that Indy Eleven faced in their first meeting back in April.  After inconsistent play from Daryl Sattler to start off the Fall campaign, the former Portuguese international (by way of Canada) Fernandes was brought in in August to settle down the position. While starting San Antonio's last five games Fernandes has had some solid outings, but Wednesday night's 3-3 draw with Carolina could have shown some cracks in the armor of the 31-year-old backstop - or more likely the 5-man backline in front of him. With a league-high 37 goals conceded and center back Adrian Cann out due to a red card suspension, Indy Eleven's new-found counter attack prowess could be put to good use and put Fernandes on the spot throughout the night.