2014–15 MASL season | |||
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Owner/CEO | Salvatore Fantauzzo | ||
Head Coach | Doug Miller | ||
Arena |
Blue Cross Arena 1 War Memorial Square Rochester, New York 14614 |
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Major Arena Soccer League | 3rd, Eastern (regular season) | ||
Ron Newman Cup | Lost Division Final | ||
Top goalscorer | Mauricio Salles (41 goals, 16 assists) | ||
Highest home attendance | 10,215 (March 1 vs. Baltimore Blast) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,004 (December 20 vs. Syracuse Silver Knights) | ||
Average home league attendance | 6,539 (10 games) | ||
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The 2014–15 Rochester Lancers season was the fourth and final season of the Rochester Lancers professional indoor soccer club. The Lancers, an Eastern Division team in the Major Arena Soccer League, played their home games at Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, New York.
The team was led by owner Salvatore "Soccer Sam" Fantauzzo and head coach Doug Miller. The Lancers finished the regular season with a 10–10 record, making this the first season in the team's four-year history with a record at or above .500. They won the first round of the MASL playoffs but lost to the Baltimore Blast in the Eastern Division final. In July 2015, the team cited a sharp increase in the cost of insurance to more than double the team's payroll costs and announced the end of the franchise.
The Lancers began on an up note by defeating the Detroit Waza in overtime, winning their season opener for the first time in franchise history. The team then lost an overtime decision to the Ontario Fury before their first of two three-game winning streaks on the season. The Lancers lost 7 of their next 8 games, defeating only the Detroit Waza between December 27 and January 24. Of the Lancers' 10 wins in the regular season, 3 came from sweeping the season series against Detroit, another 4 from sweeping the Harrisburg Heat, and the remaining 3 from splitting their 6-game series against the Syracuse Silver Knights. The Lancers lost all 4 of their regular season matchups against the Baltimore Blast and all 3 of their games against non-division opponents. Their 10–10 record was good enough for third place in the Eastern Division and a spot in the playoffs. There they defeated Syracuse in a best-of-3 series before facing Baltimore on the road for a winner-take-all Eastern Division Final. The Lancers fell 6–4 to the Blast, ending their season.