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....

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...

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...

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 p...

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 chan...

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...

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 (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, c...

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 &...

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 soc...