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 […]
by JAKE NUTTING It’s February, which means it’s time for another Suncoast Invitational at Al Lang. Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact and Inter Miami FC will travel to downtown St. Petersburg to face the USL Championship’s Tampa Bay Rowdies as all three prepare for the start of their seasons next month. Montreal is up first […]
The Unused Substitutes spoke with Tampa Bay Rowdies head coach Neill Collins about a handful of topics this week. The first part of that interview, focusing primarily on the recent cuts to the roster and looking back on the 2019 season can be found here. Below is the rest of our interview with Collins, […]
No one was quite sure what to expect from the mostly new-look Tampa Bay Rowdies as they entered the 2019 USL Championship season. After losing just one of their first 20 matches, though, many took notice of head coach Neill Collins’ squad as a contender to win it all. However, results became much harder to […]
After spending most of the USL Championship season as an Eastern Conference favorite to contend for the league’s title, the Tampa Bay Rowdies start the postseason with much to prove. A string of disappointing results in recent months — including a 2-1 defeat to Hartford Athletic
The Unused Substitutes caught up with Tampa Bay Rowdies head coach Neill Collins ahead of the team’s meeting with second-place New York Red Bulls II to talk about responding to defeat, the value of mentality, and Sebastian Guenzatti’s importance to the squad. Unused Substitutes: The team looked really confident against St. Louis. They seemed to […]
by JAKE NUTTING There was no shortage of reactions from yesterday’s press conference in which the Tampa Bay Rays made their case for splitting future Major League Baseball seasons between Tampa Bay and Montreal. Rowdies fans entered the conversation when it came to principal owner Stuart Sternberg’s comment that the Rowdies and Rays sharing a […]
Now over half a year into the Tampa Bay Rays’ tenure as owners of the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Rays President Brian Auld believes the transition has been seamless. The trick to achieving that has been letting the people who know the ins and outs of the sport and the Rowdies do their thing. Auld, […]