INDIANAPOLIS – Indy Eleven announced on Thursday it had signed midfielder Noble Okello ahead of the 2026 USL Championship season. The transaction is pending league and federation approval and per club policy, terms of the deal will not be disclosed.

Okello joins Indy having spent the past campaign at fellow USL Championship club Phoenix Rising FC, where he made 26 appearances and recorded two goals and one assist in 1,708 minutes of action. The central midfielder finished third on the team in aerial duels won (45), fourth in chances created (13), interceptions (18) and tackles won (19), fifth in blocks (8), and seventh in duels won (78) as he helped the side reach the Western Conference Semifinals of the 2025 USL Championship Playoffs.

A native of Toronto, Canada, Okello had previously competed for Atlanta United 2 in MLS NEXT Pro, where he recorded three goals, two assists and 17 key passes in 26 appearances in the 2024 campaign. The 25-year-old had also previously competed for the New England Revolution II, which he helped advance to the 2023 MLSNP Eastern Conference Final, having previously come into the professional ranks at hometown club Toronto FC.

Okello signed his first pro contract in 2017 with Toronto FC II, then of the USL Championship. After training with the Toronto FC First Team in the 2018 preseason, Okello made his USL-C debut with TFC II, starting 16 of 22 games with eight chances created (one assist), 10 fouls won, 87 duels won, 34 aerial duels won, 35 interceptions, 30 clearances, 25 tackles won, and seven blocks.

In 2019, Okello signed a Homegrown contract with Toronto FC in MLS, making his debut vs. Ottawa Fury in the 2019 Canadian Championship semi-finals.  He made his MLS debut in 2020 against the New England Revolution. In September of 2020, Okello was loaned to Danish 1st Division club HB Køge.

In 2021 for Toronto FC, Okello made 10 starts in 14 matches with 854 minutes, recording 21 aerial duels, nine clearances, three key passes, an assist (on a Jozy Altidore goal), and four fouls won. In 2022, Okello made four starts in eight games and 349 minutes, recording four fouls won, two key passes, 12 aerial duels, and seven clearances.

Okello has earned two caps for the Canadian National Team, making his international debut in a friendly vs. Barbados in January of 2020.  He played for Canada’s U17, U20, and U21 national teams, and he was named to the U23 provisional roster for 2020 Concacaf Olympic Qualifying.