Soccer Saturday - Indy Eleven for 06-03-23

(00:00 - 06:22) - Soccer Saturday opens with the big news of the Indy 11's big win over the weekend where they scored a 4 - 0 victory over the Charleston Battery with the help of a red card three minutes into the match.

(9:24 - 17:59) - Indy 11 Women's head coach Paul Dolinsky joins Rakestraw for the second segment. The 11 were head to head with Racing Louisville FC, the game settled at a 1 - 1 draw. It was their first time being down in a regular season game this season, but the team was fortunate enough to bring things to a draw before time expired in the second half. Four games into the regular season now and Dolinsky believes that the talent on this Women's 11 team has a lot of potential. The team is going to turn around and play Racing Louisville FC again as the away team, just three days after their home matchup.

(21:00 - 29:31) - The halfway point of the program includes a replay of Rakestraw's interview earlier in the week with Brad Hauter as he was a part of the grounbreaking for 11 Park, the future home of the Indy 11. Hauter calls the experience surreal, finally getting to see years worth of work pay off and a bigger step towards their professional end goald being taken. Hauter details the future of Eleven Park as well as what it means for the organization in the short and long term.

(32:30 - 42:18) - Head Coach for the Men's squad Mark Lowry comes on and breaks down the 11's impressive 4 - 0 win over the Charleston Battery last week. Lowry himself claims to have never seen a red-card penalty that quickly into a match in his career. Then Lowry has praise for Aodhan Quinn the team's penalty taker who managed to make two in that match. He says that Quinn has that "Under Pressure" personality where he can thrive in situations where most players would feel nervous. The team is still struggling with injuries, not just on the main roster but even academy players are injured making Lowry's job of roster management all the more difficult.

(45:20 - 56:22) - Last on the show is the man himself, Aodhan Quinn joins the show. Quinn had two penalty goals last night, contibuting to the teams win and earning the squad 3 points. Quinn states the team has been focussing it on starting off quick and last nights opening penalty was the perfect quick start. Rakestraw wonders what makes Quinn the man for penalty shots and he responds that it is just a natural confidence he has on the pitch. While Quinn is supposed to have the weekend off, he has to get home and get straight into father duty as he has a 7 month old waiting at home. Finally, Rakestraw closes by asking Quinn his feeling on the groun breaking of Eleven Park. The program closes with Rakestraw breaking down the Premiere League's FA cup finals.