A handful of Tampa Bay Rowdies players have not remained idle in the offseason. Sebastian Guenzatti, Leo Fernandes, Forrest Lasso, Yann Ekra, Zach Steinberger, Lewis Hilton and Lucky Mkosana all are among a class of 31 active USL Championship players participating in a coaching course that allows thems to pursure their first coaching licenses. The […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are sitting in a much different position today in comparison to the break between the 2018 and 2019 USL Championship seasons, when head coach Neill Collins was going through his first offseason in charge. Back then the Rowdies had just missed the postseason after a deflating season. Now the club is […]
The 2020 Tampa Bay Rowdies were one more win away from becoming just the third squad in Rowdies history to capture a league title. They weren’t denied that ultimate prize by the Western Conference’s winners Phoenix Rising FC, though. Instead they fell short of their goal when several positive COVID-19 test results within the Rowdies […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies announced Thursday that the club has elected not to field teams in the upcoming USL League Two and WPSL seasons and will evaluate whether to continue with the intiatives at a later date. Early last year the Rowdies announced the formation of the Rowdies U23s and Rowdies Women to play in […]
There’s no getting around it: the end of the this season stung. To see the Rowdies be denied their chance at their first league title since 2012 because of circumstances away was not the way anyone wanted this to end. Given time to reflect, though, the 2020 season (a.k.a. the season of ZoZo) has […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are poised to hold on to a significant chunk of the roster that helped the club claim the USL Championship Eastern Conference title in 2020. In addition to the list of nine players already confirmed by the Rowdies to return earlier this month, Unused Substitutes has learned the club has secured […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies confirmed on Tuesday that nine players from the 2020 squad that claimed the USL Championship Eastern Conference championship will be returning for next season. That number could grow in the coming weeks, but among the nine are Rowdies captain Sebastian Guenzatti and USL Defender of the Year Forrest Lasso. “We are […]
After a sterling 2020 season for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, center back Forrest Lasso has been named as the USL Championship’s Defender of the Year. The award is determined by technical staffs and team executives from across the league, as well as media representatives from each USL market. Lasso, 27, won with 40 percent of […]
There will be no USL Cup champion in 2020. A little over 24 hours before the The Tampa Bay Rowdies and Phoenix Rising FC were slated to play for the USL Championship’s title at Al Lang, the league has elected to cancel the match after several Rowdies players tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday. Sport’s […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins will have to miss out on Sunday’s USL Championship Final against Phoenix Rising FC after testing positive for COVID-19. Additionally, his assistant coach Kevin Foley and one more unidentified individual within the Rowdies organization tested positive and will therefore not be at Al Lang for the match. “After […]