#491: The Brickyard Battalion on the future of pro soccer in Indianapolis

Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Adam Belz

American Soccer, Sports, Youth National Teams, Mls, Soccer, Us Soccer, Yanks Abroad, U20 National Team, Usmnt, U17 National Team, Men's National Team

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🗓️ 16 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

David Ziemba and Kyle Jeanor, the president and secretary of the Indy Eleven supporters group the Brickyard Battalion, join Belz to catch us up on the latest from Indianapolis, where the USL team's stadium plans are on hold after the mayor and Major League Soccer started discussing bringing in a new franchise with new ownership and a different stadium plan. Very much an evolving situation, but Ziemba and Jeanor help sort it all out. Progress has been made.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Scuff Podcast where we talk about US soccer. Our guest today are David Zimba and Kyle Janor of the Brickyard Battalion.
0:20.3	David's the President, Kyle's the secretary, and the Brickyard Battalion is the
0:24.8	Indie 11 supporters group. As you all may know, there's been a bit of a soccer dust up
0:29.1	in Indianapolis over the last three weeks. The Indie 11, a club that plays in USL, had a new stadium in the works,
0:35.3	but that's now hanging in the balance because Major League soccer.
0:38.7	initiated talks with the mayor of the city about bringing an expansion team to the city
0:43.7	including plans for a different stadium at a different location
0:47.2	David and Kyle are going to help us sort through this
0:49.8	and whether they like it or not the future of American soccer.
0:54.3	Fellas, thanks for taking the time.
0:55.8	Yeah, that's a big deal.
0:56.8	We'll try.
0:58.4	We will do our best, happy to be here.
1:01.7	So let me ask this, as I understand it, the ownership of Indie 11 has tried to join
1:07.0	MLS since it was founded 11 years ago.
1:11.0	And the new group looking into getting an
1:13.7	MLS team seems to have maybe a different I don't know political
1:18.6	financial situation maybe not would you rather the city have a major league team with new ownership or a minor league team with the current ownership?
1:29.0	Well that's a bright line.
1:33.0	Let me tackle that one second, right?
1:36.0	Yeah, tackle it however you want.
1:38.0	Yeah, so the first one is, the first question is kind of just, you know know what's going on. We don't know who the new investors are. I don't like to call them the new ownership group because that's not technically from the research and investigation that I've done
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