Martin Rennie

  • Iron Maiden

    Soccer with Iron Maiden: Dusting off my boots with rock stars

    WESTFIELD, Ind. — When legendary British rockers Iron Maiden hit the road, they do what any warm-blooded, footy-obsessed blokes from across the pond might do. They seek out a game. Thus, as the band’s Legacy of the Beast Tour rolled along stateside with a show at Ruoff Home Mortgage...
  • Indy Eleven over Saint Louis FC

    Gallery: 2nd-half adjustments lift Indy Eleven over Saint Louis FC

    INDIANAPOLIS — Some second-half changes by Indy Eleven head coach Martin Rennie to both his personnel and tactics guided the Indy Eleven over Saint Louis FC on Sunday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium. Indy attackers Tyler Pasher and Dane Kelly both came off the bench to score in the...
  • pacey

    Pacey Pasher strikes again, Indy Eleven down Saint Louis FC

    INDIANAPOLIS — Outside Lucas Oil Stadium during the second half of Sunday’s match between the Indy Eleven and Saint Louis FC, a nasty thunderstorm began spewing down from the heavens. Inside the stadium, a mild tempest of its own formed around the same time. After a nil-nil first half,...
  • despite poor finishing

    Indy Eleven pick up 3 points in home opener despite poor finishing

    INDIANAPOLIS — Saturday was the first home game of the season for the Indy Eleven, playing against the Hartford Athletic. Although a rainy day, it wasn’t enough to deter the record-breaking crowd that attended the match. A total of 20,251 tickets were sold for the game, the most in...
  • Tactical Tidbits: Josh Penn shows pedigree in Indy Eleven debut

    The show Josh Penn put on in the Indy Eleven’s 2-1 loss to Saint Louis FC on Saturday was so enthralling that the only thing missing was Teller. The U-19 U.S. men’s national team member and Indiana Hoosiers commit regularly diced up opponents on the left flank and showed...
  • Rennie

    Opinion: Rennie tips hand in Eleven’s preseason finale

    EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Indy Eleven manager Martin Rennie somewhat prides himself on being cryptic about his lineups and tactics, especially during the preseason. The first time I interviewed him and inquired about his coaching philosophy shortly after he took the job, he told me he didn’t want to give...
  • brutal conditions

    Indy, Nashville fight to draw in brutal conditions

    EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In the final preseason fixture for both sides ahead of the start of the 2019 USL Championship season, the Indy Eleven and Nashville SC battled to a nil-nil draw Saturday afternoon at Arad McCutchan Stadium on the campus of the University of Evansville. An absurdly choppy...
  • exhibition tune-up

    Eleven draw Butler in 1st exhibition tune-up

    WESTFIELD, Ind. — Butler University men’s soccer and the Indy Eleven stretched their legs out Saturday night in a preseason exhibition tune-up at Grand Park. The first match to kick off the season, it drew in a large crowd that left little room in the stands to watch the...
  • Zach Steinberger

    Eleven manager Martin Rennie addresses Zach Steinberger loan

    INDIANAPOLIS — The Indy Eleven signed Zach Steinberger in January, seemingly to become a focal point of new head coach Martin Rennie‘s offense. A versatile attacker who can play as a No. 10, winger, second striker or flat central midfielder, Steinberger experienced a breakout campaign with the NASL’s Jacksonville...
  • Martin Rennie

    Video: Eleven head coach Martin Rennie on team’s 3-2 win vs. TFC II

    INDIANAPOLIS — Head coach Martin Rennie speaks with reporters following his Indy Eleven side’s 3-2 win over Toronto FC II at Lucas Oil Stadium on Aug. 22, 2018. After Indy squandered a 2-nil lead, midfielder Dylan Mares delivered the game winner for the hosts in his first game back...
  • Hackworth

    Don’t expect LouCity to ‘reinvent the wheel’ under Hackworth

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Under the guidance of now-Orlando City SC manager James O’Connor, Louisville City FC established itself as a formidable juggernaut in the USL. Back-to-back runs to the conference finals in 2015 and 2016 followed by a league title in 2017 prove as much. And this season —...
  • wild affair

    Wild affair contrasts 1st meeting between LouCity, Eleven

    LOUISVILLE, Ky. — When Louisville City FC and the Indy Eleven met in Indianapolis earlier this season, it was quite the snooze-fest. Neither club truly found its rhythm before an Ayoze penalty conversion finally gave Indy a 1-0 win in the May 5 battle of attrition. The two teams...