Midfielder | #8
Jack Blake | #8
Position: MF
Height: 5’11″
Weight: 172 lbs.
DOB: 09/22/1994
Birthplace: Nottingham, England
Nationality: England/Scotland
Acquired: signed on 01/06/2023
Previous club: San Diego Loyal SC (USLC)
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2023: Saw action in 30 matches, starting 28 of them… Scored 3 goals… Contributed 34 shots with 17 shots on target… Assisted on 1 goal against Monterey Bay on 4.22.23… Tallied 7 shots against Tulsa on 7.8.23.
Indy Eleven made a big impression with its first new signing of the 2023 calendar year in veteran midfielder Jack Blake on January 6.
The 28-year-old native of Nottingham, England, joins Indiana’s Team after contributing 22 goals and 17 assists across 117 combined regular season and playoff appearances in five seasons of USL Championship action since 2018. Blake spent the past two seasons with San Diego Loyal SC, scoring eight goals and adding 10 assists – including a career-high six helpers in 2022 – in 52 appearances for then-Head Coach Landon Donovan’s side.
After joining the ranks of the Championship with the Tampa Bay Rowdies leading up to the 2018 season, that June Blake went on loan to Real Monarchs SLC in a move that jumpstarted his status as a full-time starter in the league. His two-and-a-half year stay with Real included a standout 11-goal campaign in 2019 that also featured three tallies in postseason play and an equalizing assist in the Monarchs’ 3-1 victory at Louisville City FC in the USL Championship Final.
Prior to his time in the Championship, Blake spent two seasons acclimating to soccer stateside – including getting a glimpse of Indy Eleven – in the North American Soccer League, starting with an 11-game stint with Minnesota United in 2016. Blake headed south for the 2017 season with Jacksonville Armada FC, where he bagged nine goals and added three assists in 27 games under the guidance of Lowry on the sideline.
Blake was reared in the youth development systems of Notts County and Nottingham Forest before joining the Academy set-up of the latter. He made his professional debut whilst on loan to League Two side Mansfield Town in late 2013, which fell in between stints with Forest’s reserve side from 2013-15. Through his grandfather’s lineage Blake was eligible to represent Scotland in international play, and he earned five “caps” with the country’s Under-19 side from 2011-12.
They Said It …
Blake Upon Signing with the Boys in Blue:
“I am very excited for a new adventure and chapter in my career. I look forward to meeting the team and the fans and to working with [Eleven Head Coach] Mark [Lowry] once again.”
