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52 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Lancers won the NASL title
Sep 13, 2022 | Rochester Lancers
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.
Read More51 YEARS AGO TODAY: The Lancers won the NASL title
Sep 13, 2021 | Rochester Lancers
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.
Read MoreIT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: When the Lancers won the 1970 NASL title
Sep 13, 2020 | Rochester Lancers
Yes, it was 50 years ago, Sept. 13 1970, that the Lancers won the North American Soccer League...
Read MoreIT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Lancers took their first step toward the NASL
Sep 6, 2020 | Rochester Lancers
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.
Read MoreIT WAS 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: Lancers made a winning NASL debut
Apr 11, 2020 | Rochester Lancers
On April 11, 1970 the Rochester Lancers took the field in a major soccer league for the very first time against the Dallas Tornado in Dallas.
Read MoreREMEMBER THE NASL: Defunct league’s draft certainly had its moments
Jan 10, 2019 | NASL
The last North American Soccer League draft took place more than three decades ago, which is more than generation in the past.
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