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. […]
A month ago the biggest worry for the Tampa Bay Rowdies and many of their supporters was whether or not the city of St. Petersburg would allow them to continue the use of smoke displays at Al Lang Stadium.* That battle seems so quaint given where we sit now. Just five days after the Rowdies […]
by JAKE NUTTING If the kickoff for the 2020 Tampa Bay Rowdies season doesn’t quite feel imminent for you yet, it definitely does for the players and coaches. Rowdies Head Coach and Technical Director Neill Collins has already locked in his starting lineup and informed the players. “It’s not been easy. There’s some tough choices […]
by JAKE NUTTING A few weeks after the book closed on the 2019 Tampa Bay Rowdies, head coach Neill Collins spoke with Unused Substitutes on a number of topics. When reflecting on the experiment of taking youngsters Caleb Richards and Jordan Doherty on loan from English sides Collins said, “If some day down the line […]