Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Archives

OFFSIDE REMARKS: It’s good to have mentors, some really good mentors

Jun 25, 2022 | Offside Remarks

In the second part of celebrating his 48th anniversary covering becoming a sportswriter, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis talks about the importance of having mentors and working on a sports desk, especially during the formative years of a young writer’s career.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: The birth of a sports writing career many years ago

Jun 24, 2022 | Offside Remarks

On Friday, June 24, FrontRowSoccer.com editor Michael Lewis celebrates his 48th anniversary in the sports writing business. That was the day Lewis joined the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle in 1974.

55 YEARS AGO TODAY: Rochester Lancers played their first game on May 30, 1967

May 30, 2022 | Rochester Lancers

For the fledgling Rochester Lancers debut, Rochester fans were treated to a doubleheader at Aquinas Stadium on Memorial Day, Tuesday, May 30. In the first game at 1 p.m., the Rochester Baysiders junior team played the Rochester Institute of Technology to a 3-3 draw.

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

Feb 5, 2022 | Rochester Lancers

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.

OFFSIDE REMARKS: When one sportswriter’s passion for football (not futbol) wanes

Oct 1, 2021 | Offside Remarks

I just can’t believe it has been seven years, seven years from the day — Oct. 1, 2014 — when my interest in football — started to wane.

DERBY WEEK, PART III: Rochester vs. Toronto was a soccer war, sometimes just a war and then some

Sep 21, 2021 | New York City FC, New York Red Bulls, Rochester Lancers

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.

51 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.