This was the final Soccer is a Kick in the Grass radio show after nearly 31 years on the air. We had many of our friends and supporters from the past 3 decades joining us to celebrate and remember what has made soccer in Rochester so special. Guests were the Honorable Vincent DiNolfo, former co-hosts Joe Giuliano and (via tape) the late Wayne Fuller, Rochester Rhinos Hall of Famers Lenin Steenkamp, Doug Miller, Scott Vallow and Pat Ercoli, Rochester Lancers Wall of Famer Nelson Cupello, soccer entrepreneurs Chris Economides, Soccer Sam Fantauzzo, Mark Washo and Mark Mandell, our sponsors Tony D’Aiuto, Bernie Iacovangelo and Enzo Scollo, our correspondents Dick Howard, Michael Lewis and the late Bruno Sniders from 2007 and WYSL owner Bob Savage and show producer and engineer Bob D’Angelo. Thanks for all you support over the past 31 years!

We started the show with the announcement that after nearly 31 years on the air,

Soccer is a Kick in the Grass will have its final show this Monday, April 14.

Our special guest was our indoor soccer correspondent, Greg Suttie, who talked about the MASL3 playoffs and Roc City Boom losing in the final to RGV 9-6 and the quarter and semi-finals of the MASL playoffs leading to defending champion Chihuahua facing San Diego on the next 2 Sundays in a home and home series.

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 closing of one of the biggest soccer stores in the US on Long Island, the US being awarded the 2031 Women’s World Cup and the US Women beating Brazil 2-0 on Saturday.

Andrew and Joe gave the international report discussing the latest matches from Serie A and the Premiership and previewing the 1st leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals.

Our special guest was the coach of the MASL3 regular season champion Roc City Boom, Jim Hesch, who spoke about the undefeated regular season and the MASL3 playoffs this weekend where the Boom will play in the semi-finals on 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), talked about the passing of Hank Steinbrecher, the former secretary general for U.S. Soccer throughout the 1990’s, the US Women facing Brazil in a friendly on Saturday and taking on Canada July 2, the latest news results in MLS and the 1st leg of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Andrew and Joe gave the international report discussing the quarterfinals of the FA Cup where all the road teams won, the latest from Serie A and the upcoming matches around Europe this week. Andrew also talked about his trip in England, how the BBC and ITV cover live soccer matches and his visit to the pub in Covent Garden where the rules of modern soccer were finalized by the FA in 1863.

Our special guest was the captain of the MASL3 regular season champion Roc City Boom, Konrad Zydowicz, who spoke about the 2 wins the team had over the weekend in Cleveland to clinch the MASL East and then the Supporters Shield, his teams going 24-1 over the past 2 seasons and the upcoming MASL3 playoffs next weekend.

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 former NASL Rochester Lancer Edner Breton being inducted into the Long Island Soccer Players Hall of Fame this past weekend and the US Men's National Team losing both games in the CONCACAF Nations League Final 4 to Panama and Canada.

Andrew and Joe gave the international report discussing the firing of Juventus' manager Thiago Motta, the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League and the current slate of World Cup 2026 qualifying with Japan and New Zealand punching their tickets over the weekend. Andrew also reported on NISA not having a regular season in 2025 and the latest news from Flower City Union and 1872.

Our special guest was the leading scorer for MASL3 Roc City Boom, Eduardo Figueroa, who talked about his background in soccer, his success this season having 6 hat tricks in 7 matches, how the team has been preparing the final 2 regular season matches at Cleveland this weekend and how this season has differed from when he played for the MASL2 Lancers.

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 latest results in MLS and the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the start of the NWSL season and the upcoming CONCACAF Nations League Final 4 between the US/Panama and Mexico/Canada.

Andrew and Joe gave the international report discussing Newcastle winning the Carabao Cup, the latest results from Italy and Spain, the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League and this week's quarterfinals in the UEFA Nations League between Italy/Germany, Holland/Spain, Denmark/Portugal and Croatia/France.

We had 2 special guests on the show:

1) Our MASL correspondent, Greg Suttie, talked about the latest news and results from the league, the playoff picture and the key matchups coming this week.

2) Rochester Lancers Wall of Famer and Roc City Boom defender Jake Schindler, who talked about how this season is different from his previous years in the MASL1 and coaching the MASL2 Lancers while playing last season, the team's 15-4 road win over Sahara Gunners and what the team will be doing to prepare for the final 2 games at Cleveland later in March.

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 USWNT losing to Japan in the She Believes Cup, the award winners named by US Soccer this past weekend and the latest results from MLS.

