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Rowdies salvage late draw against rival New York Cosmos on Joe Cole’s goal

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Tampa Bay Rowdies head coach Stuart Campbell will admit that his team has far too many draws this season, and far too many of them have come in home games. On a night like Saturday night, however, it’s not so bad. The Rowdies came from behind to earn a 2-2 draw with the New York Cosmos Saturday night in a game they trailed 2-0 after 84 minutes. It was a nice salvaging of a point. Keith Savage forced an own…

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Rowdies look to Colombia to find new forward Carlos Preciado

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Players are coming from all over the world to help out the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The team signed its second player in two days Tuesday, agreeing with Colombia’s Carlos Preciado. The team had signed Danish midfielder Martin Vingaard the day before. Preciado, 31, has played for some of the biggest teams in Colombia, including America de Cali and Millonarios, as well as Peru’s most popular club, Alianza Lima last year. He arrives with experience in both the Copa Libertadores and…

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Rowdies strengthen midfield with the signing of Danish player Martin Vanguard

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies have strengthened their midfield with the signing of Danish player Martin Vingaard through the end of the season. The midfield has been under constant tinkering by the Rowdies over the past two seasons. The team brought in highly regarded Joe Cole earlier this year, and last year gave Freddie Adu a tryout. Vangaard, 31, is a traditional box-to-box midfielder, the kind that you love to watch play because he seems to be all over the field,”…

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Yolanda Hood: The sacrifices we parents make — even when we don’t understand why

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One recent night I sat in a stadium — being eaten by mosquitoes — with my 14-year-old daughter and watched a women’s soccer game. Last summer, after saving for a year, I took my daughter to Canada two weeks for the FIFA Women’s World Cup. I walked a mile from parking to the stadium every day, stood in long lines at security to have bags checked and, at times, even sat in the rain — all so I could watch…

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Rowdies don’t finish their chances, end up with a draw against Jacksonville

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A record crowd. Fireworks. Music. For the Tampa Bay Rowdies, it all added up to one big party. But the Rowdies couldn’t finish, and ended up the night in a 1-1 draw with the Jacksonville Armada. It was the seventh time the Rowdies have scored a goal or less in 11 outings. “I thought we played outstanding between both boxes and you saw some of the chances that we had,” Rowdies Head Coach Stuart Campbell said. “We just were nowhere…

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After weather delay, Crew takes Rowdies by storm in U.S. Open

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First came the lightning. Then came the thunder. In all, the Columbus Crew took the Tampa Bay Rowdies by storm in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open tournament Wednesday night. After a two-hour game delay because of lightning, the Crew had its way in a 4-0 defeat. “I’m not happy with the result at all and it’s a tough one for us to swallow,” Rowdies head coach Stuart Campbell said. “We never really got started when the restart came and the…

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Rowdies begin Lamar Hunt Cup competition against Cincinnati

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Ten years have passed, but Matt Pickens still remembers the feeling of accomplishment. He was a young man then, in his third year of this profession of soccer goaltender. But his team caught fire. They shut out the Kansas City Wizards. They beat the New England Revolution. They shut out D.C. United. Then they beat the L.A. Galaxy in the finals. Just like that, Pickens was a champion. His team had won the Lamar Hunt Cup, a multi-league tournament. A…

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