Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Indianapolis, Indiana
Birthday: 8/10/04
Pronunciation: kah-bee-roo | gah-far

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Entering 2026 season

Kabiru Gafar was He was with Indy Eleven of USL Championship during the 2026 preseason and scored twice in friendlies. … Gafar played the past four years at the University of Indianapolis, appearing in 66 matches, starting 46 of them, and totaling 11 goals and 13 assists. In 2025, he had four goals and five assists in 19 matches, starting all but one, and the Greyhounds reached the second round of the NCAA Division II Tournament. … With the University of Indianapolis, Gafar was the Great Lakes Valley Conference’s Freshman of the Year in 2022, when he had three goals and two assists in 18 matches, and was also named Third Team All-GLVC. He was Academic All-GLVC in 2023, 2024 and 2025. … Gafar played two seasons at Indianapolis’ Ben Davis High School before joining the Indy Eleven Academy and helping it to back-to-back USL Academy Cup championships. In 2021, he won the Golden Boot as the highest scorer of the tournament with three goals and an assist. … Gagar immigrated from Nigeria to Indianapolis when he was 11.

Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Whittington, England
Birthdate: 6/12/2004
Pronunciation: jack | tom-iss

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Entering 2026

Coming off an outstanding senior season at Louisiana State University-Shreveport that saw him selected as the United Soccer Coaches’ NAIA Player of the Year in 2025. Thomas set single-season program records in goals (20), assists (12), shots (86) and shots on goal (46) in 22 matches during 2025. He was named a First Team All-American and the Red River Athletic Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year. … Over 66 matches in his three-year career at LSU Shreveport, Thomas had 47 goals and a program-record 22 assists. He helped the Pilots to the Round of 16 at the NAIA National Tournament in 2024 and 2025. … Thomas began his college soccer career with Northeast Texas Community College in 2022. … Thomas also had on his résumé time with the Lubbock Matadors SC of USL League Two, a pre-professional level of play.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Saint-Lô, France
Birthday: 9/23/03
Pronunciation: clair-ants | ah-woo-door

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Entering 2026

Had a stellar 2025 season for the University of Central Florida, which won the first Sun Belt title in program history. The school reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. … Awoudor made the United Soccer Coaches’ Division I All-America Third Team and the All-Southeast Region First Team, was named to the Sun Belt Conference’s First Team and All-Tournament Team, and he set UCF’s single-season assist record with 15. He played complete matches 17 times and finished with seven goals in 21 matches as a senior. … Awoudor finished his U.S. college career with 17 goals and 28 assists in 66 matches over four years, including one season at Oregon State, 2022, in which he had three goals and two assists in 13 matches and was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team. He was also named to College Soccer News’ All-Freshman Third Team. In 2023, Awoudor was selected the Sun Belt Conference’s Newcomer of the Year after tallying four goals and four assists in 16 matches for UCF. … Prior to playing college soccer in the U.S., Awoudor was an academy player for five years with SM Caen, a professional club in Normandy, France.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Keller, Texas
Birthdate: 2/7/2003
Pronunciation: jay-pee | jor-done

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2026 Happenings

Named to USL League One’s Team of the Week on April 14, 2026, in the wake of a 1-0 victory over the Chattanooga Red Wolves SC, the first victory in Fort Wayne FC’s professional history. Teammate Juan Solis made the Team of the Week, too.

Entering 2026

Jon Paul Jordan II joined Fort Wayne Football Club with 25 matches of experience in 2025 with Texoma FC of USL League One. … Jordan, an elite ball-recovering midfielder, assisted on a goal for Texoma FC. … In 2024, Jordan played collegiately for Louisville – as the Cardinals’ only player to start all 17 matches – and he assisted on two goals. … From 2021 to 2023, Jordan played for Southern Methodist University. He appeared in 46 matches, starting 31 of them, and assisted on a goal. In 2022, he was Second Team All-Conference in the American Athletic Conference, having helped the Mustangs to five shutouts. … Prior to collegiate soccer, Jordan helped Solar Soccer Club to the 2020-21 MLS Next U-19 final and to a U-17 national championship.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: A Coruña, Spain
Birthday: 1/13/00
Pronunciation: khah-vyehr | khar-mahs

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2026 Happenings

Assisted on first goal in Fort Wayne FC’s pro history, scored by Lilian Ricol, in a 2-2 draw at the Sarasota Paradise on March 14. … Assisted on another Ricol goal early in club’s first ever Prinx Tires USL Cup match, a 3-1 loss at Louisville City FC on April 25.

