Petty Officer 3rd Class Harry Vargas, a machinist's mate, steals the ball during a futsal match with the Sapporo College mix team during International Goodwill Games as Blue Ridge makes a regularly scheduled port visit to Otaru, Japan. Futsal is a version of soccer usually played indoors and is popular in the snowy, northern prefecture of Hokkaido, where Sapporo is located. Blue Ridge is commanded by Capt. Rudy Lupton and serves under Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7/Task Force 76, the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious force. Blue Ridge is the flagship for Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan.