An outdoor soccer team named the Rochester Lancers — the Lady Lancers — will play its first game at NJ Copa FC in its United Soccer Women’s opening match at Saint John Vianney HS in Holmdel, N.J. Saturday, May 13 at 7 p.m.
And to prove there’s no rest for the weary, the same Lancers will travel to Longmeadow High School in Longmeadow, Mass. to face the New England Mutiny Sunday at 3 p.m.
Next week, the women’s team and men’s team will play their first home games at the Wegman’s Sports Complex in Rochester, N.Y.
The Lady Lancers will host the New York Magic at 1 p.m., followed by the Lancers men in their first National Premier Soccer League game at 4 p.m.
It will be the first three Sunday doubleheaders at the complex.
The Lady Lancers’ 12-game UWS regular season runs through July 1.
The Lancers’ 12-game NPSL regular season will be completed July 15.
The women’s squad will play in the seven-team UWS East Division. The other teams: Lancaster Inferno, Long Island Rough Riders, New England Mutiny, NJ. Copa FC, New York Surf and Western New York Flash.
The men’s side will compete in the seven-team Midwest East Conference in the NPSL. The other clubs: AFC Cleveland, Dayton Dynamo, Erie Commodores, FC Buffalo, Fort Pitt Regiment and Syracuse FC.
Here are the teams’ schedules:
Lady Lancers
(home games in capitals)
May 13 — at NJ Copa FC, 7 p.m.
May 14 — at New England Mutiny, 3 p.m.
May 21 — NEW YORK MAGIC, 1 p.m.
June 4 — LONG ISLAND ROUGH RIDERS, 1 p.m.
June 10 — NJ COPA FC, 1 p.m.
June 11 — NEW ENGLAND COPA, 1 p.m.
June 17 — at Western New York Flash, 7 p.m.
June 24 — WESTERN NEW YORK FLASH, 1 p.m.
June 30 — at Long Island Rough Riders, 5 p.m.
July 1 — at Lancaster Inferno, 3 p.m.
Lancers men
(home games in capitals)
May 21 — DAYTON DYNAMO, 4 p.m.
May 24 — at Fort Pitt Regiment, 7 p.m.
May 26 — at Syracuse FC, 7:30 p.m.
June 2 — at FC Buffalo, 7 p.m.
June 4 — FORT PITT REGIMENT, 4 p.m.
June 9 — SYRACUSE FC, 7:30 p.m.
June 11 — AFC CLEVELAND, 4 p.m.
June 16 — at Dayton Dynamo, 7:30 p.m.
June 23 — FC BUFFALO, 7:30 p.m.
July 2 — at Erie Commodores, 2 p.m.
July 7 — at AFC Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
July 15 — ERIE COMMODORES, 4 p.m.
Note: the schedules were taken from the NPSL and USW websites.
