Drew DixonOctober 2, 2024
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The teams are contributing money and volunteer hours to Hurricane Helene relief efforts in Tampa Bay area.
Tag: Tampa Bay RowdiesCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Drew DixonOctober 2, 2024
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 2, 2020
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The team has just one message: Black Lives Matter.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 24, 2018
4min302
Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays now officially own soccer’s Tampa Bay Rowdies, the Rays announced Wednesday. The Rays finalized the sale for an undisclosed amount after the 2018 United Soccer League season concluded. Rays leadership said the transition from previous owner Bill Edwards will begin immediately. Edwards announced at the beginning of the month he was selling the […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 2, 2018
5min726
The Tampa Bay Rowdies will continue playing soccer in the United Soccer League for at least five more seasons, the team announced Tuesday. Owner Bill Edwards is selling the team to the Tampa Bay Rays and made the five year guarantee a stipulation of that sale. Edwards did not disclose his selling price or additional […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 1, 20183min326
The Tampa Bay Rays are reportedly purchasing the Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer franchise and may also buy Al Lang Stadium. “Mr. [Bill] Edwards deserves much appreciation for remaking the Tampa Bay Rowdies and investing in Al Lang Stadium and our community,” St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman said in a statement. “Similarly, the Tampa Bay Rays’ […]
Staff ReportsFebruary 25, 2018
5min268
The Tampa Bay Rowdies picked up their first win of the preseason, topping the Philadelphia Union 2-1 in the final match of the 2018 Rowdies Suncoast Invitational on Saturday night at Al Lang Stadium. The Rowdies benefitted from first-half goals scored by Jochen Graf and Michael Nanchoff in a thoroughly convincing win over Major League […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 22, 2018
48min653
— Tampa Bay ranks third statewide in job creation — Tampa Bay added 28,000 new private-sector jobs in the last year, the third-highest number of jobs among all Florida metro areas. In a statement this week from Gov. Rick Scott, Tampa Bay’s unemployment rate had dropped to 3.4 percent, down 1.1 percentage points from the same […]
Staff ReportsJanuary 4, 2018
4min245
After what was a record-setting 2017 season for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, the front office is now looking toward 2018. Wednesday saw a couple signings that will keep the organization in contention for a United Soccer League championship. The Rowdies announced that they’ve resigned midfielder Leo Fernandes and defender Hunter Gorskie, whom both are now […]
Guest AuthorNovember 20, 20179min1372
Multiple reports have surfaced showing the Tampa Bay Rowdies will be shut out in this round of MLS expansion. Several factors are contributing to the Rowdies miss this time, when two new teams will be added. However, the Rowdies remain in contention for the next two teams, which will be announced in 2018. According to […]
Joe HendersonNovember 16, 20174min273
According to Sports Illustrated, St. Petersburg is not among the finalists for a Major League Soccer expansion franchise. The magazine said sources were saying that the league will add two franchises from among three cities: Sacramento, Nashville and Cincinnati. In a separate story on Yahoo, St. Petersburg/Tampa Bay ranked only seventh from a list of […]