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 […]
For a 20-minute stretch on Saturday night the result looked far from certain. In the end, though, the Rowdies came out on top at the end of the 90 minutes to defeat Birmingham Legion FC and move on to the Eastern Conference Semifinal round next weekend. I’ll admit my optimism was dwindling quickly after Birmingham’s […]
The final weekend of the regular season last week was not go according to plan for the Tampa Bay Rowdies. With the top spot in the Eastern Conference within their grasp, they instead faltered in a 2-1 loss to the Chalreston Battery and saw Louisville City FC, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Hartford Athletic all leap over […]
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 […]
After a bit of a delay, the Tampa Bay Rowdies are officially the top team in Group H, guaranteeing them home adavantage through the first two rounds of the postseason. The first-placed finish was sealed on Wednesday night, when Miami FC mounted an incredible four-goal second half comeback to edge out the Charleston Battery 4-3. […]
It turns out the Tampa Bay Rowdies aren’t only capable of discovering unknown talents like Juan Tejada to impact the play on the field. They also do it in the commentrary booth. You’d never know based on the way he handles himself while calling games at Al Lang, but Ryan Davis had extremely limited broadcast […]
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 […]
The Tampa Bay Rowdies (9W-2L-3D, 30 pts) are set to make their last road trip of the regular season this Saturday to take on last-place Miami FC (2W-7L-4D, 10 pts) for the fourth and final time this year. Saturday will be a return to action for the Rowdies after getting last weekend off. The players […]
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 […]