Rochester Lancers News

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...

FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING: Lancers' Ortiz savors his all-star selection Jeremy Ortiz definitely fits the definition of good things come to someone who waits. For the first time of his long indoor soccer career, the Rochester Lancers midfielder will compete in an all-star game. He and Lance...

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...

  Doug Miller joins the first ever MASL All-Star game! Doug has been added to the roster of the Major Arena Soccer League's Eastern Conference All-Star Team. Miller is the oldest pro socc...

For Immediate Release - October 23, 2020  By: Frankie P. Fanta                                                                  &...

ONE SOLUTION: SoccerSam: The MASL show can go on in April, without fans, for everyone’s health   If he had it his way, Salvatore “SoccerSam” Fantauzzo wouldn’t start the next Major Arena Soccer League season until March or April 2021. He also wouldn’t mind pl...

KEEPING THE FANS SAFE: Lancers introduce Safe Suite for their indoor season The Rochester Lancers want to make their game atmosphere as comfortable and safe as possible for their fans for the 2021 season. So, the Major Arena Soccer League team has devised a revolutionary way to keep their bigg...

BACK HOME: After a season in Utica, Schindler is excited about returning to the Lancers Jake Schindler is back with the Rochester Lancers and he couldn't be happier. The veteran midfielder was one of 21 players signed by the club Sunday for the 2020-21 Major Arena Soccer League season....

PLAYING A UNIQUE GAME OF 21: Lancers add 21 players for the 2020-21 MASL season In one of the most innovative and unique announcements in sports, the Rochester Lancers Sunday unveiled the 21 players who have signed with the team for the 2020-21 Major Arena Soccer League season. The players wer...

LANCERS TO ANNOUNCE RETURNING PLAYERS WITH SAFE COVID PROTOCOLS September 8, 2020 (Rochester, NY) The Rochester Lancers of the Major Arena Soccer League will announce 21 returning players for the 2021 season on Sunday, September 13th. This date represents the 50th anniversary...

NO SOCCER FUTURE WITHOUT OUR PAST: Lancers ready to announce 21 player signings on TV on Sept. 13, the 50th anniversary of winning the 1970 NASL championship During the 2020 and 2021 indoor and outdoor soccer seasons, the Rochester Lancers will look back to the past while taking steps forwar...

The Rochester Lancers' 2020-21 season will be one for the history books of Rochester pro soccer. Last week the Lancers announced that the team will wear replica 1970 North American Soccer League championship jerseys and pay tribute to the founders of the modern game. The team also announced t...

The years 2020 and 2021 will be one big special celebration for the Rochester Lancers. Not only will their indoor team wear throwback jerseys of the 1970 Rochester team, the organization will pay tribute to the history of Rochester pro soccer. The team's custom n...

  Daycare Dreams By FRANKIE P. FANTA Most pro soccer team owners have successful businesses away from soccer during these challenging times. SoccerSam Fantauzzo, the owner of the Rochester Lancers, is no different. His infant soccer daycare center is thriving. While most...

BIG DAY for Rochester Soccer ... HORMEL Foods joins the Lancers for the 2020/2021 Indoor Soccer Season. Thank you to all of our Amazing Sponsors!

  SoccerSam is a guest speaker on May 6th at 2:30PM EST.  He was invited to speak during the Owners Segment of the Legends of Indoor Soccer Zoomathon.  Join SoccerSam for the #LegendsOfIndoorSoccer fundraiser benefiting Feeding America & America SCORES The two-day event,...

https://turfandboards.com/2020/05/03/how-to-watch-legends-of-indoor-soccer-zoomathon/ Date: May 3, 2020 Author: Sydney Nusinov   Keith Tozer has organized maybe the biggest indoor soccer summit of all time and you will get to be a part of it this Tuesday and Wednesda...

April 13, 2020 Lancers Anthony Rozzano was nominated for the MASL 2020 Rookie of the Year! The winner was announced at 1pm on April 14, 2020.    ONTARIO, California (April 13, 2020) – The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) today announced the nominees for the R...

ONTARIO, California (April 8, 2020) – The Major Arena Soccer League (MASL) today released the schedule of announcements for the 2019-2020 post season awards beginning with All-MASL Honorable Mention.   Each active MASL player, head coach, and one member of each team front office we...

By: SoccerSam Soccer leaders are doing the right thing. The Coronavirus will be an issue into this summer. We need to keep our Players, Fans and Staff members safe. Soccer is my only hobby and this passion takes up a big part of my free time. My goal now is to help the great people of Rocheste...

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (March 7, 2020) -- The Rochester Lancers gave retiring co-captain Gary Boughton the proper send off by winning their first game of the season on Saturday night. Led by two goals apiece by head coach Doug Miller and Jeremy Ortiz, the Lancers recorded a 9-7 victory over th...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (March 7, 2020) -- In their final home game of the Major Arena Soccer League season, the Rochester Lancers will honor and bid adieu to co-captain Gary Boughton, who will play his last home match against the Kansas City Comets at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, N.Y. on Saturday...

NEWS RELEASE  HENRIETTA, N.Y. (March 6, 2020) -- Not even a superb performance by Rafa Godoi and a milestone goal by Doug Miller could help the Rochester Lancers overcome the Florida Tropics on Friday night. Godoi recorded a team season-high four goals and Miller became the firs...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (March 5, 2020) -- A familiar figure will don the Rochester Lancers blue and gold uniform this weekend while making some history as well. Head coach Doug Miller will be available as a player when the Lancers host the Florida Tropics at the Dome Arena in Henrietta, N.Y. on Fri...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (February 29, 2020) -- Any hopes of the Rochester Lancers making the Baltimore Blast sweat for the second consecutive weekend were wiped out early on as the hosts surged to an early lead en route to a 12-3 victory in Major Arena Soccer League action at SECU Arena on Sat...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.  (February 27, 2020) -- The Rochester Lancers will look to play the spoiler's role when they visit the Baltimore Blast in a Major Arena Soccer League game at SECU Arena on Saturday night. The Lancers (0-19), who have been eliminated from the playoff race, will try to...

UTICA, NEW YORK. (Feburary 23, 2020) -- The lethal combination of Uros Momic and Cristhian Segura was just too much for the Rochester Lancers on Sunday afternoon. Momic, a former Lancer, and Segura each produced hat-trick in Utica City FC's 7-2 Major Arena Soccer League win at the Adiron...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (February 23, 2020) -- The Rochester Lancers will complete their three-game weekend with a Sunday matinee game at Utica City FC. The 2 p.m. match can be watched on MASL.TV at 2 p.m. The Lancers (0-18) are coming off their best performance of the Major Arena...