Ersal Ozdemir

  • Indy Eleven to play at Lucas Oil Stadium

    Report: Indy Eleven to play at Lucas Oil Stadium

    INDIANAPOLIS — After weeks of negotiating a deal to bring the Indy Eleven to Lucas Oil Stadium, the club and the city’s Capital Improvement Board (CIB) have finally come to terms for use of the venue, per a report from WISH-TV on Monday morning citing “a source with knowledge...
  • Mark Lowry - potential head coaches

    Indy Eleven narrow down list of potential head coaches

    As the news of Indy Eleven to the United Soccer League (USL) became official, priorities immediately changed to the search for a new coach to replace Tim Hankinson, whose contract was not renewed by the club. While Indy owner Ersal Ozdemir confirmed on Twitter that the search for candidates was...
  • Ersal Ozdemir

    Indy Eleven owner Ersal Ozdemir emotionally addressed team Tuesday

    INDIANAPOLIS — Rarely the type to meddle in on-field affairs, Indy Eleven owner Ersal Ozdemir decided to step out of his comfort zone to try something he doesn’t typically do. His team needed it. With Indy reeling at the bottom of the NASL fall table, Ozdemir visited the training...
  • MLS to Indy

    MLS to Indy: Building an empire of the mind

    Winston Churchill said, “The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.” In Indianapolis, all we unfortunately have is an “empire of the mind.” Like ancient Rome, Major League Soccer, so confident in its continual expansion, revealed in December of 2016 that it planned to add four...