Rochester Lancers

Full name	Rochester Lancers
Nickname(s)	Lancers
Stadium	Marina Auto Stadium, Rochester, New York
Capacity	13,768
Owner	Marc Mandell Nick Mojsovski Doug Miller Salvatore "SoccerSam" Fantauzzo
Coach	Doug Miller Adam Schwartz
League	NPSL
2017	3rd, Great Lakes East
Website	Club website
Home colors Away colors

The Rochester Lancers (formerly known as Rochester River Dogz FC) are an American soccer team based in Rochester, New York. The Original Lancers were founded in 1967, were brought back in 2011 as an indoor team and then joined the NPSL in 2016. The team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Midwest Region. The team play its home games at Marina Auto Stadium.

The team rebranded as the Rochester Lancers in April 2017.^[1]

About

The Rochester River Dogz Football Club were accepted to play in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in November 2015. The River Dogz won their inaugural game 1-0 against FC Buffalo. The River Dogz finished the regular season with a 3-4-3 record. The River Dogz were owned by Marc Mandell and Nick Mojsovski. In 2017 Doug Miller joined the group and convinced Salvatore "SoccerSam" Fantauzzo to be part owner and let the group use the Rochester Lancers name and logo. The Lancers celebrated their 50th year in 2017 with the return of the outdoor Lancers in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and the new Lady Lancers in the United Women's Soccer League (UWS). The 2017 both Lancers outdoor teams played at the Charlie Schiano Field at The Aquinas Institute. Due to renovations at Aquinas the teams moved to the Marina Auto Stadium for the 2018 season. The team was formed in the NASL in 1967. The team played from 1967-1980. In 2009 SoccerSam purchased the Lancers name and logo for his soccer collection and to pay tribute to the Legends and pioneers of American soccer. In 2011, SoccerSam introduced the indoor Lancers as part of the MISL which became the MASL. Lancers indoor soccer brought back many familiar Rochester soccer favorites, including Doug Miller who was the teams leading scorer for the first three seasons and then became the head coach in the final year. After the 2015 season the team went into hiatus due to issues with the NYS insurance fund. ^[2]

Stadium

Marina Auto Stadium in Rochester, NY will serve as the home field for the 2018 season. ^[3]

Year-by-year

Players

2017 Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 0 GK William Banahene 28 DF Jake Schindler (Captain) 14 DF Alex Harling 16 DF Anthony Rozzano 7 DF Tim Crawford 9 FW Will Stone 22 MF Rafael Godoi 4 DF Dean Byrne 5 MF Jared Toth 10 MF Ben Allan 24 MF Matthew Tucker 11 MF Lukas Fernandes 12 MF Sammy Wasson 13 MF August Finn

No. Position Player DF Nikkye De Point 15 MF Austin Gerber 23 DF Glenn Holmes 21 FW Zikret Osmic 18 FW Isaac Kissi 25 MF Jesse Toth 3 MF Antonio Manfut 2 FW John Imwalle 29 DF Jayme Kapinos FW Dominic Coco 20 FW Mitchell Brickman 17 FW Sam Jiggins 30 GK Joey Kapinos 1 GK Tyler Brew

2018 Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK William Banahene 28 DF Jake Schindler (Captain) 14 DF Alex Harling 16 DF Anthony Rozzano 7 DF Tim Crawford 9 FW Will Stone 2 MF Rafael Godoi 3 MF David Wright 4 DF Wyatt Scott 5 MF Marko Mitrevski 6 MF Ben Allan 10 MF Frank Ciliberto

No. Position Player 11 MF Lukas Fernandes 12 MF Darren Toby 13 MF August Finn 14 DF Nikkye De Point 15 MF Austin Gerber 20 DF Glenn Holmes 21 FW Peter DiLorenzo 22 FW Isaac Kissi 23 DF Alex Harling 24 DF Jake Schindler 25 MF JP Reyes 3 MF Luke Pavone 19 FW Doug Miller

Note: Roster up-to-date as of 09-6-18.^[4]

References

External links

• Official website