A handful of Tampa Bay Rowdies players have not remained idle in the offseason. Sebastian Guenzatti, Leo Fernandes, Forrest Lasso, Yann Ekra, Zach Steinberger, Lewis Hilton and Lucky Mkosana all are among a class of 31 active USL Championship players participating in a coaching course that allows thems to pursure their first coaching licenses. The […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are sitting in a much different position today in comparison to the break between the 2018 and 2019 USL Championship seasons, when head coach Neill Collins was going through his first offseason in charge. Back then the Rowdies had just missed the postseason after a deflating season. Now the club is […]
The 2020 Tampa Bay Rowdies were one more win away from becoming just the third squad in Rowdies history to capture a league title. They weren’t denied that ultimate prize by the Western Conference’s winners Phoenix Rising FC, though. Instead they fell short of their goal when several positive COVID-19 test results within the Rowdies […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies announced Thursday that the club has elected not to field teams in the upcoming USL League Two and WPSL seasons and will evaluate whether to continue with the intiatives at a later date. Early last year the Rowdies announced the formation of the Rowdies U23s and Rowdies Women to play in […]
Sunday’s USL Championship Final will the be the last match the Tampa Bay Rowdies prepare for for quite a while. Knowing that fact, Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins expects his players to be eager to put everything they have into the preparations. The trick is maintaining the intensity that got you this far while not […]
While the Tampa Bay Rowdies prepare to take on Phoenix Rising FC in the USL Championship FInal this Sunday at Al Lang, the club’s independent supporters group Ralph’s Mob is using the spotlight of the moment to raise money for two great causes. Ralph’s Mob Charities, the separately financed nonprofit arm of the supporters group, […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies have become a formidable defensive side in 2020. That fact was certainly on display in last Saturday’s 2-1 win in the Eastern Conference Final, in which the Rowdies stifled a Louisville City FC attack that had produced goals consistently throughout the year. Louisville’s leading scorer Cameron Lancaster was a non-factor for […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies forward Juan Tejada has one more match to look forward to after the USL Championsip final against Phoenix Rising FC at Al Lang this Sunday. The young striker has been named to Panama’s squad ahead of the country’s exhibition match against Japan on November 13 that will take place in Austria. While […]
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 […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies are set for their first appearance in the USL Championship’s Eastern Conference final this Saturday at 7:30 pm. Waiting to take them on is Louisville City FC. “There’s always a goal to reach and we’re just at the start,” Rowdies head coach Neill Collins said. “I’m pleased with the steps we’ve […]