Club staff visits Turnstone to help with popular adaptive sport at Hoosier Thaw
Members of the Fort Wayne FC staff, including the club’s Director of Football Operations DaMarcus Beasley and Head Coach Mike Avery, saw up close Saturday the incredible athletes who take part in power soccer.
At Turnstone’s Plassman Athletic Center, Fort Wayne FC was among those volunteering at the Hoosier Thaw event, which was open to all United States Power Soccer Association teams.
Power soccer is one of the most popular adaptive sports in the world, in which team teams of four players go head-to-head in a wheelchair sport that empowers athletes with diverse disabilities, such as quadriplegia, muscular dystrophy, arthrogryposis or cerebral palsy. Power soccer is played in a gymnasium on a regulation basketball court with a 13-inch soccer ball.
Turnstone has offered power soccer since 2006.
Beasley, a four-time World Cup Participant, and Avery, who guided Fort Wayne FC to Valley Division championships in USL League Two in 2024 and 2025, were joined by Patrick Ventura, Director of Ticketing; Rene Sanchez, Team Administrator; Garrett Martz, Director of Corporate Sponsorships; Lucca Motta, Business Operations and Analytics Specialist; and Carin Avery, the head volleyball coach at Valparaiso University and Mike’s wife.
The Fort Wayne FC representatives were scorers and runners in the Hoosier Thaw, and the amazing adaptive sports athletes got time to talk soccer with Beasley, Mike Avery and the rest of the Fort Wayne staff.
Fort Wayne FC is preparing for its final season in USL League Two – which opens May 11 at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium – and the club will move to the pro ranks of USL League One in 2026.
A new state-of-the-art stadium will open at Bass Road and I-69 for the move to the pros.
Season tickets are currently on sale at fortwaynefc.com, and those who buy for the 2025 campaign will get priority in 2026. Single-game tickets for this season go on sale March 26.
Fort Wayne FC is enthusiastic about giving back to the community, including organizations such as Turnstone, which helps people with disabilities gain confidence and achieve their goals. Check out the Fort Wayne FC community page for more on the club’s outreach efforts in Northeast Indiana.
