We had 3 special guests:

Flower CityUnion midfielder Stephen Elias, who spoke on the NISA Northeast Independent Cup victory and scoring the tying goal, his background in soccer playing for NY Red Bull Academy and D1 for NC State, college soccer vs. academy soccer for becoming a pro and Saturday's home match against Maryland.
Our formerinternational correspondent, "Mr. Zero" Dick Howard talked about Canada being eliminated from the FIFA Women's World Cup, Haiti and Jamaica still in the hunt for the knockout stage, Japan being perfect through the group stage. Columbia's big upset over Germany and the Round of 16 matchups.
The Commissioner of the MASL2, Chris Economides, who exclusively revealed new teams joining the league this season (including in the Lancers' division), when the season will start and how many matches each team will play.

Front Row Soccer's Michael Lewis, the author of "Alive and Kicking, the Incredible but True Story of the Rochester Lancers" (go to rochesterlancersbook.com), and the newly released 2nd book "Still Alive and Kicking - The Story of the 21st Century Rochester Lancers, gave his thoughts on the USWNT's 1-1 draw with Holland and what the US needs to do to defeat Portugal and advance in the knockout stage, Yunus Musah joining Christian Pulisic at AC Milan and the latest from the MLS/Liga MX Leagues Cup.