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 […]
by JAKE NUTTING “Every offseason it’s something.” Lee Cohen is one of the few people who can say that from firsthand experience when it comes to the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Since joining the Rowdies ahead of their first modern era season in 2010, Cohen has been there for every up and down along the way. […]
by JAKE NUTTING The Tampa Bay Rowdies took an expected but nonetheless important step toward a new era of ownership on Thursday afternoon, as the St. Petersburg City Council voted in favor of transferring the club’s current use agreement to operate Al Lang Stadium from Bill Edwards to the Tampa Bay Rays, who are expected […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards is not ready to give up on his crusade to improve refereeing in U.S. Soccer. After watching his club fall 2-1 to the United Soccer League’s first-place FC Cincinnati in the rain at Al Lang last Saturday thanks to two penalty goals for the visitors, Edwards was ready to […]
by JAKE NUTTING Tampa Bay Rowdies Owner Bill Edwards has followed through on last year’s threat of legal action against the North American Soccer League over its ties to Traffic Sports, the company brought down in the FBI’s 2015 investigation into FIFA corruption. Edwards filed a lawsuit in Pinellas County on Thursday, alleging he was […]
by JAKE NUTTING A week after officially launching their campaign to gain admittance into Major League Soccer, the Tampa Bay Rowdies have learned the timetable for achieving their goal. On Thursday, MLS Commissioner Don Garber revealed that the 25th and 26th and teams to enter the league will be announced at some point in the […]
by JAKE NUTTING Bill Edwards isn’t quite done with the NASL yet. In a report from The Guardian, the Tampa Bay Rowdies owner claims that he is set to take legal action against the NASL over its relationship with Traffic Sports, the Brazilian sports marketing company that was heavily involved in the NASL until last […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies were not on the field for Sunday’s NASL championship final. They missed the postseason entirely despite owner Bill Edwards’ consistently bold proclamations that the team would and should finish the year as one of the league’s final four teams. However, in the face of such a massive letdown, Edwards was far […]