Forward | #18
Elliot Collier | #18
Position: F
Height: 6’5
Weight: 195
DOB: 2/22/95
Hometown: Hamilton, New Zealand
Acquired: 1/17/24
Previous club: San Diego Loyal SC (USLC)
College: Loyola Chicago
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Begins second consecutive season and third campaign overall with the Boys in Blue. Finished fifth in the USLC in Goals Per 90 Minutes (0.64) among players who scored at least five goals in 2024. Tied for second among Indy Eleven returnees with five goals (on total 17 shots) a year ago.
After entering in the 64th minute, he scored the game-winning goal in the 88th unassisted in a 1-0 road victory at Monterey Bay in May. Recorded the game-tying goal in the 74th minute vs. Loudoun United after entering in the 60th. Also scored at Rhode Island, at Las Vegas, and vs. El Paso.
Provided instant offense with two assists in his first 14 minutes on the pitch vs. Miami. Played in 30 games, starting three and logging 704 minutes with a season-best 68 at Tampa Bay. Recorded season highs of three shots, two shots on target, two clearances, and two tackles.
Indy Eleven signed Collier for his second stint with the team on January 17, 2024.
The 6’4 attacker saw action in 54 matches for Chicago’s MLS team, including 14 starts over three seasons (2018, 2020-21). His initial year there saw him play 16 matches, with nine starts, totaling 906 minutes.
Collier joined the Boys in Blue after playing 23 matches with San Diego Loyal SC in 2023, where he scored a pair of goals and dished out three assists, helping the club to a third-place finish in the Western Conference in the franchise’s final season.
No stranger to playoff experience, Collier helped San Antonio FC to the 2022 USL Championship Final and a 3-1 win over Louisville City FC to take home the trophy. He also served a stint with the USLC’s Memphis 901 FC (2019) where he was second on the team with six goals, while adding an assist.
Indy initially signed Collier on August 10, 2018, during its inaugural season in the USL Championship. Collier played in 11 matches down the stretch en route to Indy’s playoff appearance, making five starts, and scoring one goal in 550 minutes.
Collegiately, Collier played four seasons at Loyola University in Chicago, earning first-team NSCAA All-West Region honors and All-Missouri Valley Conference first-team accolades. In 69 matches, he tallied 15 goals and 11 assists.
