Tag: Frank Odoi
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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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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A MAN FOR ALL SOCCER SEASONS: Schindler hones his craft, excels indoors and out to become a Lancers icon
Jake Schindler was waiting for the boom to be lowered.
Read MoreBLACK 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.”
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IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: When the Lancers won the 1970 NASL title
Yes, it was 50 years ago, Sept. 13 1970, that the Lancers won the North American Soccer League...
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IT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Lancers took their first step toward the NASL
Yes, it was 50 years ago, Sept. 6, 1970, that the Lancers won the first game of their aggregate goal series against the Washington Darts. They still had to wait a week until to make it official.
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A NEW JERSEY FOR OLD TIMES: Lancers to honor 1970 championship team with throwback shirts for fans
The years 2020 and 2021 will be one big special celebration for the Rochester Lancers.
Read MoreTOO CLOSE A CALL AT TARA: When Lancers’ black players experienced racism on and off the field in Atlanta in 1970
Since the Lancers were going to play a ridiculous back-to-back road games within 24 hours, reporter Alex Loj wrote in the 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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EASIER WRITTEN THAN DONE: ‘It looks quite simple. It is also very tiring’
Back in 1976, to discover what it’s like to be a soccer player and a Rochester Lancer, Democrat and Chronicle reporter Michael Lewis spent two days with the North American Soccer League team that week. Lewis survived what he called “two vigorous and exhausting” days of practice.
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THE GREAT INDOORS – Part II: Original Lancers set the table decades ago
After a four-year hiatus, the Rochester Lancers returned to play indoor soccer in two tournaments before the 1975 and 1976 North American Soccer League seasons.
Read MoreTHE GREAT INDOORS — PART I: Original Lancers set the table decades ago
When the Rochester Lancers take to the Dome Arena field for their Major Arena Soccer League 2 opener against the Detroit Waza Flo Friday night, it may be the first game to be held at the Henrietta, N.Y. venue, but it won’t be the first time the sport has been played in the Flower City.
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EASIER WRITTEN THAN DONE: ‘It looks quite simple. It is also very tiring’
Back in 1976, to discover what it was like to be a soccer player and a Rochester Lancer, Democrat and Chronicle reporter Michael Lewis spent two days with the North American Soccer League team this week. He survived what he called “two vigorous and exhausting” days of practice.
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