…Also, on that day at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores, Walter Elizondo converted a 75th-minute penalty to secure a 1:0 win for #LDAlajuelense of #CostaRica over the USA’s #RochesterLancers, before a crowd of 40,000.
…Also, on that day in 1972, before a crowd of 40,000 at Estadio Mateo Flores, Oscar Molina had 2 goals to lead the hosts #ComunicacionesFC to a 3:1 victory against #RochesterLancers during final group of ’71 delayed Concacaf Champions Cup. Manfred Seissler scored for the #NASL side.
#OnThisDay in 1972 – Goals by Charlie Mitchell & Francisco Escos gave #RochesterLancers a 2:0 win against #SVEstrella of #Aruba during final group of ’71 delayed Concacaf Champions Cup, before 20,000 fans, at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores.
#OnThisDay in 1972 – #RochesterLancers held 2-time Concacaf Champions Cup winners #CruzAzul to a 1:1 tie during ’71 delayed final round group before a crowd of 25,000 at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores. José Luis Desachy scored for the Mexican side, while Manfred Seissler notched the equalizer. …
#OnThisDay in 1972 – #RochesterLancers opened final group of ’71 delayed Concacaf Champions Cup w/ a 2:0 victory against #SVTransvaal, before a crowd of 42,000, at #Guatemala’s Estadio Mateo Flores. Eli Durante & Carlos Dell’Omodarme scored for the U.S. club. …
...However, Manfred Seissler scored in OT for the #RochesterLancers as it claimed the series advanced to the tournament’s next round against #México’s #CDGuadalajara.
#OnThisDay in 1971 – Dave Frost, James Parsons & Elli Wilson scored hosts #PembrokeHamilton’s 3:0 win over #RochesterLancers during the 2nd leg of Concacaf Champions Cup 1st Round & tied the home-and-away series (4:4 agg.), before 4,000 fans, at #Bermuda’s PHC Stadium…
#OnThisDay in 1971 – Carlos Metridieri scored twice to lead the hosts #RochesterLancers to a 4:1 win over #PembrokeHamilton of #Bermuda in 1st leg of North American Zone Opening Round Series 2 for Concacaf Champions’ Cup at Aquinas Memorial Stadium.
#OnThisDay in 1970 – Renato Herrera Costa scored twice, while Luis Marotte added a tally to give hosts #RochesterLancers a 3:0 victory over #WashingtonDarts, in 1st leg of #NASL Championship Final, before crowd of 9,321, at #AquinasMemorialStadium.
Today is the 54th anniversary of the longest game played in professional soccer in the USA, when the Rochester Lancers outlasted the Dallas Tornado in a 176-minute marathon.
Read on in my latest View From The Front Row piece.
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#OnThisDay in 1972 – #RochesterLancers held 2-time Concacaf Champions’ Cup winners #CruzAzul to a 1:1 draw during ’71 delayed final group before a crowd of 25,000 at Guatemala City’s Mateo Flores Stadium. José Luis Desachy scored for the Mexican side, while Manfred Seissler tied it.
#OnThisDay in 1972 – #RochesterLancers opened final group of ’71 delayed Concacaf Champions’ Cup w/ a 2:0 victory against #SVTransvaal, before a crowd of 42,000, at Guatemala City’s Mateo Flores Stadium. Eli Durante & Carlos Dell’Omodarme scored for the Lancers.
This story also gives me the chance to revisit #DallasTornadoes v #RochesterLancers longest game of football, which as @soccerwriter.bsky.social brilliantly told us on an #byfarthegreatest team podcast about the Lancers, was settled by a 176th minute winner😀 Crazy days, but a great story
