2020
LOOKING BACK: The top 10 Lancers stories of 2020
Published December 29, 2020
By: Michael Lewis There is little doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic turned everyone's world upside down in 2020. That included the Rochester Lancers as well. Despite shelving three of their teams for most of the year, the Lancers found ways to make some news – on and off the field. Here a...
MASL Announces Arena Soccer Pyramid, New M2 League Partnership and Front Office
Published December 28, 2020
December 23, 2020 By: Andrew Ross Tampa, Florida – The Major Arena Soccer League 2 (M2) is taking another positive step for future growth and prosperity in arena soccer with the partnership between Arena Soccer Group (ASG), Pro Soccer Partners Inc., and a newly formed front office. The...
Goodbye Tommy: Ord, Former NASL Lancer passes away
Published December 15, 2020
By Michael Lewis FrontRowSoccer.com Editor Tommy Ord might not have had a reputation of a Pele, Franz Beckenbauer or Johan Cruyff, but he had his own way of making history, even if he didn't set out to accomplish it. When he was traded by the Rochester Lancers to the Cosmos for $75,000 in 1...
ROAD WARRIORS? Lancers might not play at home until March
Published December 10, 2020
By: Michael Lewis FrontRowSoccer.com Editor Rochester, NY (December, 10 2020) The Major Arena Soccer League on Tuesday unveiled its January schedule for six teams that will begin playing next month. The Rochester Lancers weren't one of them and it could be some time before the team plays a ho...
MASL ANNOUNCES JANUARY SCHEDULE FOR 2021 REGULAR SEASON
Published December 10, 2020
St. Charles, Missouri (December 9, 2020) – The Major Arena Soccer League will kick off their 2021 regular season in January, the league has announced dates which include six teams participating in a total of 14 games during the month of January. While the league is navigating ongoing changes and COV...
First ever MASL All Star game is in the books
Published December 5, 2020
Story By: Michael Lewis, Front Row Soccer December 5, 2020 KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rochester Lancers head coach Doug Miller made history on Saturday, becoming the oldest participant in a soccer all-star game at the Major Arena Soccer League all-star game on Saturday night. Miller, the oldest pr...
READY TO SEE SOME STARS: Lancers' Miller, Ortiz to play in 1st MASL all-star game Saturday night
Published December 3, 2020
Author: Michael Lewis, FrontRowSoccer.com For the first time in 274 days on Saturday night, Doug Miller and Jeremy Ortiz will get an opportunity to play the game they love so much. Miller, the Rochester Lancers coach, and Ortiz, a midfielder, will roam the field at Cable Dahmer Arena in Indepe...
ROCHESTER LANCERS OPTS INTO MODIFIED 2020-21 MASL SEASON
Published December 2, 2020
ROCHESTER LANCERS OPTS INTO MODIFIED 2020-21 MASL SEASON (December 2, 2020) – The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL), following a vote from its Board of Directors, has agreed to proceed with plans for a modified 2020-2021 regular season, with eleven teams, including Utica City FC, choosing to parti...
Lancers GK, Marcelo, obtains American Citizenship
Published November 23, 2020
Written by: Michael Lewis, Front Row Soccer While the national anthem is played before indoor soccer games, Brazilian-born Marcelo Moreira would show his respect, standing at attention with his teammates and his hands clasped behind his back. The next time he has the opportunity to listen to “...
Doug Miller joins MASL All-Star game
Published November 18, 2020
IT'S MILLER TIME, AGAIN: Lancers player-coach, Doug Miller 51, goes full circle for MASL all-star game Sports all-star games have been known to celebrate standouts of their past as honorary captains, but the Major Arena Soccer League Tuesday took it one step further Tuesday. The indoor soccer...