Attention soccer fans, especially ones from Rochester and Western New York.

We know you love your soccer and there’s plenty to talk about.

Soccer Is a Kick in The Grass, from Rochester, N.Y., the longest continuous soccer radio show in the United States, plans to hold a Rochester Lancers trivia contest for five consecutive weeks. That would be about the original Lancers, who competed in the American Soccer League and North American Soccer League from 1967-80,

The prize will be a free book, ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers, that was written by FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis.

There will be two winners each week.

Details will be available on the Soccer Is a Kick in Grass website (www.soccerisakickinthegrass.com) in the not too distant future.

Soccer is a Kick in the Grass can be heard on WYSL 1040 AM/92.1 FM and 95.5 FM, Mondays at 6:30 p.m.

The show also can be heard over the internet at https://www.soccerisakickinthegrass.com.

Andrew Battisti and Joe Sirianni are co-hosts of Soccer is a Kick in the Grass.

The trivia contest is sponsored by Donuts Delite in Rochester, N.Y.

For more information about the book or to buy it, visit RochesterLancersBook.com.

 

 

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.