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Tampa Bay Rowdies pick Stuart Campbell as head coach

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies have appointed Stuart Campbell to the position of head coach, effectively immediately. Campbell, 37, has been with the Rowdies since Dec. 27, 2011, originally joining as a player for the 2012 season before transitioning to roles as an assistant coach and now head coach. In his first season with the Rowdies, Campbell played 31 matches as a defensive stalwart, guiding the Rowdies to the NASL Soccer Bowl Championship. He held dual roles as a player and…

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Rowdies forward Darwin Espinal called for training camp with Honduras national team

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Tampa Bay Rowdies forward Darwin Espinal has been invited to join the Honduras Under-23 National Team for a training camp in Honduras from Sunday, June 14, to Thursday, June 18. The training camp will be held in Comayagua, 56 miles northwest of the capital city, Tegucigalpa. Espinal’s departure date has not yet been confirmed. Espinal, 20, has not been to his home country in 11 years. “It’s an honor to be called for the national team and for them to…

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Rowdies lose new midfielder to El Salvadorian nat’l team for summer

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies’ newly acquired midfielder, Richard Menjivar, will miss the rest of the Rowdies’ spring season, and presumably the beginning of their fall season, to join the El Salvadorian national team for the summer. La Selecta, as the team is affectionately known, will be preparing for and playing in both Gold Cup and World Cup qualifiers over the next couple months. Their first match will be a friendly against Chile this Friday, June 5, the day before the…

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Rowdies’ defense dominates in welcome 0-0 draw

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies held host team Ottawa Fury FC scoreless on Saturday afternoon up in the Canadian capital, playing the club to a 0-0 draw at TD Place Stadium. “It’s a pretty good result at the end of the day,” said Rowdies Head Coach Thomas Rongen, as first reported by RowdiesSoccer.com. “A draw on the road is a good thing for us. We played well in stretches and created a few chances. We’re not pleased, but we’re lucky to…

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Rowdies tie Railhawks 1-1, remain number 2 in NASL standings

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies made the journey up to WakeMed Soccer Park in North Carolina this weekend, playing the hosting Railhawks to a 1-1 draw. The one-goal-scoring effort earned the Rowdies their 8th overall point of the season and brought their record to 2-2-1, good enough to retain second place in the NASL standings. They trail only the first place New York Cosmos — the only team to beat the Rowdies so far this season. A Carolina 6th minute score from Nacho Novo, the…

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Tampa Bay Rowdies hire soccer legend Francisco Marcos to lead development effort

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Portuguese football legend Francisco Marcos is coming back to St. Petersburg, as head of the Tampa Bay Rowdies international development effort. Announcemnt of the new hire came Friday from Rowdies President and General Manager Farrukh Quraishi and owner Bill Edwards. Marcos, a founder of the United Soccer League, brings more than four decades of experience in developing and promoting soccer in the United States. In addition to winning the Werner Fricker Builder Award, highest personal honor from U.S. Soccer, the sport’s American governing…

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Rowdies rout Armada in high scoring slug fest

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies bounced back from their first loss of the season last week with an impressive three-goal victory over their Coastal Cup rivals, the Jacksonville Armada. The Armada — who had a good sized fan-base in attendance — never lied down though. They added a couple goals themselves and put on a barrage of on-mark shots to close the game, all of which were denied by the ice-veined substitute goalie, Matt Pickens, who not only had a string…

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