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The 2020 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's eleventh season of existence, their fourth in the United Soccer League, and second in the USL Championship. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this was the 27th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 33rd season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.
| 2020 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Stuart Sternberg | |||
| Head coach | Neill Collins | |||
| Stadium | Al Lang Stadium | |||
| USL Championship | 1st (Group H) | |||
| USL Cup | Finalist[1] | |||
| U.S. Open Cup | Cancelled | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Sebastián Guenzatti (8) All: Sebastián Guenzatti (10) | |||
| Highest home attendance | League: 403 All: 1,098 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 140 | |||
| Average home league attendance | 218.43 | |||
| Biggest win | MIA 0–3 TBR (August 7) TBR 3–0 MIA (September 2) | |||
| Biggest defeat | CHS 1–0 TBR (Aug. 29 & Sept. 11) | |||
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Club edit
Roster edit
- As of August 5, 2020[2]
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
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| 1 | GK | Evan Louro |  United States
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| 2 | DF | Obafemi Awodesu ([A]) | United States
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| 3 | DF | Forrest Lasso | United States
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| 4 | MF | Lewis Hilton |  England
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| 5 | DF | Jordan Scarlett |  Jamaica
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| 7 | MF | Yann Ekra |  France
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| 8 | MF | Zach Steinberger | United States
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| 9 | FW | Kyle Murphy | United States
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| 10 | MF | Kevin Mendoza |  Mexico
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| 11 | MF | Leo Fernandes |  Brazil
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| 13 | FW | Sebastián Guenzatti |  Uruguay
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| 14 | MF | Malik Johnson |  Canada
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| 16 | DF | Max Lachowecki | United States
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| 17 | FW | Juan Tejada |  Panama
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| 18 | MF | Dominic Oduro |  Ghana
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| 19 | MF | Adam Najem |  Afghanistan
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| 21 | GK | Macklin Robinson | United States
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| 22 | MF | Jordan Doherty |  Republic of Ireland
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| 23 | MF | Sebastian Dalgaard |  Denmark
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| 24 | DF | Mustapha Dumbuya |  Sierra Leone
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| 25 | GK | Ian McGrane | United States
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| 26 | MF | Hayden Morgan ([A]) | United States
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| 27 | FW | Landon Ameres ([A]) | United States
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| 28 | MF | Julio Plata ([A]) | United States
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| 33 | DF | Aarón Guillén | Mexico
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| 44 | DF | Alex Pendjos |  Scotland
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| 77 | FW | Lucky Mkosana |  Zimbabwe
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- ^ USL Academy Contract
Technical staff edit
Neill Collins – head coach /technical director
Stuart Dobson – assistant coach
Kevin Foley – assistant coach
Chad Burt – assistant coach- Pete Calabrese – performance coach
- Eric Rudland – chief scout
Medical staff edit
- Andrew Keane – head athletic trainer
- Michelle Leget – assistant athletic trainer
- Dr. Mohit Bansal – team physician and orthopedic surgeon
- Dr. Vania Reyes – team physician, sports medicine
Front office edit
- Stuart Sternberg – owner
- Lee Cohen –president and chief operating officer
- Matthew Silverman – vice chairmen
- Brian Auld – vice chairmen
Competitions edit
Exhibitions edit
The Rowdies hosted Major League Soccer teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the fifth year in a row.
| February 1, 2020 Preseason | Tampa Bay Rowdies | v | Chivas Florida U23 | St. Petersburg, FL |
Murphy  Mkosana |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: closed-door | |||
| Note: Result not made public. | ||||
| February 8, 2020 Preseason | UNF Ospreys | 0–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Jacksonville, FL |
| 13:30 EST (UTC−5) | Report | Guillén (Hilton) Murphy (Tejada) |
Stadium: Hodges Stadium |
| February 12, 2020 Preseason | Orlando City SC | 2–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Orlando, FL |
| Bender 70' Urso 76' |
Report | Murphy 49' |
Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: closed-door |
| February 15, 2020 Suncoast Invitational | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–1 | Montreal Impact | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:00 EST (UTC−5) | Guenzatti 14', 66' (Mkosana) |
Report | Quioto 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium |
| February 22, 2020 Suncoast Invitational | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 0–1 | Inter Miami CF | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:00 EST (UTC−5) | Report | Robinson 21' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium |
| February 23, 2020 Preseason | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–3 | Tormenta FC | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Mkosana 57' (pen.) Lachowecki 60' |
Report | Mayr-Fälten 1' Micaletto 28'Coutinho 33' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: closed-door |
| February 28, 2020 Preseason | USF Bulls | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Tampa, FL |
| 19:00 EST (UTC−5) | Billhardt 27' Claudel  2nd H'  66' |
Report | Tejada 90+2' |
Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium |
| July 1, 2020 Midseason | Tampa Bay Rowdies | v | Norwich City U23s | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Stadium: Al Lang Stadium | ||||
| Note: Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
USL Championship edit
Standings — Group H edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | PPG | Qualification |
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| 1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 33 | 2.06 | Advance to USL Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Charleston Battery | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 30 | 2.00 | |
| 3 | Miami FC | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 34 | −14 | 16 | 1.00 | |
| 4 | Atlanta United 2 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 12 | 0.75 |
Source: USL
Results summary edit
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | +6 |
Last updated: 19 January 2020.
