2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

Tampa Bay Rowdies
2021 season
Chairman	Stuart Sternberg
Head coach	Neill Collins
Stadium	Al Lang Stadium
USL Championship	1st, Eastern Conference; Regular Season Winners
USL Cup	Runners-up
U.S. Open Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Guenzatti (21); All: Guenzatti (22)
Highest home attendance	League: 6,882; All: 7,521
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,870; All: 1,870
Average home league attendance	3,753
Biggest win	6–0 (May 1 vs NYRB)
Biggest defeat	2–0 (July 31 @ CHAR)
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ChairmanStuart Sternberg

Head coachNeill Collins

StadiumAl Lang Stadium

USL Championship1st, Eastern Conference
Regular Season Winners

The 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's twelfth season of existence, their fifth in the United Soccer League, and third in the USL Championship. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this is the 28th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this is the 34th season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Games played^[a]	Goals scored
Goalkeepers
1	Evan Louro	GK	2020	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 30)	New York Red Bulls	16	0
25	Ian McGrane	GK	2020	(1995-11-22) 22 November 1995 (age 30)	Stumptown Athletic	0	0
56	Raiko Arozarena	GK	2021	(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 28)	Cafetaleros de Chiapas	0	0
Defenders
2	Conner Antley	RB/DF	2021	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 30)	Indy Eleven	0	0
3	Forrest Lasso	CB	2020	(1993-05-11) 11 May 1993 (age 32)	FC Cincinnati	16	3
5	Jordan Scarlett	CB	2020	(1995-07-08) 8 July 1995 (age 30)	New York Red Bulls II	16	1
16	Max Lachowecki	LB	2020	(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 33)	Free Agent	24	0
33	Aarón Guillén	CB	2020	(1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 32)	North Carolina FC	16	0
Midfielders
4	Lewis Hilton	CM	2020	(1993-10-22) 22 October 1993 (age 32)	Saint Louis FC	16	0
7	Yann Ekra	CM	2019	(1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 35)	Charlotte Independence	31	1
8	Zach Steinberger	AM	2019	(1992-05-10) 10 May 1992 (age 33)	Indy Eleven	29	3
11	Leo Fernandes	LM	2017	(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 34)	Philadelphia Union	82	11
21	Dayonn Harris	RW	2021	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 28)	Real Monarchs SLC	0	0
22	Jordan Doherty	DM	2019	(2000-08-29) 29 August 2000 (age 25)	Sheffield United FC Academy	38	2
23	Sebastian Dalgaard	WM	2020	(1991-08-23) 23 August 1991 (age 34)	Hartford Athletic	13	0
27	Laurence Wyke	DM	2021	(1996-09-20) 20 September 1996 (age 29)	Atlanta United FC	0	0
29	Matthew Srbely	AM	2021	(1998-11-29) 29 November 1998 (age 27)	Toronto FC II	0	0
97	Luiz Fernando	WM	2021	(1997-06-23) 23 June 1997 (age 28)	Atlanta United FC	0	0
Forwards
9	Juan Tejada	CF	2019	(1997-01-14) 14 January 1997 (age 29)	Lakeland Tropics	42	12
10	Steevan Dos Santos	CF	2021	(1989-09-17) 17 September 1989 (age 36)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	0	0
13	Sebastián Guenzatti	CF	2017	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 34)	New York Cosmos	82	32
14	Foster Langsdorf	CF	2021	(1995-12-14) 14 December 1995 (age 30)	Loan from Minnesota United FC	0	0
17	Jordan Adebayo-Smith	CF	2021	(2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 25)	Sutton United FC	0	0
77	Lucky Mkosana	CF	2019	(1987-09-30) 30 September 1987 (age 38)	Louisville City FC	62	12

