Indiana Invaders
Full nameIndiana Invaders
Nickname(s)Invaders
Founded1998
Dissolved2011
GroundIndiana Invaders Sports Complex
South Bend, Indiana
Capacity5,000
OwnerMario Manta
LeagueUSL Premier Development League
WebsiteClub website

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.

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
1998 4 USISL PDSL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
1999 4 USL PDL 4th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2000 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2001 4 USL PDL 4th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2002 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2003 4 USL PDL 2nd, Great Lakes Conference Semifinals Did not qualify
2004 4 USL PDL 3rd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2005 4 USL PDL 3rd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2006 4 USL PDL 3rd, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2007 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2008 4 USL PDL 3rd, Midwest Did not qualify Did not qualify
2009 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2010 4 USL PDL 5th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify
2011 4 USL PDL 4th, Great Lakes Did not qualify Did not qualify

Head coach

  • Uruguay Mario Manta (2003–2011)

Stadium

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

  • 2005: 443
  • 2006: 499
  • 2007: 336
  • 2008: 282
  • 2009: 583
  • 2010: 488

References


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