Fort Wayne Football Club remained unbeaten at Ruoff Mortgage Stadium, playing Corpus Christi FC to a 1-all draw on Wednesday night.
Tiago Dias had the Fort Wayne FC goal in the 50th minute, heading in a Javier Armas corner kick. Corpus Christi’s Ronald Alexis Cerritos evened the score in the 63rd minute, just two minutes after entering the match.
Fort Wayne had chances to regain the lead, including a Jack Thomas shot in stoppage time that caromed off the crossbar and landed just outside the goal line. But Corpus Christi’s Logan Erb, on loan from Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo FC, finished with four saves.
Fort Wayne FC is 2-0-3 at Ruoff Mortgage Stadium, including a 2-0-2 record in USL League One matches. Attendance on Wednesday was 2,399 at 6411 Bass Road.
Corpus Christi is 0-4-4 this season, though it has draws in two of its last three matches. It played a man short after Arthur Medina got his second yellow card in the 72nd minute. Eight cards were assessed in first ever match between the clubs.
“There’s no game in this league that’s easy,” Fort Wayne FC coach Mike Avery said. “You can never look at the standings (and assume). Top, bottom it doesn’t matter. There’s nothing easy. We knew that coming in.
“They’re a talented team and have a coach who has been around this league for a long time. We knew it was going to be a hard game.”
Fort Wayne FC’s goalkeeper, Bernd Schipmann, stopped 1 of 2 shots on net.
Dias’ goal was his first in professional soccer, though it’s his fourth season with the club and he has seven goals wearing a Fort Wayne FC uniform. Including Fort Wayne FC’s five seasons in the pre-professional level of USL League Two, Dias now is tied for third in club history for goals scored; Gjis Hovius and Maxwell Amoako each scored eight goals in USL League Two, and Caio Oliveira scored seven.
“It’s exciting,” said Dias, the team’s captain. “I’m one of the players who has the longest (tenure) with the club, and being the club leader as a center back for a bit would be nice. Hopefully Taig (Healy) and Lilian (Ricol) can catch me soon.”
Healy has five goals this season, including Prinx Tires USL Cup matches, and Ricol has four.
Fort Wayne FC next plays at Athletic Club Boise on Saturday – at 9 p.m. Eastern Time – before returning to Ruoff Mortgage Stadium for a match against AV Alta FC at 7:30 p.m. May 30. Tickets are on sale now.
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FORT WAYNE FC 0-1-1
CORPUS CHRISTI FC 0-1-1
May 20, 2026
At Ruoff Mortgage Stadium, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Attendance: 2,399
RECORDS: FW 3-2-3; CRP 0-3-5
GOALS: FW—Tiago Dias; CRP— Ronald Alexis Cerritos.
ASSISTS: FW—Javier Armas; CRP–Nacho Abeal.
SAVES: FW—Bernd Schipmann, 1; CRP—Logan Erb, 4.
POSSESSION: FW—64.5% ; CRP—35.5%.
YELLOW CARDS: FW—Juan Solis, Emerson Nieto, Jeremy Garay, Michael Rempel; CRP—Nacho Abeal, Sam Roscoe-Byrne, Arthur Medina, 2.
RED CARDS: FW—None; CRP—Arthur Medina.
REFEREE: Amin Hadzic
About Fort Wayne Football Club
Fort Wayne Football Club, founded in 2019, is a professional soccer club playing its first season in USL League One in 2026. The club plays home matches at Ruoff Mortgage Stadium, which opened May 2, 2026, and is a soccer-specific venue. In pre-professional USL League Two, Fort Wayne Football Club won division titles in 2023, 2024 and 2025. For more information, visit 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.