Indiana Invaders is an American soccer team based in South Bend, Indiana

South Bend, Indiana

The city of South Bend is the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 Census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 316,663...

, United States

United States

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. Founded in 1998, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

 (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid

American Soccer Pyramid

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, in the Great Lakes Division of the Central Conference.

The team plays its home games at the soccer-specific Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex

Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex

The Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex is located in South Bend, Indiana. The complex includes many soccer fields, but is most commonly known for the soccer-specific stadium that the Indiana Invaders use, including the Invaders in the W-League, USL Premier Development League, and the Super Y-League...

, where they have played since 2003. The team's colors are blue, gold and black.

The team is 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 fields a team in the USL’s Super-20 League

Super-20 League

The United Soccer Leagues Super-20 League is an American-Canadian soccer league for players 17 to 20 years of age. Introduced in 2006 it took the place of the U-19 age bracket in the Super Y-League....

, a league for players 17 to 20 years of age run under the United Soccer Leagues

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 umbrella.

Current roster

As of June 9, 2011.

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.
Brent Brockman

Brent Brockman

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 Mubarike Chisoni

Mubarike Chisoni

Mubarike "Mamba" Chisoni is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.-College and Amateur:Chisoni left his native Zimbabwe in 2001 to attend college in the United States...

 Bright Dike

Bright Dike

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 Shaun Francis

Shaun Francis

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 Kevin Goldthwaite

Kevin Goldthwaite

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 Brad Knighton

Brad Knighton

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 Nathan Micklos

Nathan Micklos

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 Brian Plotkin

Brian Plotkin

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 Daryl Robson

Daryl Robson

Daryl Robson is an English footballer, currently playing for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.-England and Ireland:...

Jeff Rowland

Jeff Rowland (soccer)

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 Kwame Sarkodie

Kwame Sarkodie

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 Minori Sato

Minori Sato

is a Japanese footballer, who currently plays for Skonto Riga in the Latvian Virsliga.-Career:Sato started his professional career in the J. League Division 2. In 2010, after a trail with the Primera División de México club Puebla FC, he signed a 4 year contract...

 Jack Stewart

Jack Stewart (soccer)

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 Ryan Stewart Michael Tanke

Michael Tanke

Michael Tanke is an American soccer player currently playing for Rochester Rhinos in the USL Professional Division.-College and amateur:...

 Phil Tuttle

Phil Tuttle

Phil Turtle is an American soccer player currently playing for Harrisburg City Islanders in USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...

 Lance Watson

Lance Watson

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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

Average attendance

Attendance stats are calculated by averaging each team's self-reported home attendances from the historical match archive at http://www.uslsoccer.com/history/index_E.html

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

External links

• Official Site
• Official PDL site