Soccer is a Kick in the Grass Radio

Soccer talk since 1994!

Soccer is a Kick in the Grass is North America's longest running soccer radio show now in our 31st year on the air!
 
On each show, host Joe "Red Card" Sirianni, co-host and WYSL Sports Director Andrew Battisti and Michael Lewis of www.frontrowsoccer.com discuss the world of soccer, from Flower City Union, Flower City 1872 and the Rochester Lancers to MLS to the world's game and welcome both local and national guests to the airwaves.

Click below to listen on Mondays or tune to our flagship station in Rochester, NY - WYSL 1040 AM/92.1 FM and 95.5 FM! The shows are also available on this site under Podcasts.

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Our Latest Show - 10/14/24

With Joe ill and unable to be on the show, Andrew and Front Row Soccer's Michael Lewis,  the author of "Alive and Kicking, the Incredible but True Story of the Rochester Lancers" and "Still Alive and Kicking - The Story of the 21st Century Rochester Lancers" (go to rochesterlancersbook.com), talked about the US Men's National Team beating Panama 2-0 in new coach Mauricio Pochettino's first match, Tuesday's "friendly" against host Mexico, the US U-17 Women starting play in the World Cup and Decision Day in MLS with the playoff possibilities for each team.
 
Andrew gave the international report focusing on national team action, including Nigeria refusing to play host Libya due the team being abandoned at a faraway airport, the UEFA Nations League action. World Cup qualifying in South America, the European leagues starting back up and the US Women winning the World Mimi-Football World Cup over Mexico.
 
Andrew also talked about the upcoming matches in local Rochester high school and college soccer.

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Podcast - Brockport State Championship Soccer Reunion September 21, 2024 

This podcast version of Soccer is a Kick in the Grass features interviews conducted at the State University of New York at Brockport Men's Soccer reunion held on September 21, 2024.  The event celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1974 NCAA Division 3 National Champion Golden Eagles and the undefeated 1968 team that was inducted into the Brockport State Sports Hall of Fame that weekend.
 
Featured are interviews with former NASL Rochester Lancers Kevin Gannon, Jim May and Nelson Cupello, former American Soccer League star and a member of the University of San Francisco Sports Hall of Fame for his contribution to the 1975 and 1976 NCAA D1 champion Dons, Mal Roach, and 2 members of the 1968 undefeated team, Dave Scheer and Dan Hickey.

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World Cup 2026 Schedule

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Available for all soccer fans!

The long-awaited book on the history of the original Rochester Lancers from their inception in the 1960's to their final NASL season in 1980, written by the man who covered the Lancers from 1975-1980 for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle newspaper, our Soccer is a Kick in the Grass' US Soccer Reporter, Front Row Soccer's Michael Lewis.
 
Visit www.rochesterlancersbook.com to learn more or click below to purchase the book today!

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Now available!

The second book on the history of the Rochester Lancers, "Still Alive and Kicking - The story of the 21st Century Rochester Lancers", written by our Soccer is a Kick in the Grass' US Soccer Reporter, Front Row Soccer's Michael Lewis.
 
Visit www.rochesterlancersbook.com to learn more or click below to purchase the book today!

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Flower City Union and Flower City 1872 
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Soccer is a Kick in the Grass

For tickets. merch & more, visit www.flowercityunion.com

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A TO Z - 50 Years of Soccer in North America 1966-2016 by Dick Howard

Our former international correspondent, Canadian Soccer and Rochester Lancers Wall of Famer Dick Howard, has done it all in the world's game, from playing in the NASL and on the Canadian National Team to teaching and coaching to radio and TV broadcasting to serving on the FIFA Technical Study Group. Dick has compiled a A-Z of his life in soccer, which you can download below (PDF).

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