Meet the people behind Indiana’s Team in the women’s game for the 2023 season
Paul Dolinsky | Head Coach
Indy Eleven didn’t have to look far to find the first head coach for its new Women’s Senior Team, as Indiana’s Team named Carmel native Paul Dolinsky as the sideline boss for its new USL W League expansion franchise on December 14, 2021.
Dolinsky helmed the squad during a successful inaugural 2022 season that saw the Eleven capture the Great Lakes Division title and finish the regular season as one of only three undefeated teams (10W-0L-2D) across the then 45-team league. The Girls in Blue dominated its competition via a +24 goal differential (31 GF/7 GA) during the regular season and earned one of eight playoff positions during the W League’s inaugural campaign.
Dolinsky has been a youth and developmental league coach for nearly two decades, the USSF “A” licensed coach most recently serving as the head coach of the WPSL’s Lady Victory FC during its own inaugural 2021 season and with Indiana Fire Juniors’ entry in ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) play. While with Lady Victory FC, Dolinsky earned the 2021 WPSL Midwestern Conference’s Coach of the Year honor after guiding the squad to a 10W-1L-0D record and a conference title. Prior to returning to Central Indiana in recent years, Dolinsky served as a coach for west coast youth soccer powerhouse San Diego Surf Soccer Club, where he twice led girls teams to US Youth Soccer national championships in their age groups.
Prior to entering the coaching ranks, Dolinsky was one of the most talented soccer prospects to come out of the Hoosier State, the two-time Parade All-American midfielder out of Carmel High School earning regular U.S. Youth National Team callups during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, including a stint as captain of the U.S. Under-18 MNT. At 16, Dolinsky departed Indiana for The Netherlands, where he spent five seasons in the youth development systems at Feyenoord Rotterdam and SC Heerenveen before turning professional with the latter. After five years in Holland, Dolinsky returned stateside and played four more seasons in various professional leagues before turning his focus towards the sidelines.
Maddy Williams | Assistant Coach
After serving as a veteran voice and leader during Indy Eleven’s first season in 2022, forward Maddy Williams will bring some additional structure to that role as a player/assistant coach during her second campaign with the Girls in Blue in 2023.
The launch of the W League allowed Williams a successful return to the sport with Indiana’s Team in 2022. The ex-Purdue standout was one of three players to appear in all 13 matches and provided 10 goals (just one behind team leader Katie Soderstrom) and an assist in 885 minutes of action. Williams made club history on June 10, 2022, when her three-goal outburst during the middle of the first half against Flint City AFC earned her the first hat trick in the Eleven’s burgeoning W League history.
The Toledo area native brings unmatched experience to the squad, having played overseas in recent years with Dutch side PSV Eindhoven (2018-19) and Spanish club Real Zaragoza (2019-20) following a historic career at Purdue University. With the latter, Williams led the Spanish second division with 13 goals and had Zaragoza primed for promotion until suffering a season-ending injury in February, just prior to COVID shutting down the league.
Williams left West Lafayette as Purdue’s all-time leader in both goals (38) and assists (26) after a five-year career from 2013-17, helping the program to heights unseen in years. She got a fast start as a freshman in 2013, setting the Boilermakers’ freshman record with 26 points, courtesy of a record-tying 10 goals and six assists. She saved the best for last during her 2017 redshirt senior season, when she collected a program-record 14 goals to go along with eight assists, helping her to the Big Ten Forward of the Year award along with Second Team All-American (United Soccer Coaches) and Third Team All-American (Top Drawer Soccer) accolades.
Brandon Kim | Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach Brandon Kim, returns for his second season on Head Coach Paul Dolinsky’s staff in 2023.
A familiar face in local soccer circles, Kim played high school soccer at Carmel High School along with playing for then club, Carmel United Soccer Club, and in the inaugural Developmental Academy teams for Indiana Fire Juniors. Post high-school, Brandon played soccer for the University of Southern Indiana for one season, while also running 3 seasons of track and field before transferring to finish bachelors degree in Communications Studies at IUPUI. As a coach, his early career was with Carmel United & Park Tudor High School. He has also coached collegiately with three seasons of experience at Marian University as a men’s assistant, and worked as Paul Dolinsky’s assistant at Lady Victory FC (WPSL).
He currently also serves as Assistant Director of Coaching for girls youth academy (u8-u12) at Indiana Fire Juniors as done so for the past six years. He currently holds his USSF B Coaching License.
Kelly Freeland | Goalkeeper Coach
After originally being named the Goalkeeper Coach of Indy Eleven’s W League squad on March 2, 2022, Kelly Freeland will also return for her second season on the Eleven bench in 2023.
Freeland brings coaching experience at multiple levels to her role with Indiana’s Team, including working with some of the Hoosier State’s premier goalkeeping talent on the coaching staff of the Indiana Olympic Development Program (ODP) since 2017 and as a staff member with Zionsville Youth Soccer Association (ZYSA) for the last four years. Freeland has earned her United Soccer Coaches Level I Goalkeeper Diploma and will soon complete her master’s degree in Exercise Science/Clinical Exercise Psychology at the University of Indianapolis. Freeland grew up playing locally with Carmel United Soccer Club and in the ECNL platform of the Indiana Fire Juniors program.
Sierra Garber, MS, LAT, ATC | Head Athletic Trainer
Garber joined the Eleven staff on March 2, 2022, and will continue with the club’s USL W League squad for a second season in 2023.
after spending time with the Indiana Fire Juniors program, having served as their Academy Athletic Trainer from 2016-18. Since earning her Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training through the University of Indianapolis and her master’s in Education from Southwestern College in Kansas, Garber has served as a Graduate Assistant Athletic Trainer at Western Michigan University, when she enrolled as a master’s student in the Broncos’ Athletic Training program in 2019. That same year, Garber began serving as a Sports Medicine Network Professional for the U.S. Soccer Federation’s Youth National Teams.
DR. SARITA SHARP | Team Chiropractor
Dr. Sarita Sharp, the Team Chiropractor for Indy Eleven’s USL W League side, is a familiar face in club circles after having served in a similar capacity for the club’s USL Championship side from 2020-21, when her practice, Alpha Health & Wellness in Indianapolis, served concurrently as the Official Chiropractic Partner of Indy Eleven.
The aim of Alpha Health & Wellness is to improve their patients’ lifestyle by providing a high-quality level of customer service, chiropractic experience, and commitment to total health and wellness. Founded in 2019 by Dr. Sharp on the foundations of chiropractic care, Alpha Health & Wellness focuses not only on spinal care treatments, but on an overall experience geared towards achieving better health. To learn more about Alpha Health & Wellness and its full range of wellness options, visit alphahealthindy.co.
Lisa Macdonald | Manager, Team Operations
Macdonald, who joined Indy Eleven’s W League staff on March 2, 2022, is no stranger to the Eleven’s training home of Grand Park, as she has served as the Administrative Director USYS Travel for the Westfield Youth Soccer Association (WYSA)/Indiana Fire Juniors headquartered at the sports campus since 2014. Macdonald, who returns for her second season with Indy Eleven in 2023, will continue to serve in that capacity concurrently while spearheading the W League club’s team side operations.
