by JAKE NUTTING The Tampa Bay Rowdies made their long-awaited return to the field on Saturday, mounting a comeback effort to knock off Atlanta United 2 2-1. You can ready Matt Cox’s full recap of the match here. As grateful as they were to be back out on the field after a four-month suspension in […]
Opinion
Unused Substitutes Best XI of the Decade: Forwards, Recap
We’ve come to the conclusion of our Best XI of the Decade debate. Today we’re picking the forwards who we feel have had the biggest impact through the first ten seasons of the Rowdies modern era, taking a look at our entire XIs, and presenting our bench selections. If you haven’t already, be sure to […]
Unused Substitutes Best XI of the Decade: Midfielders
With our picks for goalkeeper (read those here) and defenders (check those out here) in the rearview, it’s time to select our midfielder for Best XI of the decade. Finding the right balance in a midfield is tough. There are plenty of obvious creative attackers to go with, but you don’t want to lose sight […]
Unused Substitutes Best XI of the Decade: Defenders
Yesterday’s discussion over who was the top Rowdies keeper of the decade (which you can read here) was a fairly straightforward one. Today things get a little thornier as we try to decide which defenders will earn a spot on our All-Decade XI list. Some of us were assured in our picks, others found the […]
Unused Substitutes Best XI of the Decade: Goalkeeper
What? It’s been ten years already? That’s right. We’ve seen the Tampa Bay Rowdies lift a championship trophy, but also change leagues almost as many times as they’ve changed owners. Many players have also come and gone in the last decade. Not just wonderfully skilled players, but also ones with character and integrity that make […]
Rays’ Split-Season Proposal Raises Questions for Rowdies Fans
by MIKE PENDLETON and JAKE NUTTING UPDATE:Rays President and Rowdies Vice Chairman Brian Auld spoke with Unused Substitutes about the Ray’s proposal may or may not mean for the Rowdies. Read the interview here. What do we know? Well, not much…or at least not what we most want to know. With the Rays/Montreal press conference […]
Nine Times
by MATT COX Since the start of the Modern Era for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, the season’s slate of home games, today included, has ended nine times. The 2012 season’s end was undoubtedly the best, watching the club hoist a championship trophy and add that second star, but there have been plenty of lows too. […]
Measuring Rowdies Expectations
by JAKE NUTTING Now that everyone is enjoying the high of the Tampa Bay Rowdies’ first three-match winning streak of the year, allow me to dampen the mood a bit. Even with the Rowdies recording wins in four of their last five outings, they currently only have a 33 percent shot at clinching a postseason […]