[7] On July 21, 1967, it was confirmed the Lancers would participate in the ASL's first division and would open the season on 27 August at home against Boston Tigers, and the teams would also play an exhibition match two weeks earlier.

[8] A few days before the season, Rochester Lancers replaced manager Kucil with George Baker and signed seven players including Scottish forward Ken Allison and Brazilian Nelson Bergamo, who had played for Santos FC.

[24] On October 15, Ricardo Musci was fired as coach after the team had compiled a record of four wins, three losses and one draw in league play, with an additional five loses in exhibition matches.

[28][29] Six weeks before the start of the 1969 season, Andrej Nagy resigned his position and was replaced by former Canada men's national soccer team assistant coach Frank Pike.

[32] Other notable additions included John Kerr, who had played with the team during the 1967 season;[33] Canadian international Ralph McPate;[34] and former captain of the NASL Houston Stars Hungarian-born Tibor Vigh.

[13] DeRosa brought several Syracuse players including goalkeeper Claude Campos, attacking Midfielder Frank Odoi and defender Winston Earle to Rochester.

[68] During the off-season, Rochester added several players from the now-defunct Kansas City Spurs, including the leading scorer Manfred Seissler,[69] and signed defender Adolfo Gori from Juventus FC[70] On 19 March 1971, the Lancers participated in the NASL's 1971 Hoc-Soc Tournament, the league's first foray into indoor soccer, which was hosted by St. Louis Stars.

[1][2] In the first round of the North American Zone qualifying stage, the Lancers were drawn to play the Bermudian Premier Division champions Pembroke Hamilton in a two-legged series.

[103] Shortly after the season's end, GM Charles Schiano announced he would recommend against retaining Gori as head coach of the team,[104] a move confirmed in mid-December.

[120] In January 1974, the Lancers announced DeRosa would switch positions and become the team's assistant general manager and that the club would hire Brockport State's Bill Hughes as head coach.

Club vice president and general manager John Petrossi stated it was the league rather than the Lancers that had defaulted on certain conditions and repeated a threat to move the team to Buffalo.

[186] A week later, the team lost to the Portland Timbers 3–2 at home in overtime, it was the Lancers' first loss at Holleder Memorial Stadium since 11 June 1976, a span of fourteen games.

[194] Facing the Cosmos, the Lancers lost both legs of the playoff series, losing the first match 1–2 at home with a record 20,005 fans in attendance,[195] and 4–1 at Giants Stadium the next week.

[203] Also during the off-season, the organization established a booster club to help with fan outreach, redesigned the team's uniforms, hired a dance squad to perform at home games, and negotiated with the city for a new clock and scoreboard.

[205] On 12 May 1978, seven members of the front-office staff resigned their positions after public relations director Jerry Epstein was fired, citing disagreement with board chairman Charlie Schiano.

Coach Popović tried to punch lineman Steve Szabo, feeling the Toronto side's midfielder was off-side; the fans tried to storm the field, and threw rocks and other objects at match officials.

[213][a] The Lancers finished the 1978 North American Soccer League season in last place of the National Conference Eastern Division with 16 losses and 14 wins, one of which was awarded by forfeit against Tulsa Roughnecks, who used an ineligible player during the match on June 15, 1978.

[65] After the conclusion of the regular season, Bernie Rodin announced to the press general manager Don Paul would not be returning to the position, a decision team president Pat Dinolfo disputed.

[217] On 22 October 1978, Don Popović resigned his position as head coach to take the same job at the New York Arrows in the newly founded Major Indoor Soccer League.

The Arrows were owned by John Luciani, a business partner of Lancer's co-owner Bernie Rodin, and the organizations planned to loan and sell players between the teams.

[221] In what was considered a coup for the club, goalkeeper Shep Messing, who was the highest-paid American soccer player the previous season with Oakland Stompers,[222][223] signed with the Lancers.

[225][226] Several players who won the MISL championship with New York Arrows, including Luis Alberto, Branko Šegota, Jim McLoughlin, Enzo Di Pede and Damir Šutevski, joined the Lancers.

[250] In October 1979, it was predicted the investigation would continue into the next calendar year; NASL Commissioner Phil Woosnam was planning to question the players involved and the journalists who reported the incident.

A spokesperson for the league told media inquirers it believed the matter had already been settled; Luciani had visited Montreal to scout the city as a potential location for the Lancers.

[275] The Lancers rehired Alex Perolli, who had coached the team for the first part of the 1970 NASL season and had been fired after a dispute with owner and general manager Charlie Schiano.

[294] Just before the final home game of the season against Atlanta Chiefs, Bernie Rodin stated if the Rochester-based owners sold their shares to him and John Luciani for $1.9 million, the team would remain in the city.

[301] The following month, the NASL announced the Lancers had "voluntarily terminated" the franchise by not paying the required performance bond and because of debts including over $100,000 to players, and $200,000 to the league and its teams.

[302] The previous week, however, Western Enterprises, a group of former Lancer owners who claimed to still have franchise rights, had filed for and received a restraining order from the New York Supreme Court barring the league from terminating the team.

[311] Two weeks later, a different State Supreme Court justice dismissed the Lancers' suit against the NASL on a technicality; a lawyer representing the owners promised to refile it.

[312] In late February, it was reported Pat Dinolfo had made a presentation to the league for reinstatement with the aim of restarting play for the 1982 season, and was waiting for the NASL to reply.