2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

The 2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's ninth season of existence, and their second in the United Soccer League. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, it was the 25th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 31st season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.

Tampa Bay Rowdies
2018 season
ChairmanStuart Sternberg (from October 2)
Bill Edwards (until October 2)
Head coachNeill Collins (from May 18)
Stuart Campbell (until May 17)
StadiumAl Lang Stadium
USL12th (Eastern Conference)
USL Cupdid not qualify
U.S. Open CupSecond round
Top goalscorerGeorgi Hristov (7)
Highest home attendance7,709
(Oct. 7 vs. Charlotte)
Lowest home attendance4,876
(Aug. 11 vs. North Carolina)
Average home league attendance5,869
Biggest win5–0
(Apr. 7 vs Ottawa)
Biggest defeat0–5
(Apr. 14 vs. New York)
← 2017
2019 →

Club

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On October 2, 2018, the Tampa Bay Rays baseball club announced their purchase the Rowdies for an undisclosed amount, pending St. Petersburg City Council approval. Once the sale was finalized, Rays presidents Matthew Silverman and Brian Auld became vice chairmen of the soccer club. They, along with Rowdies vice president and chief operating officer Lee Cohen, became the team's directors.[1][2]

Roster

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As of September 14, 2018[3]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Cody Mizell   United States
2 DF Kyle Curinga   United States
4 DF Papé Diakité   Senegal
5 DF David Najem   United States
7 MF Junior Flemmings   Jamaica
9 MF Alex Morrell   United States
10 FW Georgi Hristov   Bulgaria
11 MF Leo Fernandes   Brazil
13 FW Sebastián Guenzatti   Uruguay
14 FW Leon Taylor   United States
15 DF Zac Portillos   United States
16 DF Max Lachowecki   United States
17 FW Jaime Chavez   United States
19 GK Daniel Vega   Argentina
20 MF Martin Vingaard   Denmark
23 MF Michael Nanchoff   United States
24 DF Tarek Morad   United States
25 MF Lance Rozeboom   United States
26 MF Joe Cole (captain)   England
27 DF Hunter Gorskie   United States
28 MF Afrim Taku   Albania
29 MF Dominic Oduro   Ghana
50 GK Akira Fitzgerald   United States
56 FW Stefano Bonomo   United States
88 MF Kwadwo Poku   Ghana
90 DF Kyle Porter   Canada

Technical staff

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Stuart Dobson, Stuart Campbell, and Raoul Voss

Medical staff

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  •   Andrew Keane – head athletic trainer
  •   Michelle Leget – assistant athletic trainer
  •   Robert Dixon – message therapist
  •   Dr. Koco Eaton – team physician and orthopedic surgeon
  •   Dr. Mohit Bansal – team physician and orthopedic surgeon
  •   Dr. Christopher Salud – team physician
  •   Dr. Samuel Meyers – team chiropractor

Front office

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Competitions

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Preseason / Friendlies

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The Rowdies hosted Major League Soccer teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the third year in a row.

February 10, 2018 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–1 FC Cincinnati Bradenton
15:30 EST (UTC−5) Gorskie   76'
Morrell   86'
Hristov   87'
Report Walker   21'
Barrett   41'
Halfhill   63'
Stadium: IMG Academy
February 17, 2018 Suncoast Invitational Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 Montreal Impact St. Petersburg
19:30 EST (UTC−5) Hristov   32'
Graf   75' (Guenzatti)
Report Edwards   32'
Taïder   44' (Petrasso)
Petrasso   61'
Piatti   77' (Taïder)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Referee: Sorin Stoica
February 24, 2018 Suncoast Invitational Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 Philadelphia Union St. Petersburg
19:30 EST (UTC−5) Graf   19' (Blake)
Nanchoff   35' (Najem)
Blake   36'
Report Creavalle   21'
Medunjanin   84'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Referee: Ted Unkel
March 9, 2018 USF Bulls 2–5 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa
19:00 EST (UTC−5) Jackson   42'
Skublak   66'
Report Fernandes   11',   51' (Portillos)
Cole   39' (Najem)
Nanchoff   50' (Najem)
Hristov   61' (Fernandes)
Graf   75' (pen.)
Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium
July 16, 2018 Closed-door scrimmage Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–2 Lakeland Tropics St. Petersburg
EST (UTC−5) Graf  ,   Coutinho  
Ruiz  
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: Closed-door

USL Eastern Conference table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
10 Ottawa Fury 34 13 6 15 31 43 −12 45
11 Charlotte Independence 34 10 12 12 44 57 −13 42
12 Tampa Bay Rowdies 34 11 8 15 44 44 0 41
13 Penn FC 34 9 10 15 38 47 −9 37
14 Atlanta United 2 34 7 10 17 37 72 −35 31
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 11 8 15 44 44  0 41 7 5 5 28 17  +11 4 3 10 16 27  −11

Last updated: 14 October 2018.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAHAHAHAAAHAHHHAHHAHHAHHAHAAHAHAAHA
ResultWWLWLWLLLDWDDLDWLLWDLDLDLWLWWWLDLL
Position322132277978911119111210121212121213131313111011111212
Updated to match(es) played on 27 Sept 2018. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

