Fort Wayne FC remained unbeaten in the USL League Two season with 2-0 victory over Kings Hammer FC Columbus on Wednesday night at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium.
Caio Oliveira and Matthew Catavolo broke the match open with second-half goals.
Oliveira sent a shot in the 49th minute that caromed off the goalpost and slipped just inside the opposite post for a 1-0 lead.
“It felt amazing. We worked a lot for it. We knew it was coming. I was glad it was me,” said Oliveira, who has scored twice this season for Fort Wayne FC (2-0-1).
Catavolo provided the insurance goal 3 minutes later, intercepting a pass by an opposing player, turning that player around, and then finishing, in front of a crowd of 1,601.
It was Fort Wayne FC’s first home match of the USL League Two season, following a 2-0 victory at the Dayton Dutch Lions on May 17 and a 1-1 draw at Lexington SC on Friday.
“Of course, you want to win all of (your matches), but I thought we had a good result in Lexington for how the game went,” said Fort Wayne FC coach Mike Avery, whose club won the Valley Division the past two seasons. “If you win your games at home and don’t give up too many points on the road, usually you’re in a pretty good place at the end of the season.”
Kings Hammer FC Columbus dropped to 0-2-0.
Next up for Fort Wayne FC is a 7 p.m. match Saturday at Bishop D’Arcy Stadium against Kings Hammer FC Cincinnati. It’ll be Mental Health Awareness & Healthcare Workers Night – mental health professionals and healthcare professionals, who have proper identifications or credentials, can take advantage of a Buy One, Get One Free ticket offer on the day of the match.
About Fort Wayne FC
Fort Wayne FC, founded in 2019, is currently a pre-professional club in USL League Two’s Valley Division in the Central Conference. The club won Valley Division championships in 2023 and 2024. Fort Wayne FC is moving to the professional ranks of USL League One in 2026 at a new state-of-the-art stadium. www.fortwaynefc.com
About United Soccer League
Founded in 1986, the United Soccer League (USL) is the largest and fastest-growing soccer organization in the United States, impacting more than 200 communities nationwide. The USL is the first and only organization to offer a comprehensive youth-to-professional pathway for both men and women under one ecosystem. This structure includes four men’s leagues: the newly announced, top-tier professional Division I league, the USL Championship (Division II), USL League One (Division III), and USL League Two (pre-professional). The women’s pathway includes the top-tier USL Super League (Division I), which debuted in 2024, and USL W League, the country’s leading pre-professional women’s league. The USL also oversees USL Academy, a progressive talent development platform, and USL Youth, a premier national youth platform.
