Building Indy Pro Soccer, One Month In
Tom Dunmore looks at the first month of Indy Pro Soccer and what’s coming next ahead of the team’s inaugural 2014 season A little over one month ago, over 400 members of the media, fans, soccer advocates and governors of Indiana (OK, only one of the latter) gathered together at a news conference as it was announced at the [...]
Continue readingSeason Ticket Drive & Prize
One month on from the announcement that Indy Pro Soccer will begin play in the NASL in 2014, almost 2,000 fans have reserved their season tickets for the inaugural season. This show of support by fans is a tremendous boost towards Indy Pro Soccer’s goal of a packed house every game giving Indianapolis’ team a home [...]
Continue readingThe Global Game Is In Indy
Tom Dunmore talks to some of Indy Pro Soccer’s first fans about their love of world soccer and their excitement for 2014 When Bill Baugh was growing up in the 1970s in Michigan City, Indiana, he says that “nobody that I knew played soccer. I never even knew another kid that owned a soccer ball, let [...]
Continue readingExcitement Growing in Indy About NASL
More than 1,700 Hoosiers have purchased season tickets for Indianapolis’ new pro soccer team, scheduled to start play in 2014. “We are a soccer family and excited about professional soccer coming to Indy,” said Shane Floyd, a soccer fan who bought six season tickets. “We used to drive to Chicago every summer to catch a [...]
Continue readingI Believe in BYB: Indy’s Supporter Battalion
Tom Dunmore talks to the founding members of Indy Pro Soccer supporters group the Brickyard Battalion, exploring how their dream became a reality “It is amazing we have a team,” Brickyard Battalion (BYB) President Derek Richey says. “I still pinch myself.” The Battalion, Indy Pro Soccer’s first supporters group, boasts a membership of more than 600 fans [...]
Continue readingNaming Indy’s Pro Soccer Team
Tom Dunmore provides his take on the questions surrounding the ongoing “Name the Team” discussion for Indy Pro Soccer
Continue readingGoing Global - The Current
“In the United States, soccer has evolved significantly during the last 15 years,” Indy Pro Soccer owner Ersal Ozdemir told The Current this week. “I have seen the improvements in my short lifetime, and at some point as it continues to grow, we feel that the sport is going to even catch on in a [...]
Continue readingPhotos: Indy Pro Soccer Launch
A selection of photos from the launch of Indy Pro Soccer on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 from the press conference at Indianapolis’ JW Marriott and the following supporter celebration at the Chatham Tap. Photographer: Cliff Ritchey
Continue readingIndy Soccer Fans Embrace NASL Team
At 6pm on Wednesday, 16 January 2013 season ticket deposits for Indy Pro Soccer began to be accepted online. Just hours after it had been announced that Indy Pro Soccer would enter the North American Soccer League (NASL) in the 2014 season, fans poured in their support by placing hundreds of deposits to secure their [...]
Continue readingFirm Base For Indy Pro Soccer
“They’d aimed for years to bring a pro team back to Indy. They got their wish.” In The Indianapolis Star, Zak Keefer talks to the passionate fans supporting Indy Pro Soccer and considers the prospects for a team with a “firm base”: Their Saturday morning religion requires them to rise early. The pub is cramped [...]
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