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March 17, 2018 1 North Carolina FC 1–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary
15:30 EDT (UTC−4) Danso   17'
Miller   38' (Lomis)
Report Fernandes   23' (Hristov)
Hristov   41' (pen.)
Blake   90' (Guenzatti)
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Guido Gonzalez
March 24, 2018 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Bethlehem Steel FC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Hristov   62' (Blake)
Fernandes   68' (Najem)
Najem   90'
Report Herbers   54' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 7,368
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
March 31, 2018 3 Louisville City FC 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Louisville
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) McMahon   26'
Jimenez   69' (DelPiccolo)
Report Hristov   60'
Collins   70'
Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 6,336
Referee: Jon Freemon
April 7, 2018 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5–0 Ottawa Fury FC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Hristov   60' (Schäfer)
Mannella   71' (o.g.)
Fernandes   79'
Schäfer   81'
Cole   87' (Blake)
Portillos   90+5' (Fernandes)
Report Dixon   11'
Obasi   90+1'
Mannella   90+3'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,059
Referee: Luis Guardia
April 14, 2018 5 New York Red Bulls II 5–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Harrison
16:00 EDT (UTC−4) Escobar   18' (Rivas),   25'
Cásseres   28'
Aguinaga   53' (Bonomo)
Bonomo   61' (Moreno)
White   84' (Bonomo),   90' (Stroud)
Lema   85'
Report Cole   25'
Blake   77'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 903
Referee: Alan Kelly
April 21, 2018 6 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Real Monarchs SLC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Gorskie   35'
Cole   40',   51'
Hristov   70' (Cole)
Report Ryden   45'
Portillo   59'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,027
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
April 28, 2018 7 Charleston Battery 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Charleston
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Candela   5'
Guerra   45+1'
van Schaik   46'
Report Cole   30' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 3,462
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
May 4, 2018 8 Penn FC 3–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Harrisburg
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Venter   11' (Ortiz)
Heinemann   25',   57' (Opoku), 60' (Galvão)
Metzger   32'
Peiser   89'
Report Curinga   15' Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,281
Referee: Javier Santos Escobar
May 12, 2018 9 Richmond Kickers 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Richmond
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Kelly   38' (Yearwood)
Shanosky   90+6'
Report Hristov   35'
Lachowecki   65'
Rozeboom   90+6'
Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,860
Referee: Lorant Varga
May 19, 2018 10 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Rozeboom   3' (Morrell)
Hristov   57'
Cole   59'
Lachowecki   90+1'
Report Kerr   17'
Lachowecki   20' (o.g.)
Parkes   30' (Forbes)
Pratzner   49'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,202
Referee: David Barrie
May 26, 2018 11 Toronto FC II 2–4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Toronto
14:00 EDT (UTC−4) Uccello   21'
Bjornethun   26'
Campbell   50' (Petrasso)
Johnson   63' (Uccello)
Romeo   73'
Report Nanchoff   18',   25'
Flemmings   24' (Schäfer),   89'
Cole   40'
Gorskie   74' (Schäfer),   77'
Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 141
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 2, 2018 12 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Atlanta United 2 St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Vingaard   25'
Schäfer   44'
Cole   90'
Report Crain   32'   40'
Metcalf   43'
Kendall-Moullin   90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,953
Referee: Jonathan Bilinski
June 9, 2018 13 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Nashville SC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Mkandawire   68'
Taylor   84'
Hristov   90+3'
Nanchoff   90+4'
Report Moloto   22'
LaGrassa   26'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,082
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
June 22, 2018 14 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 Penn FC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Taylor   31' (Schäfer),   51'
Schäfer   39'
Magalhães   48'
Hristov   55'
Cole   85'
Report Tribbett   27'
Mkosana   49',   67' (Opoku)
Franco   88'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,369
Referee: Mark Allatin
Note: Match rescheduled from June 23 to avoid conflict with the St. Pete Pride Parade.[4]
June 27, 2018 15 Charlotte Independence 2–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Matthews
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Herrera   57' (Cato)
Cato   64' (Herrera)
Johnson   86'   89'
Smith   90+2'
Report Gorskie   44'
Mkandawire   66'
Lachowecki   78'
Oduro   90'
Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,399
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
July 4, 2018 16 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Toronto FC II St. Petersburg
18:00 EDT (UTC−4) Hristov   8' (Fitzgerald)
Taylor   27',   54' (Fernandes)
Cole   79' (Oduro)
Report Romeo   30'
Dunn-Johnson   47'
Fitzgerald   58' (o.g.)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,221
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
July 7, 2018 17 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 Louisville City FC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Flemmings   71' (Bonomo) Report Smith   22' (McCabe)
Craig   41'
Williams   44'
McMahon   51'
Lancaster   76'
DelPiccolo   88'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,232
Referee: Guido Gonzalez
July 14, 2018 18 FC Cincinnati 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cincinnati
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Ledesma   54' (Bone),   63'
