Tag: Charlie Schiano
IT’S HAPPENED BEFORE: Lancers trainer Joe ‘Red Card’ Sirianni saw red in 1977
In what could be an MLS first, Philadelphia Union head trainer Paul Rushing was awarded a red card in the 79th minute of the team’s 2-1 win over New York City FC at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. on Sunday night.
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STEPPING AWAY: SoccerSam to sell Lancers indoor team
SoccerSam Fantauzzo is hanging up his microphone and stepping away from soccer.
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OFFSIDE REMARKS: Coaches, beware of the Ides of March, or any month, or any day, for that matter
Beware the Ides of March, that ominous warning in Julius Caesar.
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ALIVE AND KICKING: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers
ALIVE AND KICKING: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers, is available for purchase by all soccer fans.
Read MoreALIVE AND KICKING: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers has been published
FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis announced on Wednesday night that his book, ALIVE AND KICKING: The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers, has been published.
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH (DAY 5): Too close a call at Tara: When Lancers’ Black players experienced racism on and off the field in Atlanta in 1970
Since the Rochester Lancers were going to play a ridiculous back-to-back road games within 24 hours, reporter Alex Loj wrote in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle that they “will encounter their toughest North American Soccer League schedule of the season.” He was correct, although there were other reasons for it.
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DERBY WEEK, PART III: Rochester vs. Toronto was a soccer war, sometimes just a war and then some
In 2015, former Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch hit the nail on the head when he talked about his team’s very first encounter with New York City FC.
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51 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Lancers won the NASL title
The Rochester Lancers’ 3-0 win over the Washington Darts in the first leg of the North American Soccer League championship series in Rochester came at great cost as Carlos Metidieri was forced out of the first leg with a slight dislocation of his right knee early in the second half when he was tackled by Willie Evans. Metidieri, who was seen hobbling around on crutches, was listed as questionable for the second leg in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 13.
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41 YEARS AGO TODAY: Original Lancers played their final game, a 5-0 loss at the Cosmos
No one realized it at the time, but the original Rochester Lancers played their final game in the old North American Soccer League 41 years ago today on Sunday, Aug. 24, 1980. They dropped a 5-0 decision to the Cosmos.
Read MoreDERBY WEEK, PART III: Rochester vs. Toronto was a soccer war, sometimes just a war and then some
In 2015, former Red Bulls head coach Jesse Marsch hit the nail on the head when he talked about his team’s very first encounter with New York City FC.
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THE LAST PICTURE SHOW: Lancers lose on late goal in home finale
Substitute Owen Bauer scored a late goal to spoil the Rochester Lancers’ final home game to give Syracuse FC a 3-2 National Premier Soccer League victory at Charles A. Schiano Sr. Field at Aquinas Institute on Sunday evening
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SURPRISE!: Former Lancers owner Schiano, ex-trainer Sirianni are presented 1970 championship rings
Fifty-one years after winning the North American Soccer League title, two members of the organization were honored by the modern version of the Rochester Lancers Sunday.
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