The Rochester Lancers will kick off their third season in the National Premier Soccer League at FC Buffalo at Robert E. Rich All-High Stadium in Buffalo on Saturday, May 16 at 7 p.m.

They will host Erie Commodores FC in their home opener at Aquinas Institute in Rochester, N.Y. on Saturday, May 30 at 5 p.m.

The Lancers will play 10 regular-season matches in the Rust Belt Conference this season.

Rochester will complete its Major Arena Soccer League season in March. The team’s final two home games are set for the Dome Arena in Henrietta, N.Y. against the Florida Tropics on Friday, March 6 and the Kansas City Comets on Saturday, March 7. Both matches kick off at 7 p.m.

The Lancers’ final game of the MASL season will be played at the Orlando Seawolves on Sunday, March 22 at 3:05 p.m.

The team plans to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its 1970 North American Soccer League championship throughout the season, which includes wearing throw-back uniforms from half a century ago.

The schedule:

Home

May 30 — Erie Commodores FC, 5 p.m.

June 6 — F.C. Buffalo, 5 p.m.

June 13 — Pittsburgh Hotspurs 5 p.m.

June 20 — Syracuse FC, 5 p.m.

June 27 — Cleveland SC, 5 p.m.

Away

May 16 — at FC Buffalo, 7 p.m.

May 23 — at Syracuse FC, 4 p.m.

May 31 — at Pittsburgh Hotspurs, 3 p.m.

June 14 — at Cleveland SC, 4 p.m.

July 11 — at Erie Commodores FC, 7 p.m.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.