FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis is a finalist in the sportswriting category in the 2017 Press Club of Long Island contest.

Lewis’ entry was about Mattituck High School sports, which was written for The Suffolk Times.

FrontRowSoccer.com was not eligible to enter the contest because it was launched this past February and all entries had to be from 2016.

The PCLI awards dinner is set for Wednesday, June 7.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.