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 […]
Sunday’s USL Championship Final will the be the last match the Tampa Bay Rowdies prepare for for quite a while. Knowing that fact, Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins expects his players to be eager to put everything they have into the preparations. The trick is maintaining the intensity that got you this far while not […]
While the Tampa Bay Rowdies prepare to take on Phoenix Rising FC in the USL Championship FInal this Sunday at Al Lang, the club’s independent supporters group Ralph’s Mob is using the spotlight of the moment to raise money for two great causes. Ralph’s Mob Charities, the separately financed nonprofit arm of the supporters group, […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies have become a formidable defensive side in 2020. That fact was certainly on display in last Saturday’s 2-1 win in the Eastern Conference Final, in which the Rowdies stifled a Louisville City FC attack that had produced goals consistently throughout the year. Louisville’s leading scorer Cameron Lancaster was a non-factor for […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies forward Juan Tejada has one more match to look forward to after the USL Championsip final against Phoenix Rising FC at Al Lang this Sunday. The young striker has been named to Panama’s squad ahead of the country’s exhibition match against Japan on November 13 that will take place in Austria. While […]