DETROIT — Indeed, you can’t win them all.

The Rochester Lancers dropped their first game of the Major Arena Soccer League 2 season Saturday night, a 5-3 decision to the Detroit Waza Flo at the Detroit City Fieldhouse.

Rochester (3-1), dropped to second place in the Eastern Conference behind the first-place Chicago Mustangs while Detroit improved to 2-3. On Friday night, the Lancers recorded a 12-6 triumph at the Muskegon Risers.

Playing their second match within 24 hours, the Lancers could not hold onto a 2-0 first-quarter advantage as the Waza Flo connected for the next four goals to take command of the match.

The visitors grabbed their two-goal early and late in the first period against goalkeeper Nate Steinwascher. August Finn, off a Michael Cunningham assist, tallied only two seconds into the match and Boomer Steigelman fired one home, his first of two goals, with 2:04 remaining.

The Waza Flo, however, ripped the net for four consecutive scores, including three within the final 5:35 of the second quarter.

Rod Asllani cut the lead in half with the first of his two goals at 9:25 past keeper Mark Sotile, followed by Mario Morana’s tally, off Asllani’s feed, with 1:40 remaining in the half to equalize at 2-2. Before the Lancers could catch their collective breaths, Saeed Tawil, off Jeremy Sheppard’s assist, gave the hosts the lead to stay with 55 seconds left.

Ahmed Zaky, with Migell Ormsby assisting, gave Detroit some breathing room at 10:09 of the third period, 5-3.

After Lancers head coach Doug Miller pulled Sotile for a sixth attacker, Steigelman pulled the visitors within a goal at 10:01 of the fourth quarter. Asllani, however, scored a vital insurance goal against six attackers for the final goal of the encounter with 69 seconds left. Steinwascher assisted on that goal.

Rochester defeated Detroit in its home and season opener last Friday, 7-3.

The Lancers return home for two games the first weekend of February. They host the Mustangs Friday, Feb. 1 and the Cincinnati Swerve Saturday, Feb. 2. Both games kick off at 7 p.m.

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.