My City May 2022

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HEAD COACH AARON ROY

FLINT CITY AFC COMING TOGETHER TO WIN BY MARK SPEZIA PHOTOS COURTESY OF TZR SPORTS

P aige Webber was ecstatic. e holiday season had just ended, but she was receiving a bonus gift. One of the nest soccer talents Gen esee County has ever produced,Webber assumed she had played her nal game in the area when her storied Grand Blanc High School career concluded in 2019. She moved on, making an imme diate impact at Michigan State before transferring to Indiana last season and establishing herself as one of the Hoo siers’most dangerous oŠensive weapons. Returning to Grand Blanc late last spring, Webber spent the college oŠseason playing for Corktown AFC, based at e Corner Ballpark on the site of what was once Tiger Stadium in Detroit. She helped Corktown to a 15-4-2 combined record in two leagues – United Women’s Soccer and UWS 2. Webber was intending to endure the 60-mile commute to again play for Corktown this year, but on Jan uary 5, Corktown announced it was forming a partnership with the wild ly-successful Flint City Bucks and

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rebranding as Flint City AFC. Both teams will share Atwood Stadium. “I was super excited and relieved that I would not have to drive an hour nearly every day for practice or meeting up with the team to travel to games,” says Webber, who scored

more than 100 career goals for the Bobcats and was an All-State Dream Team pick as a senior. “Now, it will be easier not only for me, but for friends and family to see me play. We are all elated to play in front of the Flint City Bucks great fan base.”

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