König   54' (Welshman)
Report Flemmings   23' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 25,416
Referee: Malik Badawi
July 21, 2018 19 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Indy Eleven St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Bonomo   12' (Flemmings)
Hristov   19' (Flemmings),   29'
Flemmings   54',   89' (Hristov)
Cole   62'
Report Starikov   20' (Pasher)
Venegas   39'
Matern   49'
Ring   90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,378
Referee: Matthew Miscannon
July 28, 2018 20 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–2 New York Red Bulls II St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Bonomo   8' (pen.), 9' (Flemmings),   35'
Oduro   45+2'
Flemmings   45+9'
Mizell   88'
Report Stroud   2' (Barlow)
Ndam   17'
White   62' (Lema)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,784
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 3, 2018 21 Ottawa Fury FC 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Taylor   1' (Duba)
Reid   45+1'
Attakora   53' (Oliveira)
Report Gorskie   79'
Diakité   83'
Stadium: TD Place
Attendance: 4,226
Referee: David Barrie
August 8, 2018 22 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Charleston Battery St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Oduro   58'
Cole   86'
Report Candela   23' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,028
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
August 11, 2018 23 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–2 North Carolina FC St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Diakité   13' Report Tobin   6'
da Luz   51'
Kandziora   65' (Miller)
Ríos   78' (Bekker)
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,876
Referee: Luis Guardia
August 22, 2018 24 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Pittsburgh
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Dabo   45+2' (Brett)
Vancaeyezeele   62'
Report Flemmings   72' (Vingaard)
Vega   90+4'
Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
August 25, 2018 25 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 FC Cincinnati St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Taku   1'
Cole   15'
Poku   43',   75'
Portillos   68'
Oduro   80'
Diakité   82'   85'
Report Ledesma   2' (pen.), 86' (pen.)
Smith   50'   62'
Barrett   88'
Newton   90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 5,963
Referee: Kevin Broadley
September 1, 2018 26 North Carolina FC 0–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Guillen   61'
Lomis   76'
Tobin   81'
da Luz   90+2'
Report Guenzatti   23' (Flemmings),   43' (Flemmings),   56' (Fernandes)
Oduro   48'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,102
Referee: Matthew Franz
September 8, 2018 27 Charleston Battery 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Charleston
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Okonkwo   22'
Bolt   55'
Archer   90+6'
Report Guenzatti   81' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,949
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
September 15, 2018 28 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–0 Atlanta United 2 St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Guenzatti   30' (Poku)
Oduro   45+1'
Cole   87'
Report Kissiedou   44'
Kendall-Moullin   51'
Shannon   79'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,045
Referee: Daniel Gutierrez
September 18, 2018 29 Nashville SC 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Nashville
20:30 EDT (UTC−4) Moloto   20' Report Hristov   6' (pen)
Morad   46'
Woodberry   69' (o.g.)
Guenzatti   90+7'
Vega   90+7'
Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,269
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 22, 2018 30 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Richmond Kickers St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Gorskie   49' (Hristov)
Chavez   57' (Taku),   58'
Flemmings   90+3' (Cole)
Report Umar   9'
Hlavaty   18'
Williams   87'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 6,472
Referee: Lukas Szpala
September 26, 2018 31 Indy Eleven 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Indianapolis
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Ouimette   37' (Ayoze)
Fôn Williams   74'
Collier   75'
Report 9,123 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Referee: Daniel Radford
October 3, 2018 32 Atlanta United 2 1–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Lawrenceville
19:00 EDT (UTC−4) Robinson   60',   90+3'
Wheeler-Omiunu   62'
Shannon   65'
Carleton   83'
Kendall-Moulin   90+2'
Report Morad   20'
Guenzatti   68'
Oduro   75'
Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,269
Referee: Jon Freemon
October 6, 2018 33 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 Charlotte Independence St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4) Gorskie   75'
Taylor   80' (Guenzatti)
Vega   90+7'
Report Voser   26' (Zayed),   84'
Gebhard   32' (Cato)
Miller   82'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 7,709
Referee: Luis Guardia
October 14, 2018 34 Bethlehem Steel FC 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Bethlehem
15:00 EDT (UTC−4) Ngalina   13' (Aaronson)
Chambers   44'
Herbers   76'
Report Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 262
Referee: Sergii Demianchuk


U.S. Open Cup

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May 16 2nd round Jacksonville Armada FC   1–0   Tampa Bay Rowdies Jacksonville, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Melvin   27'
Banks   58'
Beckie   90+'
Report Fernandes   14'
Blake   62'
Nanchoff   69'
Stadium: Southern Oak Stadium
Attendance: 374
Referee: Matthew Miscannon

References

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  1. ^ "The Rays are buying the Rowdies. What does it mean for Tampa Bay?".
  2. ^ "Rays purchase USL's Tampa Bay Rowdies". October 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Roster". Tampa Bay Rowdies. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  4. ^ "ROWDIES MOVE JUNE 23 MATCH TO JUNE 22". RowdiesSoccer.com. Retrieved February 20, 2018.