The Indiana Invaders was an American soccer team based in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1998, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference.
The team played its home games at the soccer-specific Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex since 2003. The team's colors were blue, gold and black.
The team was part of the larger Invaders FC soccer club, which organizes more than 25 boys and girls youth soccer teams in northern Indiana. The club also fielded a team in the USL's Super-20 League, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues umbrella.
Players Notable former players This list of notable former players comprises players who went on to play professional soccer after playing for the team in the Premier Development League, or those who previously played professionally before joining the team.
Clint Dempsey Brent Brockman Conner Cappelletti Mubarike Chisoni Bright Dike Shaun Francis Kevin Goldthwaite Brad Knighton Nathan Micklos Steven Perry Brian Plotkin Alec Purdie Jeff Rowland Kwame Sarkodie Minori Sato Jack Stewart Ryan Stewart Hideaki Takeda Michael Tanke Phil Tuttle Lance Watson
Year-by-year YearDivisionLeagueRegular seasonPlayoffs Open Cup19984USISL PDSL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify19994USL PDL4th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20004USL PDL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20014USL PDL4th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20024USL PDL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20034USL PDL2nd, Great LakesConference SemifinalsDid not qualify20044USL PDL3rd, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20054USL PDL3rd, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20064USL PDL3rd, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20074USL PDL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20084USL PDL3rd, MidwestDid not qualifyDid not qualify20094USL PDL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20104USL PDL5th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify20114USL PDL4th, Great LakesDid not qualifyDid not qualify
Head coach Mario Manta (2003–2011)
Stadium Indiana Invaders Sports Complex; South Bend, Indiana (2003–Present)
Average attendance Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at https://web.archive.org/web/20100105175057/http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html and Kenn.com https://kenn.com/blog/soccer/all-time-usl-league-two-attendance/
1998: 447 (11th in PDSL) 1999: 362 (12th in PDL) 2000: 323 (12th in PDL) 2001: 338 (11th in PDL) 2002: 372 (16th in PDL) 2003: 357 (21st in PDL) 2004: 363 (24th in PDL) 2005: 443 (17th in PDL) 2006: 499 (12th in PDL) 2007: 336 (30th in PDL) 2008: 282 (41st in PDL) 2009: 583 or 571 (19th in PDL) 2010: 599 (20th in PDL) 2011: 308 (28th in PDL)
References
External links Official website Official PDL site