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Entering 2026

Armas spent the 2024 and 2025 seasons with Atlanta United 2 of MLS Next Pro, accruing 10 goals and three assists in 53 matches. In 2024, when he had seven goals and two assists, he played every minute of every match for Atlanta United 2. … After spending his youth career with Deportivo La Coruña, Armas moved to the United States to attend Oregon State University, for which he played from 2019 to 2023. He appeared in 77 matches throughout his college career – starting 71 of them – and finished with six goals and 10 assists. As a senior, he was selected First Team All-Pac 12, and he was selected to the United Soccer Coaches’ All-American Third Team. Oregon State reached the national semifinals in 2023 before falling 1-0 to Notre Dame. … Armas was selected by Atlanta United in the second round of the 2023 MLS SuperDraft.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia
Birthday: 4/1/03
Pronunciation: jehr-ah-mee | gahr-ray

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Entering 2026

During 2025, Garay played 15 matches for CD Cacahuatique in El Salvador. … Garay had 106 matches of experience in second-division USL Championship – 96 matches with Loudoun United and 10 with El Paso Locomotive – and had one goal and five assists. … Garay played three matches with D.C. United of Major League Soccer, a U.S. first-division league, between 2022 and 2024. He was signed by D.C. United in 2021 as a homegrown player, after spending his youth career in the D.C. United development system. … Garay, who has dual citizenship in the U.S. and El Salvador, made his first international appearance with El Salvador in 2021 for a friendly against Costa Rica. He’s totaled five matches for El Salvador’s senior team, and he also played for the country’s under-20 team while adding a match for the U.S. U-20 team.

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Position: Midfielder/Defender
Hometown: Plymouth, England
Birthday: 4/1/92
Pronunciation: jaymes | moose-uh

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Entering 2026

Joined Fort Wayne FC with a playing résumé of over 300 professional appearances, including seven matches in Major League Soccer, 231 matches at the USL Championship level and three appearances with New Zealand’s National Team at the senior level. … In 231 USL Championship matches, totaled 13 goals and six assists. … In 2024 and 2025, Musa played for Indianapolis-based Indy Eleven of USL Championship. Musa had three goals and two assists in 44 matches, including Cup play, with Indy Eleven. … Between 2013 and 2024, Musa played for Team Wellington in New Zealand, South Melbourne in Australia, Saint Louis FC of USL Championship, Swope Park Rangers of USL Championship, Sporting Kansas City of Major League Soccer, Phoenix Rising of USL Championship, Minnesota United of Major League Soccer, and the Colorado Switchbacks of USL Championship. … Born in Plymouth, England, Musa moved with his family to New Zealand when he was 7. He played for New Zealand’s U-20 and U-23 National Teams, totaling 20 appearances and five goals, including an appearance with the U-23 team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. That helped springboard him to a one-year deal with Premier League club Fulham, which loaned Musa to Hereford United for 15 appearances. … Musa has played three matches for New Zealand’s Senior Team, a 2014 friendly and two 2017 World Cup qualification matches. New Zealand was 2-0-1 with him in the lineup.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: South Hampton, New Hampshire
Birthday:10/31/03
Pronunciation: tay-g | heel-ee

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2026 Happenings

Scored lone goal of Fort Wayne Football Club’s 1-0 victory at Chattanooga Red Wolves SC on April 11, 2026. Goal came 44 seconds into the match, establishing a new club record for USL League One or Two play. Was first victory in club’s pro history. … Healy’s goal was voted Goal of the Week in USL League One on April 16, 2026.

Entering 2026

Healy helped NC State to the College Cup Final, in which the Wolfpack lost 3-2 in extra time to Washington in 2025. Healy scored the goal in the 87^th minute that sent the match to overtime; Healy scored in four straight postseason matches to finish his college career. … In 22 matches in 2025, each of which he started, Healy totaled five goals and eight assists. In two seasons at NC State, he played in, and started, 42 matches, scoring 11 goals and 14 assists. He was selected to the All-South Region Second Team in 2024 and 2025. He was First Team All-Atlantic Coast Conference in 2025, after being tabbed as a Second Teamer in 2024. … From 2022 to 2023, Healy played at the University of New Hampshire. He had four goals and three assists as a sophomore and was named to the America East All-Rookie Team as a freshman. … Healy also had great success in the pre-professional level of USL League Two. Healy helped Seacoast United, based in Epping, New Hampshire, to the 2024 USL League Two championship; he had 13 goals and 11 assists, made the USL League Two Team of the Year, and he was finals MVP.

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Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
Birthday: 4/4/01
Pronunciation: rye-ann | betch-er

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Entering 2026

Ryan Becher completed the 2025 season with Union Omaha of USL League One, totaling nine goals and three assists in 22 matches. He was on loan from MLS Next Pro side St. Louis City SC 2. … In 2024, with St. Louis City SC 2, he played in 31 matches and scored two goals with four assists, and he added one goal and one assist in 11 matches during 2025 with the club. … Becher played at UCLA in 2023 and appeared in 15 matches, starting 13 of them, scoring six goals with two assists. … Began his college career at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in 2019. He accrued 25 goals and 20 assists over 62 matches – all starts – in the span of four years. With the Retrievers, he was selected to the “Best Starting XI” in Division I soccer by NCAA.com in 2022, when he also made the America East First Team and the United Soccer Coaches Northeast Conference Second Team. He was the only player in the country that season to post double-digit figures in goals (13) and assists (10). … Becher won back-to-back high-school championships in Pennsylvania during 2016 and 2017. … Becher’s father, Bill, played for the Fort Wayne Flames and the Indiana Kick, professional teams in the American Indoor Soccer Association that competed at Memorial Coliseum, from 1987 to 1990. … Bill and Ryan’s grandfather, Bill Becher Sr., are members of the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame. Ryan’s brother, Jackson, was a teammate at UMBC. And his cousin, Simon, played in Major League Soccer for St. Louis City in 2025.

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