Fort Wayne Football Club returns to USL League One action on Wednesday night and it will be a monumental match.
Fort Wayne FC is riding an 11-match unbeaten streak in USL League One play, during which the Autumn Gold & Black (6-2-6 overall) have gone 6-0-5. In One Knoxville SC, Fort Wayne FC is facing the defending league champions, who are 9-2-3 and on a 4-0-1 run.
“It’s probably the hardest game of the year, at Knoxville,” said Fort Wayne FC head coach Mike Avery, noting that Covenant Health Park in Knoxville, Tennessee, is also home to a professional baseball team and a notoriously difficult place to play.
“It’ll be our first trip there and we’re going to have to really try and figure out how to do it there. It’s a good challenge for us, but then we get to come home and do it again (at Ruoff Mortgage Stadium) on Saturday.”
Check out Fort Wayne FC’s game notes. One Knoxville’s notes are here.
Saturday’s match at Ruoff Mortgage Stadium, against Greenville Triumph SC, will be the inaugural John Bellio Tribute Night for the first against cancer. Bellio, one of the original owners of the club, passed away from the horrible disease in 2025.
For every ticket sold to the match, Fort Wayne Football Club will donate $1 to Northeast Indiana Cancer Services. In addition, Ruoff Mortgage will donate $5,000 for every goal we score.
Tickets for Saturday’s match are on sale now. Fans are reminded that the parking lot is for prepaid customers only.
Including Prinx Tires USL Cup matches, Fort Wayne FC has played 18 matches in its first professional season and this is therefore the midway point of the season for the club.
We’ve had so many remarkable moments and exceeded so many outsiders’ expectations, so let’s celebrate them with the Fort Wayne FC Midseason Recap …
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.