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Rowdies come away with a tie against a strong Indy team

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At home, the Indy 11 are one of the finest teams in the NASL. Which is why it didn’t stink that the  came home with a point Saturday night. Indy had been unbeaten, 9-0-1, on its home turf before Saturday night. The Tampa Bay Rowdies  tied Indy, 1-1, to come away with a point. “It was a good away performance,” Rowdies coach Stuart Campbell said. “We spoke before the match about the importance of getting a result tonight. We would’ve loved to…

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Rowdies prepare for next week’s opener by showing new threads

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Do clothes make the contender? The Tampa Bay Rowdies showed off a new alternate kit Friday night in preparation for next Saturday’s season opener against the Indy 11. More than 1,000 fans showed up to be introduced to the team — with nine newcomers — at the Mahaffey Theatre. The Rowdies played an interesting preseason, being shut out three times by MLS teams (two losses and a draw). But Tampa Bay swept two college teams and went 1-0-2 in a trip to England. The…

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Tampa Bay Rowdies lose Darwin Espinal to his national team

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As important as it may be, forward Darwin Espinal will miss tonight’s Tampa Bay Rowdies’ game against the Indy 11. Instead, Espinal will be with the Under 23 team for Honduras, which has just called him up. The team, Los Catrachos, will be competing in the 2015 CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship that is taking place in the United States from October 1 to October 13. “It’s an honor to represent my national team once again,” Espinal said. “A year ago I…

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Rowdies struggle in loss to Indy, but still in combined race

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As it turns out, the Tampa Bay Rowdies aren’t playing well in the middle of the week, either. The Rowdies lost 2-0 to the Indy 11, one of the few teams that had been ranked below Tampa Bay in this stumbling Fall Season. The Rowdies fell to 10th of the NASL’s 11 teams in the Fall, losing despite returning to goalkeeper Matt Pickens. The teams were scoreless going into the 60th minute when Dane Richards scored. Erick Norales added a…

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