2011 FC Tampa Bay season

FC Tampa Bay
2011 season
Owners	Hinds Howard; David Laxer; Andrew Nestor
Head coach	Ricky Hill
Stadium	Al Lang Stadium; St. Petersburg, Florida
NASL	3rd
NASL Playoffs	Quarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup	did not enter
Ponce De Leon Cup	Runners up
Coastal Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Mike Ambersley (11); All: Mike Ambersley (11)
Highest home attendance	4,248; (July 4 v. Fort Lauderdale)
Lowest home attendance	1,775; (May 11 v. Edmonton)
Average home league attendance	3,087
Home colors	Away colors
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2011 FC Tampa Bay season was the second in the club's existence and the first in the NASL.

Review edit

FC Tampa Bay transitioned from the temporary USSF Division 2 Professional League to the new North American Soccer League, a second division league, and also changed their home pitch, as they moved across Tampa Bay to Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg from George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Former original Rowdie Ricky Hill was named the club's manager in January 2011.

After winning only 2 of their first 10 matches, the club rebounded to finish 3rd in the league table and qualified for the NASL playoffs. They were upset by eventual league champion NSC Minnesota Stars in the quarterfinals by a score of 1–0. Tampa Bay won their second straight Coastal Cup, by taking three out of four matches against their Florida Derby rivals, Fort Lauderdale. Another highlight was a 1–0 mid-season friendly win over the Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League at Al Lang Stadium. The Rowdies (along with the rest of the NASL) did not participate in the 2011 U.S. Open Cup due to late provisional sanctioning by the USSF.

Results edit

Preseason edit

March 5, 2011 Game 1	Tampa Spartans	1–1	FC Tampa Bay	Tampa, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Kemal Malcolm 66'	Report	Millien 81'	Stadium: Pepin Stadium

March 12, 2011 Game 2	FC Tampa Bay	1–1	BK Häcken	Sunrise, Florida
3:30 PM EDT	Clare 86'	Report	69'	Stadium: kics International Soccer Complex

March 19, 2011 Game 3	FC Tampa Bay	1–2	United States U-17	Bradenton, Florida
AM	King 17'	Report	33' 48'	Stadium: IMG Academy

March 19, 2011 Game 4	FC Tampa Bay	2–0	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles	Brandon, Florida
4:00 PM EDT	Sanfilippo 74' King 88'	Report		Stadium: Brandon Area Youth Soccer Complex

March 27, 2011 Game 5	UCF Knights	0–3	FC Tampa Bay	Orlando, Florida
4:00 PM EDT		Report	Millien 38', 86' (pen.) Burt 77'	Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium

March 30, 2011 Game 6	FC Tampa Bay	2–0	St. Leo Lions	St. Petersburg, Florida
4:00 PM EDT	Millien 55' Yoshitake 61'	Report		Stadium: Azalea Youth Soccer Complex
Note: Game called off in the 67th minute due to inclement weather.

April 3, 2011 Game 7	USF Bulls	0–3	FC Tampa Bay	Tampa, Florida
7:00 PM EDT		Report	Savage 23' King 62' Jarun 71'	Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium

NASL edit

April 9, 2011 Game 1	FC Tampa Bay	1–0	Montreal Impact	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Yoshitake 45' Yamada 85' Ambersley 90+'	Report		Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 4,161

April 17, 2011 Game 2	FC Tampa Bay	0–2	Puerto Rico Islanders	St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT	Sanfilippo 67'	Report	Pitchkolan 31' Faña 35' 79'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,913

April 23, 2011 Game 3	Montreal Impact	0–0	FC Tampa Bay	Montreal, QC
2:30 PM EDT	Ech-Chergui 48' Lowery 58'	Report	Ukah 16'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 12,060

April 30, 2011 Game 4	FC Tampa Bay	1–1	Atlanta Silverbacks	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Ambersley 74'	Report	Hunt 18', 45+'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,021

May 7, 2011 Game 5	FC Tampa Bay	1–3	Carolina RailHawks	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Millien 23' Sanfilippo 62'	Report	Franks 1' Barbara 20' 76' Low 48' Farber 52'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,325

May 11, 2011 Game 6	FC Tampa Bay	1–1	FC Edmonton	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Burt 51' Ambersley 55' Sanfilippo 74'	Report	Kooy 90+4'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 1,775 Referee: Ismail Elfath

May 14, 2011 Game 7	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	Postponed	FC Tampa Bay	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Note: Postponed due to inclement weather.