Front Office
Owner	Stuart Sternberg
President & C.O.O.	Lee Cohen
Vice chairman	Matthew Silverman
Vice chairman	Brian Auld
Technical staff
Head coach/Technical director	Neill Collins
Assistant coach	Stuart Dobson
Assistant coach	Kevin Foley
Assistant coach	Chad Burt
Performance coach	Pete Calabrese
Chief scout	Eric Rudland
Medical staff
Head athletic trainer	Andrew Keane
Assistant athletic trainer	Michelle Leget
Orthopedic surgeon	Dr. Mohit Bansal
Primary care physician	Dr. Mathew Vermeer

March 20, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	South Georgia Tormenta FC	St. Petersburg, FL
	Guenzatti 30' (Adebayo-Smith) Adbayo-Smith 34' Trialist 90'	Report	Micaletto 38'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: closed-door

March 27, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Inter Miami CF	St. Petersburg, FL
	Wyke 81'			Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: closed-door

March 31, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–1	Nashville SC	Bradenton, FL
	Aguirre 68'	Report	22' McCarty 33'	Stadium: IMG Academy Attendance: closed-door

2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

Roster

Team management and staff

Competitions

Exhibitions

USL Championship

Standings — Atlantic Division

Results summary

Results by round

Results

USL Championship playoffs

Bracket

Results

U.S. Open Cup

Honors

Individual honors

References

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April 3, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–3	New York Red Bulls	Bradenton, FL
		Report		Stadium: IMG Academy

April 11, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–5	CF Montréal	St. Petersburg, FL
	Dos Santos 89' (Hilton)		Mihailovic 10' (Toye) Toye 12' (Quioto), 40' Scarlett 45' (o.g.) Sejdič 64' 73'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

April 17, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Bay Rowdies	5–0	Naples United FC	St. Petersburg, FL
	Harris 31' Wyke 50', 61' Dos Santos 63' (pen.) Adebayo-Smith 74' Steinberger 84' (Fernandes)	Report	#25 42' #5 45'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

April 24, 2021 Preseason	Tampa Spartans	1–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa, FL
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Foster 34:27' Youth 68:37'	Report	Fernandes 20:44' (Harris) Guenzatti 30:14' (Fernandes) Dos Santos 51:46' (Hilton) Antley 54:45' Lachowecki 56:18' Scarlett 89:13'	Stadium: Pepin Stadium Attendance: 0

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	32	23	7	2	55	23	+32	71	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2	Charlotte Independence	32	18	9	5	57	36	+21	59
3	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	32	17	8	7	52	34	+18	58^[b]
4	Miami FC	32	16	10	6	55	40	+15	54^[b]
5	Hartford Athletic	32	12	15	5	50	50	0	41
6	Charleston Battery	32	10	15	7	49	60	−11	37
7	New York Red Bulls II	32	7	18	7	42	67	−25	28
8	Loudoun United FC	32	4	25	3	31	78	−47	15

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	23	2	7	55	23	+32	71	14	1	2	39	10	+29	9	1	5	16	13	+3

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Stadium	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W
Position	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

May 1, 2021 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–0	Charlotte Independence	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Steinberger 35' Dalgaard 54' Guenzatti 54' (pen.), 77' (Lasso) Fernandes 79' (Guenzatti)	Report	Areman 35' Roberts 84'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 1,870 Referee: Tori Penso

May 8, 2021 2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–0	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Dos Santos 30' (Fernandes) Guenzatti 75' (pen.) Adebayo-Smith 84'	Report	Griffin 11' Gatt 76'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 1,978 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

May 15, 2021 3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Phoenix Rising	St. Petersburg, FL
20:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Quinn 4' (o.g.) Hilton 40' Dos Santos 61' Louro 68' Adebayo-Smith 90+2'	Report	Quinn 42' Moar 68' (Dadashov) Dadashov 68' Adewole 80' Saydee 86' Billingsley 90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 2,355 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

September 18, 2021 24	Atlanta United 2	0–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Kennesaw, GA
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Bauer 28' Ambrose 71'	Report	Guenzatti 2' (Dos Santos), 45+1' Dalgaard 27' Scarlett 53' Wyke 77'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 699 Referee: Melvin Rivas

