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
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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 local high school and college soccer 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 the Voice of Liberty Stations - WYSL 1040 AM/92.1 FM and 95.5 FM in Rochester, NY and 1480 AM WLEA /106.9 and FM WCKR FM 92.1 in Hornell, NY! The shows are also available on this site under Podcasts.Our Latest Show - 2/3/25
Our special guest was Roc City Boom's record point scorer Rafa Godoi, who talked about his time between the Rochester Lancers and the Boom, scoring 13 points in the team's 30-10 win over Sahara Gunners (A new MASL3 record) and how the team is preparing for the rematch with the Gunners in Lockport Saturday.
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), celebrated his 50 year anniversary of covering soccer by reminiscing on his first event, the 1975 NASL indoor soccer regional tournament in Rochester. Michael also talked about Hope Solo returning to the pitch for the first time in a decade in the TST tournament in June, the passing of NASL referee Toros Kibritjian, the ruling on the lawsuit brough by the NASL against US Soccer and MLS and the $2.1MM transfer of USMNT's Jack McGlynn from Philly to Houston.
Andrew reviewed the draw for the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, the latest results and fixtures for the European domestic leagues and reported on the latest signings from Flower City Union and 1872.
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!
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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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