May 21, 2011 Game 7	FC Tampa Bay	3–0	Montreal Impact	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Ukah 40' Yoshitake 56', 84' Burt 59' Ambersley 74' (pen.)	Report	Pizzolitto 56' Di Lorenzo 74' Tsiskaridze 76'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,343

May 28, 2011 Game 8	NSC Minnesota Stars	0–0	FC Tampa Bay	Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT		Report	Ambersley 31' Hayes 43'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 2,019

May 31, 2011 Game 9	FC Edmonton	4–0	FC Tampa Bay	Edmonton, AB
9:30 PM EDT	Porter 28' Yamada 37' Saiko 85' Chin 88'	Report		Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,838

June 4, 2011 Game 10	FC Tampa Bay	1–2	Carolina RailHawks	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Hayes 53' Savage 66' Ukah 68' Ambersley 82', 86' (pen.)	Report	Watson 45+' Barbara 63' (pen.) Zimmerman 65' Low 67'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,688

June 12, 2011 Game 11	FC Tampa Bay	3–2	Atlanta Silverbacks	St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT	Ambersley 31', 54' Ukah 45+' Arango 55' Hayes 65' King 84'	Report	Hunt 34' Davis 64' Toure 83'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,319

June 18, 2011 Game 12	Carolina RailHawks	3–1	FC Tampa Bay	Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Watson 36' Barbara 69' Low 84' Russell 90+'	Report	Ukah 18' Arango 48' Watson-Siriboe 78'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,041

June 29, 2011 Game 13	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–1	FC Tampa Bay	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Lennon 83' Coudet 90+2'	Report 1 Report 2	Ambersley 68' Yoshitake 77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 5,848
Note: Rescheduled from May 14.

July 4, 2011 Game 14	FC Tampa Bay	4–2	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT	Arango 15', 59' Watson-Siriboe 37' Millien 55' King 63' Ambersley 71'	Report	Coudet 38' (pen.) Palacio 68'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 4,248

July 9, 2011 Game 15	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1	FC Tampa Bay	Bayamón, PR
6:05 PM EDT	Cunningham 70' Foley 82'	Report	King 18' Millien 61' 71'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium

July 17, 2011 Game 16	FC Edmonton	1–2	FC Tampa Bay	Edmonton, AB
6:00 PM EDT	Porter 19'	Report	King 30' Sanfilippo 33' Ambersley 71'	Stadium: Foote Field Attendance: 1,574

July 23, 2011 Game 17	Atlanta Silverbacks	2–1	FC Tampa Bay	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT	Sandoval 7' Casarona 29' O'Brien 41' Parada 86'	Report	King 43' Morrow 45' Ukah 90'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,515

July 27, 2011 Game 18	FC Tampa Bay	3–1	FC Edmonton	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	King 6' Hayes 51' Hill 60' Millien 84'	Report	Semenets 28' Lemire 90'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,003

August 6, 2011 Game 19	Atlanta Silverbacks	0–4	FC Tampa Bay	Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT	Ruthven 61' Cox 71'	Report	Savage 28' 60' Ambersley 33' Clare 82'	Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park Attendance: 3,126

August 10, 2011 Game 20	Montreal Impact	3–3	FC Tampa Bay	Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT	Sutton 16' Sebrango 46', 75' Westlake 54' LeGall 88'	Report	Savage 15' Hill 38' King 85' Gyorio 90'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 9,860

August 13, 2011 Game 21	FC Tampa Bay	2–0	NSC Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Millien 45' Sanfilippo 65' Ukah 77' Yoshitake 83'	Report	Cosgriff 62'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,150

August 20, 2011 Game 22	FC Tampa Bay	1–2	Puerto Rico Islanders	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Ambersley 30' Savage 78'	Report	Cunningham 2' Telesford 36' Addlery 33' Foley 75'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 2,965

