Category Tampa Bay Rowdies
Rowdies sign Lakeland native and UNF product
The Tampa Bay Rowdies have signed Alex Morrel for the 2017 USL season. Morrell, 22, is a Lakeland native that joins the Rowdies from Major League Soccer’s Chicago Fire. He spent part of last season in the USL on loan to St. Louis FC. Morrell will wear the No. 9 jersey for the Rowdies. “We’re […]
Wolfsburg cancels January Florida first team visit
As first reported by ESPNFC and confirmed by our own sources, Volkswagen corporate club VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga has cancelled its January visit to Orlando and St Petersburg. The Bundesliga club was scheduled to play the Tampa Bay Rowdies at Al Lang Stadium on January 8 before facing Bahia in Orlando on January […]
Could the Tampa Bay Rowdies replace David Beckham’s Miami as MLS Team #24?
On Thursday, Major League Soccer announced the list of the 10 locales that are in the running for Major League Soccer clubs 25-28. Miami which was originally slated as team 20 or 21 has slipped to 24 and from the outside view is nowhere closer to securing a team than they were in 2013 – […]
St Petersburg’s MLS bid a winner
Last night in St Petersburg, the Tampa Bay Rowdies who currently play in the lower division USL launched a bid to join Major League Soccer, the top league in the United States and Canada. Orlando City SC has averaged over 30,000 fans in its first two MLS seasons and will move to a new stadium […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies sign one of the biggest names in NASL History
The Tampa Bay Rowdies have created a splash in the football world with the signing of Joe Cole. The addition of the three-time (English) Premier League Champion and two-time World Cup participant for England. Cole’s pedigree was well-established by the time he left West Ham United in 2003 to join ambitious rival Chelsea. Cole left […]
(VIDEOS) #FloridaDerby – #FTLvTBR Almost 40 years of history
On Saturday the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Fort Lauderdale Strikers renew one of the oldest and most intense regional rivalries in American pro soccer. Here are some video clips from over the past 39 years (the sides first met in 1977) to wet your appetite for the matchup. The more recent videos are in HD […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies to host invitational with MLS clubs
If you cannot beat them, join them! Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards is thought to be among the NASL owners who have pushed the second-division league into a rogue course within US Soccer, where the upstart league challenged Major League Soccer (MLS) at every turn imaginable. NASL has been backed in this quest by […]
NASL announces season schedule for four Florida-based teams – lots of questions around the teams
The second-division North American Soccer League (NASL) has been rocked by an offseason of tumult – both the Atlanta Silverbacks and San Antonio Scorpions have suspended operations, even though some NASL fans hold out the hope that the Scorpions could return in another market. NASL has added a team in Oklahoma City, associated with left-wing […]
Tampa Bay Rowdies: Reasons for #oneyearplan failure (Part 2)
Part I is here. The Tampa Bay Rowdies collapse that culminated in missing the postseason for the third successive year was down to on-field performances. As much as the eccentric behavior of owner Bill Edwards contributed to the feeling of helplessness and despair around the club’s fans, the Rowdies won just four of their last […]
The failure of the #oneyearplan – Tampa Bay area soccer supporters and the Rowdies’ values (Part I)
Controversial Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards coined the term “oneyearplan” in a largely impromptu August interview to justify the sacking of popular Head Coach Thomas Rongen and club President Farrukh Quraishi. Edwards, whose business dealings have been the subject of much controversy, remarked that he had hoped to win the NASL title this season. At […]
The Florida Squeeze 