Source: Match reports
Results by round edit
Updated to match(es) played on 20 January 2020. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results edit
| March 7, 2020 1 | New York Red Bulls II | 0–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Montclair, NJ |
| 19:00 EST (UTC−5) | Muyl 40' Kilwien 43' |
Report | Fernandes 30', 56' (Steinberger) Hilton 66'Dumbuya 86' |
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 1,002 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| July 11, 2020 2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–1 | Atlanta United 2 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Doherty 52' Mkosana 61' (Tejada)Fernandes 87', 90' |
Report | Bashti  7'Conway 11' (Gannon)Reilly 90+7' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 140[3] Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
| July 17, 2020 3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–2 | North Carolina FC | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 18:45 EDT (UTC−5) | Guenzatti 7' (Fernandes) Fernandes 22'Mkosana 40' |
Report | Fortune 56' Kristo 83' (Taylor) |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 141 Referee: Gabriele Giusti |
| July 25, 2020 4 | Birmingham Legion | 1–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Birmingham, AL |
| 19:30 CDT (UTC−5) | Crognale 16' (Lapa) Akinyode 45+1'Asiedu 66' |
Report | Lasso 13' Guenzatti 51' (Tejada) |
Stadium: BBVA Compass Field Referee: Chris Ruska |
| July 31, 2020 5 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–0 | Charleston Battery | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−4) | Lasso 31' Guenzatti 40' (Doherty) Fernandes 68' Johnson 88' (Guenzatti) |
Report | Gdula 3' Zarokostas 43' van Schaik 63' 81' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
| August 7, 2020 6 | Miami FC | 0–3 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Miami, FL |
| 19:00 EDT (UTC−5) | Rozeboom 36' Williams 64' Thiaw 76' |
Report | Guenzatti 38' Johnson 85' (Doherty) Tejada 90+4' (Hilton) |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic |
| August 12, 2020 7 | Atlanta United 2 | 0–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Kennesaw, GA |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Goodrum 22' Diop 90+6' |
Report | Lasso 34' (Hilton) Tejada 81' (Ekra) |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Kyle Johnston |
| August 16, 2020 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–1 | Miami FC | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Guillén 31' Mkosana 59' (Johnson) |
Report | Velásquez 7' (Saydee) Griffiths 11' Othello 45+4' Heath 76' Thiaw 82' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 244 Referee: Tori Penso |
| August 22, 2020 9 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–1 | Atlanta United 2 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Doherty 21' (Ekra) Murphy 39' (Ekra) Ekra 45+2' |
Report | Macky Diop 37' Njie 45+1' Goodrum 90' (pen.) |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 281 Referee: Gabriele Giusti |
| August 29, 2020 10 | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Charleston, SC |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Zarokostas 22' (Kelly-Rosales) Kelly-Rosales 41' Archer 47' |
Report | Johnson 34' Scarlett 45+3' |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 203 Referee: Matthew Thompson |
| September 2, 2020 11 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 3–0 | Miami FC | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Steinberger 11' Scarlett 39' (Hilton) Guenzatti 64' (Lasso) Fernandes 83' (pen.) |
Report | Sam 37' Thiaw 42' Rozeboom 82' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 180 Referee: Alyssa Nichols |
| September 6, 2020 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2–0 | Philadelphia Union II | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 21:56 EDT (UTC−5) | Lasso 4' Guenzatti 6' (Johnson) Ekra 39' (Steinberger) Louro 60' |
Report | Aaronson 50' Ofeimu 56' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 140 Referee: Tori Penso |
| September 11, 2020 13 | Charleston Battery | 1–0 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Charleston, SC |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Lewis 54' (Cichero) Archer 58' Zarokostas 81' Paterson 89' |
Report | Oduro 14' |
Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Kevin Broadley |
| September 16, 2020 14 | Atlanta United 2 | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Kennesaw, GA |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Scarlett 55' (o.g.) Goodrum 61' Fortune 67' |
Report | Lasso 29' (Fernandes) Fernandes 81' Murphy 82' Guenzatti 90+5' (Dalgaard) |
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk |
| September 26, 2020 15 | Miami FC | 0–1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Miami, FL |
| 22:01 EDT (UTC−5) | Williams 75' Granitto 88' Ndam 90+1' |
Report | Scarlett 16' Ekra 25' Guenzatti 37' (Scarlett) |
Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Natalie Simon |
| October 3, 2020 16 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–2 | Charleston Battery | St. Petersburg, FL |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Guenzatti 39' Doherty 43' Lasso 62' Najem 68' Oduro 90' |
