F.C. Indiana (W-League) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

F.C. Indiana is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2000. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League

Women's Premier Soccer League

The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

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The team plays its home games at Kuntz Stadium

Kuntz Stadium

Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium is an outdoor soccer facility located in Indianapolis. It is the location of the IHSAA State Soccer finals. It contains two FIFA-regulated game fields and seats 5,257 people. Various championship games have been played in this facility...

in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...

. The club's colors are red and white.

The team has an associated men's team, also called F.C. Indiana which plays in the National Premier Soccer League

National Premier Soccer League

The National Premier Soccer League is a United States soccer league recognized by the United States Soccer Federation and FIFA as a Division IV league...

Current Roster

Notable former players

Aivi Luik

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Sasha Andrews

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Robyn Gayle

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Kelly Parker

Kelly Parker is a Canadian soccer midfielder who plays for Atlanta Beat and the Canadian national team.-Career:Prior to joining SC Freiburg, Parker played for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer, UTEP Miners, Ottawa Fury and F.C. Indiana.Parker played for W-League winners Buffalo Flash in...

Amara Wilson Elizabeth Addo Adjoa Bayor

Adjoa Bayor

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Elisabetta Tona

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Mizuho Sakaguchi

is a Japanese international footballer currently playing as a midfielder for L. League club Albirex Niigata Ladies. She played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.-References:...

Maribel Domínguez

Maribel Guadalupe Domínguez Castelán is a Mexican footballer.-Career:In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Domínguez led the Mexican women's Olympic soccer team to the quarter-finals. Later in 2004, she accepted a two year contract from a second division Mexican men's football club Atlético Celaya. This...

Judith Flores Fátima Leyva

Fátima Leyva

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Mónica Ocampo

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Ifeanyi Chiejine Vera Okolo Lisa-Marie Woods

Lisa-Marie Woods

Lisa-Marie Woods is a Norwegian football midfielder. She represents Perth Glory in Australia's W-League. From 2001–2008 she played for Asker SK, Oslo. In 2009 she played for FC Indiana until July and then joined the Norwegian club Kolbotn IL, transferring to Stabæk early in 2010...

Elena Danilova

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Elena Terekhova

Elena Terekhova is a Russian international footballer who currently plays for Energiya Voronezh. She is a former player of Ryazan VDV, Spartak Moscow, Rossiyanka Krasnoarmeysk and W-League's FC Indiana...

Shannon Lynn

Shannon Lynn is a Canadian–born Scottish international football goalkeeper. She currently plays in the Scottish Women's Premier League for Hibernian Ladies, having previously played in the North American W-League for Fort Wayne Fever and F.C. Indiana...

Laura del Río

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María Ruiz

María Ruiz Román, a.k.a. Mery, is a Spanish football forward. She currently plays for Zvezda Perm in the Russian women's league.She has also played in Spain and the United States. With FC Indiana she won the 2007 WPSL. Additionally she was named the Final Four MVP.-References:...

Noko Matlou Veronica Phewa Jermaine Seoposengwe Julie Augustyniak

Julie Augustyniak

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Nancy Augustyniak Brittany Bock

Brittany Bock

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Paige Carmichael Lisa Grubb Kerri Hanks

Kerri Hanks

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Jen Kohn Kristin Luckenbill

Kristin Luckenbill

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Nikki Lyons Jessica O'Rourke

Jessica O'Rourke

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Paty Perez Erika Prado

Erika Prado

Erika Prado is an American football midfielder of Mexican descent, currently playing for Energiya Voronezh in the Russian Championship.She previously played in W-League's Pali Blues and FC Indiana.-References:...

Lauren Sesselmann

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Christie Shaner

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Julianne Sitch

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Jackie Thomas Mirea Whitaker

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2005	1	WPSL	1st, Midwest	Champions
2006	1	WPSL	2nd, Midwest
2007	1	WPSL	1st, Midwest	Champions
2008	1	USL W-League	1st, Midwest	National Final
2009	2	USL W-League	1st, Midwest	Conference Final
2010	2	USL W-League	1st, Midwest	Conference Final
2011	2	WPSL	2nd, Midwest	Conference Final

Honors

USL W-League Central Conference Champions 2009
USL W-League Regular Season Champions 2008
USL W-League Central Conference Champions 2008
USL W-League Midwest Division Champions 2008
WPSL Champions 2007
WPSL Midwest Conference Champions 2007
US Open Cup Runners-up 2007
WPSL Champions 2005
WPSL Central Division Champions 2005
US Open Cup Champions 2005
Region 2 Champions 2005

History

FC Indiana is widely regarded as one of the premier women's soccer clubs in the world. In 2005, F.C. Indiana became the second North American women's team ever to win league and cup double, by winning the WPSL national championship and the USASA

USASA

The United States Adult Soccer Association is a national organization and sanctioning body for amateur soccer in the United States...

US Open Cup national championship. (The Carolina Courage of now-defunct Women's United Soccer Association [WUSA] won the Founder's Cup and WUSA League Title in 2002.) FC Indiana won the 2005 title, having defeated host New England Mutiny

New England Mutiny

New England Mutiny is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1999. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

4-0 in the 2005 semifinals and California Storm

California Storm

California Storm is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 1995 as the Sacramento Storm, dropping the city name in favor of California the following season. The team is a member of the Women's Premier Soccer League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States. The team plays in the...

5-4 (featuring internationals Brandi Chastain

Brandi Chastain

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, Leslie Osborne

Leslie Osborne

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and Sissi

Sissi (footballer)

Sisleide do Amor Lima , commonly known as Sissi, is a Brazilian footballer who played midfielder who last played for FC Gold Pride of Women's Professional Soccer and is a former member of the Brazil women's national football team.Sissi won the golden boot award in the 1999 Women's World Cup in...

) in the 2005 finals. In 2007, the club won its second WPSL title in three season, defeating the New England Mutiny

New England Mutiny

3-0. In October 2007, FC Indiana joined the W-League

W-League

The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

Stadia

Kuntz Stadium
Kuntz Stadium
Kuntz Memorial Soccer Stadium is an outdoor soccer facility located in Indianapolis. It is the location of the IHSAA State Soccer finals. It contains two FIFA-regulated game fields and seats 5,257 people. Various championship games have been played in this facility...

2007–present
Varsity Soccer Complex (Purdue University) 2007
Goshen Soccer Park 2000-2006

Average attendance

2011: 329
2010: NA
2009: 771
2008: 1,012
2007: 557
2006: 911
2005: 723
2004: 105

Memorable Moments

July 11, 2004 - FC Indiana defeats Australia Women's National Team 1-0.
July 19, 2005 - FC Indiana defeats Trinidad & Tobago Women's National Team 3-0.
July 21, 2005 - FC Indiana defeats Trinidad & Tobago Women's National Team 8-3.
July 31, 2005 - After winning 4-0 over host New England Mutiny, FC Indiana upsets the defending champions California Storm 5-4, winning the Women's Premier Soccer League
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

national championship.
August 6, 2005 - Six days after winning the Women's Premier Soccer League
Women's Premier Soccer League
The Women's Premier Soccer League is a national women's soccer league in the United States and Puerto Rico, and is on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the W-League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

title, FC Indiana defeats the Dallas SC Titans 4-0 in the U.S. Open Cup national final, achieving the first "double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...

" in American women's soccer history.
July 29, 2007 - FC Indiana defeats the New England Mutiny 3-0 to win its second WPSL title in three years.
August 15, 2007 - FC Indiana defeats New Zealand Women's National Team 1-0.

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