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, […]
by JAKE NUTTING There are plenty of new faces and names on the roster for Tampa Bay Rowdies supporters to learn as the 2019 USL Championship kicks off, but the club hasn’t wiped the slate entirely clean from last year. Midfielder Dominic Oduro is one of 8 players on this year’s 24-man roster who represented […]
by JAKE NUTTING Juan Tejada may be an unknown to many Tampa Bay Rowdies supporters, but the USL Championship club’s latest recruit has been building his reputation in local soccer circles for a while now. For the last four years, Tejada has showcased his skills at Eckerd College, which is just a short 15-minute drive […]
by JAKE NUTTING The Tampa Bay Rowdies have been relatively quiet on player announcements so far, but that will change soon as players are set to start reporting to St. Petersburg on January 14. (Yes, they have a keeper under contract. Even a few center backs.) Supporters should expect to see plenty of new faces […]