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 […]
It turns out the Tampa Bay Rowdies aren’t only capable of discovering unknown talents like Juan Tejada to impact the play on the field. They also do it in the commentrary booth. You’d never know based on the way he handles himself while calling games at Al Lang, but Ryan Davis had extremely limited broadcast […]
Chad Burt knows a thing or two about the soccer scene in Tampa Bay. A native of St. Petersburg, Burt grew up playing the game in the region through the 90s and early 00s. When he was just a few years old his father Hans founded the local youth soccer club Stricty Soccer FC, which […]
Late last year, Kevin Foley was driving home in the rain after a shift at the Wolverhampton Wanderers academy when his phone rang. It was his old Wolves teammate Neill Collins. They had been playing phone tag for about a week. This time they connected. Collins had an unexpected offer — come join the Rowdies […]
by JAKE NUTTING On Friday night, Tampa Bay Rowdies captain Sebastian Guenzatti will in all likelihood make his 77th appearance for the Green and Gold when the club hosts the Charleston Battery. On the same day in 2017, the Rowdies officially announced the signing of Guenzatti, who up until that point was best known to […]
by DANIEL FINTON Given the Coronavirus pandemic, times are tough. The difficulties everyone are facing have shown us in the grand scheme of things that soccer is just not that important. Coming to such an abrupt realization like that can hurt many within the industry, whether they’re a player, a coach, a physio or even […]
While the coronavirus pandemic has put the Tampa Bay Rowdies’ USL Championship season on indefinite hold, the club is charging ahead with a project that has been gestating since last year. Last week the club announced the launch of Rowdies Gaming, an initiative with aims of developing athletes in the rapidly growing world of eSports. […]
by JAKE NUTTING A life in soccer was not what Stuart Dobson had in mind when he moved to America to attend college in the early 90s. Nearly 30 years later, though, Dobson is still spending his weekdays at training sessions, preparing for weekend matches, now as the assistant coach of the Tampa Bay Rowdies. […]