Report | Bosua 14' Nelson 34' Zarokostas 57', 84' (Adesodun), 87' Marini 80' Crawford 85' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 403 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski |
USL Championship playoffs edit
Bracket edit
| Conference quarter-finals October 10 | Conference semi-finals October 17 | Conference finals October 24 | USL Championship cancelled | ||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Reno 1868 FC | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| B2 | LA Galaxy II | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A1 | Reno 1868 FC | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Phoenix Rising FC (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Phoenix Rising FC (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| A2 | Sacramento Republic FC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Phoenix Rising FC (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| C1 | El Paso Locomotive FC | 1 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | El Paso Locomotive FC (p) | 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||
| D2 | FC Tulsa | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||||||
| C1 | El Paso Locomotive FC (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | New Mexico United | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| D1 | San Antonio FC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| C2 | New Mexico United (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| B1 | Phoenix Rising FC | Ø | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Ø | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Louisville City FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| F2 | Pittsburgh Rivehounds | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Louisville City FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Saint Louis FC | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| F1 | Hartford Athletic | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| E2 | Saint Louis FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| E1 | Louisville City FC | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Conference | |||||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| G1 | Charlotte Independence | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | Charleston Battery (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| H2 | Charleston Battery | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| H1 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| G2 | Birmingham Legion FC | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Results edit
| October 10, 2020 EC Quarterfinal | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 4–2 | Birmingham Legion FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Report | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Eric Tattersall |
| October 17, 2020 EC Semifinal | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 1–0 | Charleston Battery | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | Scarlett 38' Mkosana 79' (Steinberger) |
Report | Archer 57' |
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 1,301 Referee: Ismir Pekmic |
| October 24, 2020 EC Final | Louisville City FC | 1–2 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Louisville, Kentucky |
| 19:30 EDT (UTC−5) | McMahon 27' Lachowecki 47' (o.g.) |
Report | Steinberger 3' (Fernandes) Lasso 29' Dalgaard 38' Guenzatti 45+3' Guillén 83' Ekra 90+1' |
Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| November 1, 2020 USL Final | Tampa Bay Rowdies | cancelled | Phoenix Rising FC | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| 8:30 PM EST | Stadium: Al Lang Stadium | |||
| Note: The Final was cancelled the day before because several Tampa Bay players and staff tested positive for COVID-19. No league champion will be chosen.[1] Phoenix relinquished the right to host the final as a gesture of respect to the LGBTQ community for the incident between Phoenix Rising and San Diego Loyal on September 30.[4] |
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U.S. Open Cup edit
| April 7, 2020 2nd Round | Tampa Bay Rowdies  | Canceled | The Villages SC or Tormenta FC 2 | St. Petersburg, FL |
| Stadium: Al Lang Stadium | ||||
| Note: Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[5] | ||||
Honors edit
- USL Championship finalist
- USL Group H Champion
- USL Eastern Conference Champion
Individual honors edit
- Forrest Lasso (2020)[6]
References edit
- ^ a b "USL Championship Final Cancelled, Season Concludes with Tampa Bay, Phoenix as Conference Title-Winners". USLChampionship.com Staff. October 31, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
- ^ "Roster". Tampa Bay Rowdies. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Romano, John (July 12, 2020). "Rowdies fans cheered, they sang, they-partied ... all 140 of 'em". tampabay.com. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- ^ "Phoenix Rising FC Relinquishes 2020 Championship Final Hosting Rights". USLChampionship.com Staff. October 20, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Soccer Temporarily Suspends 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Due to COVID-19 Outbreak". ussoccer.com. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
- ^ "Tampa Bay's Forrest Lasso Named Championship's Defender of the Year". USLChampionship.com Staff. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.