North America's longest running soccer show
sponsored by Dr. David Olivo Family Dentistry
North America's longest running soccer show
sponsored by Dr. David Olivo Family Dentistry
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 and Flower City 1872 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.Our Latest Show - 11/4/24
Andrew, Joe 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 MLS playoffs and the surprising results including the NY Red Bulls knocking out defending champs Columbus and #1 seeds Inter Miami and LAFC being forced to a third and deciding game in the conference quarterfinals, the end of the NWSL regular season and the possibility of MLS and the USL moving to a fall to spring schedule after the 2026 World Cup.
Joe and Andrew gave the international report with the winners of the Ballon D'Or awards last week, the results from Serie A and the Premiership and this week's Champions League and domestic matches.
Andrew and Joe also talked about Flower City 1872 hiring Antonio LaGamba and former Flower City Union MVP Kyle Nelson as their new coaches and reviewing the sectional high school soccer champions and the upcoming college soccer league playoffs.
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.
World Cup 2026 Schedule
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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!
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!
Flower City Union and Flower City 1872
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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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