Andrew and Joe revealed the 2025 schedule for Flower City Union and previewed the 1st leg of the Round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League taking place this week.

Our special guest was the head coach of the MASL3 indoor Roc City Boom, Jim Hesch, who spoke what he has done in soccer since his last appearance on the show in 2013, how he became coach of the Boom, the former Rochester Lancers players on the team and Saturday's opener against Cleveland.

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 passing of former World Cup and NY Arrows play-by-play announcer Al Trautwig, the current condition of USMNT legend Tony Meola after he suffered a heart attack last week, the initial weekend of matches in MLS and the upcoming She Believes Cup final between the USWNT and Japan.

Andrew and Joe talked about the Coppa Italia being won by Milan over Inter and Christian Pulisic scoring the tying goal and assisting on the winning goal in the final and the upcoming matches this weekend in Europe, including the FA Cup in England.

Our special guest was Roc City Boom captain Konrad Zydowicz, who talked about his role with the Boom, the team's 13-3 win over Sahara on Saturday, whether he prefers indoor or Outdoor soccer and this Saturday's 1v2 match against Cleveland.

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), joined Andrew and Joe to discuss the USL starting a new Division 1 league in the next 2-3 years and what that means for US soccer, plus Michael previewed the start of the MLS season this weekend.

Andrew and Joe reviewed the matches in the UEFA Champions League Round of 32 and the upcoming 2nd legs and also the latest from Serie A and the English Premiership.

We had 2 special guests on the show:

1) Our MASL correspondent, Greg Suttie, talked about the latest news from the league and Wednesday's 1st ever in-season MASL All-Star game taking place in Utica.

2) Roc City Boom's leading goal scorer Jameson Railey, who talked about his background in soccer, the Boom's big 25-4 road win over Sahara Gunners where he had 6 goals and 5 assists with many regulars and Saturday's 3rd game in a row against Sahara this Saturday at the Rochester Sports Garden.

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 start of MLS next weekend, the outstanding place of USMNT's Christian Pulisic and Josh Sargent in Europe and the US U17 Men looking to qualify for the World Cup this week in CONCACAF qualification.

Andrew and Joe reviewed the league and FA Cup matches this past weekend and previewed the 1st leg of the Round of 32 in the UEFA Champions League.

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 this 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, gave the latest results and fixtures for the European domestic leagues and reported on the latest signings from Flower City Union and 1872.

This was a special edition of the show featuring 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.

Our special guest was Roc City Boom's Dan Reger, who spoke on his background in soccer, the pair of wins the Boom had against Youngstown last weekend, the unity and cohesiveness of the Boom and Saturday's important match against Sahara Gunners.

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), gave his report on the USMNT's 3-1 win over Venezuela on Saturday and the top players in the match, Alyssa Naeher winning the US Soccer Female Player of the Year, the return of the Buffalo Stallions club in the NPSL and the latest from the transfer window for US players

Andrew talked about the weekend's matches in Europe and this week's UEFA Champions League ties, plus the latest signings from Flower City Union and 1872.

Our special guest was the top goalkeeper in MASL3, Roc City Boom's Jakeb Mitchell, who spoke on how last year's Rochester Lancers M2 players pulled together to play for the Boom this year and keep indoor soccer alive in Rochester, the opening 21-4 win over Cleveland on Saturday and how he as a practicing nurse was able to assist when 2 players collided heads in the 1st quarter of the match.

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), gave his report on the United Soccer Coaches Convention in Chicago, including his attending a seminar by USWNT coach Emma Hayes, the naming of former NASL Rochester Lancer Edner Breton to the Long Island Soccer Players Hall of Fame and Rochester's Kathryn Nesbitt being named the first US Soccer Female Referee of the year.

Andrew and Joe talked about the latest and upcoming matches in Serie A, the 3rd Round FA Cup results and the big cup ties in Round 4 and the Spanish Super Cup final.

Our special guest was the head coach of the MASL3 indoor Roc City Boom, Jim Hesch, who spoke what he has done in soccer since his last appearance on the show in 2013, how he became coach of the Boom, the former Rochester Lancers players on the team and Saturday's opener against Cleveland.

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 former Western NY Flash player McCall Zerboni leaving Gotham FC after 5 seasons, Antonee Robinson winning the 2024 US Soccer Male Player of the Year, the upcoming big dates for the NWSL in 2025, the selection of the USMNT for the upcoming January friendlies and Lionel Messi receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Andrew and Joe talked about the Coppa Italia being won by Milan over Inter and Christian Pulisic scoring the tying goal and assisting on the winning goal in the final and the upcoming matches this weekend in Europe, including the FA Cup in England.