August 6, 2024 – United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Rhode Island FC News Release
After a late goal in second-half stoppage time to secure a 1-1 draw in dramatic fashion against Detroit City FC on Saturday on national television, Rhode Island FC is back in action for its second of three matches in eight days as it travels to take on Indy Eleven for a midweek contest. The match will be the second meeting between the two sides this season, as the clubs battled to a 3-3 draw at Beirne Stadium on July 5. With just three points separating eighth-place RIFC with fourth-place Indy, Wednesday’s match will be another crucial Eastern Conference battle as the race for the top four seeds heats up. Ahead of Wednesday’s midweek match, here is everything you need to know.
AT A GLANCE
Date | Wednesday, August 7
Kickoff | 7:00 PM ET
Location | IU Michael A. Carroll Track and Soccer Stadium
Broadcast | ESPN+
Social | @rhodeislandfc (X, Instagram, Facebook)
Match Hashtag | #INDvRI
INDY ELEVEN
Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): 0-Hunter Sulte, 1-Yannik Oettl, 46-Cayden Crawford
DEFENDERS (9): 2-Josh O’Brien, 3-Aedan Stanley, 5-Callum Chapman-Page, 15-Adrián Diz Pe, 30-Benjamin Ofeimu, 37-Logan Neidlinger, 41-James Musa, 44-Macca King, 55-Maverick McCoy
MIDFIELDERS (9): 6-Cam Lindley, 8-Jack Blake, 12-Diego Sanchez, 14-Aodhan Quinn, 16-Laurence Wootton, 20-Ben Mines, 22-Tyler Gibson, 39-Nikola Ivetic
FORWARDS (6): 7-Karsen Henderlong, 9-Augi Williams, 10-Romario Williams, 13-Sebastian Guenzattti, 18-Elliot Collier, 42-Douglas Martinez
Hot and Cold
Despite being in fourth place in the Eastern Conference standings on 32 points with 31 goals on the year, Indy Eleven is winless in its last six league matches (0W-3L-3D) and scoreless in its last three, marking the longest such streak for the Boys in Blue since 2022. Indy most recently suffered its worst loss of the season in a 5-0 defeat to Charleston Battery on Friday and fell victim to its third-straight shutout in the process, having last scored in a 1-1 draw with Loudoun United FC on July 13. Prior to the 319-minute scoreless stretch, Indy had only been shut out on one other occasion. The last time the club managed multiple goals in a match was its first meeting with RIFC at Beirne Stadium on July 5, and its last win was a 1-0 victory over San Antonio FC that capped a nine-match unbeaten run dating back to late April. Although a red-hot first half of the season has kept Indy in the race for a top four playoff seed, Sean McAuley’s squad will be…
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