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Edwards competes in Defender’s Cup Sports update

by 1st Lt. Michael Estacion Next week there will be some exciting
412th Medical Group games played in both Intramural Flag
Football and in Intramural Soccer.
Varsity soccer teams from 40 Army and Air Force bas-
Intramural Flag Football is played
es converged in San Antonio, Texas, over the Labor Day on the Youth Center’s Wings Field and
games are held Monday and Wednes-
Weekend to compete in the 15th Annual Defender’s Cup. day nights at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Edwards was represented by the Edwards Football Club On Sept. 21, EOD will take on the
VMX22 “DevilDawgs” at 5:30 p.m., and
team coached by Tech. Sgt. Omar Duarte, 31st Test and 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
will play the combined 31st Test and
Evaluation Squadron, and assistant coach Andrew Neises, Evaluation/412th Force Support Squad-
ron team at 6:30 p.m.
412th Force Support Squadron.
On Sept. 23, 31st TES/FSS will have
Edwards F.C. played three pool play matches Sept. a challenge playing the 412th Medical
Group team at 5:30 p.m., and there will
4-5, which resulted in a 4-1 victory over U.S. Air Force be a rematch of last year’s championship
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play 412th Security Forces Squadron at
tie with Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 6:30 p.m.

At the end of pool play, all teams were seeded from Intramural Soccer is played at the out-
door sports complex near the dining facil-
1 to 40 based on win/loss record and goal differential. ity and games are played Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Edwards F.C. seeded 17th.
On Sept. 22, the defending champs,
On Sept. 6, Edwards FC entered the single elimination 412th Communications Squadron will
take on 17-R-SQN at 5:30 p.m., and
bracket portion of the tournament. EOD will face Air Force Research Labo-
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resulted in a 1-0 victory for Edwards F.C. The win took Courtesy photograph On Sept. 24, 412th SFS will play 17-R-
SQN at 5:30 p.m., followed by 412th
the team into the round of 16 remaining teams and into a The Edwards AFB Football Club team. MDG and AFRL at 6:30 p.m.

5 p.m. match against Fort Campbell, Ky. Come cheer on your squadron to vic-
tory!
The game ended in a 0-0 tie, which took the teams
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Duarte lauded the Edwards team for earning an outstand- game on Aug. 29.
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the weekend, teams played 60-minute matches in 90-degree are open to everyone interested in the team or those that just want to do some

heat at 60 percent humidity, which added an extra dimen- exercise and improve their soccer skills.

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