August 27, 2011 Game 23	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–2	FC Tampa Bay	Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT	Restrepo 87'	Report	Arango 5' King 9' Rodrigues 41' Ambersley 77', 78'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 3,685

September 3, 2011 Game 24	Carolina RailHawks	2–0	FC Tampa Bay	Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT	Campos 19', 38' Franks 65'	Report	Hill 46' Arango 49' Baptiste 88'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 3,015

September 6, 2011 Game 25	NSC Minnesota Stars	1–2	FC Tampa Bay	Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT	Kallman 51' Takada 67'	Report	Savage 22' Gyorio 77'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 767

September 10, 2011 Game 26	Puerto Rico Islanders	Postponed	FC Tampa Bay	Bayamón, PR
7:30 PM EDT		Report		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Note: Postponed to September 21 due to Tropical Storm Maria.

September 17, 2011 Game 26	FC Tampa Bay	1–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	King 59' Ambersley 85'	Report	Cvilikas 54'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,001

September 21, 2011 Game 27	Puerto Rico Islanders	1–0	FC Tampa Bay	Bayamón, PR
7:30 PM EDT	Perez 5'	Report	Rodrigues 62'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 1,502
Note: Rescheduled from September 10.

September 24, 2011 Game 28	FC Tampa Bay	2–0	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT	Savage 68' Clare 90+1'	Report 1 Report 2	Arrieta 51'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,226

Friendlies edit

July 14, 2011	FC Tampa Bay	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT	Clare 65', 85'	Report		Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,914

Playoffs edit

October 1, 2011 Quarterfinals	FC Tampa Bay	0–1	NSC Minnesota Stars	St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT	Arango 14'	Report	Mulholland 27' Cosgriff 55' Altman 57'	Stadium: Progress Energy Park Attendance: 3,003

Club edit

First team roster edit

as of August 25, 2011^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	USA	Daryl Sattler
3	DF	CAN	Andres Arango
4	DF	USA	Kwame Watson-Siriboe (on loan from Chicago)
5	DF	GUY	J. P. Rodrigues
6	FW	USA	Matt Clare
7	DF	USA	Frank Sanfilippo (captain)
8	FW	TRI	Kerry Baptiste
9	FW	USA	Warren Ukah
10	MF	JPN	Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
11	MF	ENG	Shane Hill
13	DF	CUB	Yendry Diaz
14	MF	HAI	Pascal Millien


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	FW	USA	Mike Ambersley
17	MF	CAN	Mozzi Gyorio
18	FW	USA	Aaron King
20	GK	USA	Jeff Attinella
21	MF	NZL	Jeremy Christie
22	MF	USA	Keith Savage
23	MF	USA	David Hayes
28	GK	USA	Evan Newton (on loan from Houston)
32	MF	JPN	Takuya Yamada
77	MF	USA	Chad Burt
—	MF	NIR	Jonny Steele (on loan to Carolina)

Coaching staff edit

Perry Van der Beck - Executive Vice President, Technical Director, and Director of Player Development
Ricky Hill - Head Coach
Lee Cohen - Director of Operations
David Hayes - Assistant Coach
Slobodan Janjuš - Goalkeeper Coach
James Faylo - Head Athletic Trainer
Harris McIlwain - Team Physician
Seth Gasser - Team Physician

NASL edit

Standings edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Carolina RailHawks (X)	28	17	3	8	50	26	+24	54	Playoff semifinals
2	Puerto Rico Islanders	28	15	7	6	41	32	+9	52	Playoff semifinals
3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	28	11	8	9	41	36	+5	41	Playoff quarterfinals
4	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	28	9	11	8	35	36	−1	38
5	FC Edmonton	28	10	6	12	35	40	−5	36^[a]

Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored.^[3]
(X) Regular season champion
Notes:

^ EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
28	11	8	9	41	36	+5	41	7	3	4	24	17	+7	4	5	5	17	19	−2

Last updated: April 26, 2018.
Source: Match reports

Ponce De Leon Cup edit

The Ponce De Leon Cup was a fan-based derby and trophy that was created in 2006. Participants were originally United Soccer Leagues first division teams (later USSF-D2, then NASL teams) based in lands that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León had visited; namely Florida and Puerto Rico. It was awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.