[2] FIU won the 1984 NCAA Division II Soccer Championship over Seattle Pacific University with Edwards scoring a golden goal in overtime, and were runners-up in 1985.
It appears he began his professional career in 1988 when he signed with the Miami Sharks of the newly established American Soccer League.
That year, the Strikers won the ASL title, putting them in the first national championship game played since the demise of the North American Soccer League in 1984.
On February 6, 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected Edwards in the fifth round (forty-second overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft.
He also served as a physical education teacher and the athletic director of Holy Family Catholic School in North Miami, Florida.