I was fortunate enough to see the Tampa Bay Rowdies open 2020 with a win at New York Red Bulls II in person. I was also unfortunately there to witness them get drubbed 5-0 by the same Red Bulls in April of 2018. Neill Collins was the player that came out of the locker room […]
Recaps
Rowdies Suppress Louisville Attack to Claim Eastern Conference Title
The Tampa Bay Rowdies will play on in 2020. Tampa Bay extended their season another week by prevailing 2-1 over Louisville City FC in Saturday’s Eastern Confernce Final at Lynn Family Stadium. Zach Steinberger notched the first goal just four minutes into the match and captain Sebastian Guenzatti bagged the winner seconds before the halftime […]
Bench Takes: Let’s Hear it for the Lads
For weeks, Neill Collins has been saying that if the Rowdies showed up and played their game at the level they’ve set for themseleves, the result would come against the Charleston Battery. Saturday night was the last chance the players had to prove him right. There wasn’t going to be a sixth matchup with the […]
Lucky Strikes Again as Rowdies Beat Battery When it Mattered Most
The frustration from several defeats the Tampa Bay Rowdies suffered at the hands of the Charleston Battery in recent months were completely wiped away on Saturday night. When it mattered most, the Rowdies met the moment and posted a 1-0 win over the Battery in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. For the second week in a […]
Pair of Late Goals Send Rowdies Past Birmingham and on to Conference Semifinals
Things were looking pretty bleak for the Tampa Bay Rowdies an hour into their clash with Birmingham Legion FC in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference Quarterfinal on Saturday night at Al Lang. After torching Birmingham with two goals in the first half, the Rowdies then conceded twice themselves in the second half. Thankfully they righted […]
Rowdies Drop Season Finale to Battery and Lose Out on East’s Top Seed
The Tampa Bay Rowdies closed out the regular season with their third loss of the year to the Charleston Battery. With a steady rain falling all night on Saturday at Al Lang, the two sides exchanged quick goals in the second half but it was the Battery who found the winner late in the match […]
Rowdies Dispatch Miami 1-0 After Delay
For the third time this year, the Tampa Bay Rowdies (10W-2L-3D, 33 pts) had to contend with an extended weather delay. This time it was the club’s away match against Miami FC (2W-8L-4D, 10 pts) that was scheduled to kick off at 7:30 didn’t end up starting until 10:01. The delay didn’t dampen the Rowdies […]
Late Guenzatti Winner Secures Postseason Berth, Season Sweep of Atlanta
With under 30 seconds left in stoppage time in Wednesday’s battle with Atlanta United 2 (2W-9L-3D, 9 pts), it looked as if the Tampa Bay Rowdies (9W-2L-3D, 30 pts) were going to have to settle for a point. Fortunately, Sebastian Guenzatti had other plans and bagged a last-gasp winner in the final seconds to give […]
‘Carbon Copy’ Performance Sinks Rowdies in Charleston
The Tampa Bay Rowdies’ returned to South Carolina on Friday hoping to set things right after falling 1-0 to the Charleston Battery two weeks ago. Instead they fell by the exact same scoreline, allowing the Battery to pull within three points of them in the Group H standings. This time around Zeiko Lewis provided the […]
Rowdies Come Out Firing After Delay, Dispatch Philadelphia 2-0
You don’t get to say this too often — the Tampa Bay Rowdies’s 2-0 win over Philadelphia Union II on Sunday night came very close to carrying over into Monday. A lengthy lightning delay pushed kickoff by two and a half hours, meaning the final whistle didn’t blow until around a quarter to midnight. It’s […]