September 25, 2021 25	Hartford Athletic	1–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Hartford, CT
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Yacoubou 31' Haak 52' McGlynn 63' Preston 86' Barrera 90+4' (Dodson)	Report	Guenzatti 12' (Fernandez), 45+2' (Fernandez) Hilton 27'	Stadium: Dillon Stadium Attendance: 5,138 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

October 2, 2021 26	Charleston Battery	1–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Charleston, SC
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Repetto 10' (pen.) Zarkostas 13' Kuzminsky 24' Archer 24' Harmon 42' McCue 67' Gdula 88'	Report	Scarlett 8' Lasso 12' Wyke 21' (Guenzatti) Guenzatti 25' (pen.), 69'	Stadium: Patriots Point Soccer Complex Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Luis Guardia

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	23	2	7	55	23	+32	71	14	1	2	39	10	+29	9	1	5	16	13	+3

May 22, 2021 4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Miami FC	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Dos Santos 12' (Hilton) Hilton 65' Guenzatti 79' (pen.)	Report	Palacios 17' Forbes 38' Akinyode 74' Craig 84'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 2,518 Referee: Gabriele Giusti

June 2, 2021 5	New York Red Bulls II	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Montclair, NJ
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Zalinsky 60' Tombul 79' Edelman 84'	Report	Adebayo-Smith 32' (Doherty), 51' Guenzatti 33' Scarlett 41' Langsdorf 90+4'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 543 Referee: Luis Arroyo

June 5, 2021 6	Charlotte Independence	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Charlotte, NC
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Dean 14' Etou 25' (pen.) Miller 62' Bender 86'	Report	Langsdorf 64' Adebayo-Smith 68'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,380 Referee: Greg Dopka

June 11, 2021 7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Loudoun United	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Antley 13' Guenzatti 34' (Antley) Wyke 79' Langsdorf 85', 86'	Report	Dambrot 4' (Paz), 23' Bolívar 74'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,332 Referee: Jonathan Bilinski

June 19, 2021 8	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Hilton 41' Lasso 45+3' Ekra 61' Guenzatti 90+2' (Harris)	Report	Griffin 21' (Cicerone) Williams 40' Cicerone 55' (Forbes)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

June 26, 2021 9	Hartford Athletic	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Hartford, CT
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Lara 58'	Report	Guenzatti 33' Fernandes 79'	Stadium: Dillon Stadium Attendance: 4,966 Referee: Joshua Encarnación

July 2, 2021 10	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Charleston Battery	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Scarlett 31' Guenzatti 68' (pen.)	Report	Di Rosa 44' Archer 67' Crawford 90+1'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,326 Referee: Kyle Johnston

July 7, 2021 11	Miami FC	2–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Reid 21' (da Silva) Chapman-Page 39', 77' (François) da Silva 90+3'	Report	Lasso 23' Scarlett 51' (Hilton)	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Thomas Snyder

July 13, 2021 12	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–1	Hartford Athletic	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Scarlett 58' Fernandes 64'	Report	Dodson 23' (Preston) Elney 34' Ashitey 37' Boudadi 52' Gómez 56'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 2,943 Referee: Kevin Broadley

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
32	23	2	7	55	23	+32	71	14	1	2	39	10	+29	9	1	5	16	13	+3

July 17, 2021 13	Miami FC	2–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Martínez 10' Bah 34' (da Silva) Reid 90'	Report	Steinberger 28' Guillén 36' Dalgaard 60' Fernandes 65' (Dalgaard)	Stadium: Riccardo Silva Stadium Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

July 24, 2021 14	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–1	Loudoun United	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Guillén 7' (Dalgaard) Fernandes 21', 52' (Hilton) Lasso 37' Ekra 73' Guenzatti 74' (Ekra)	Report	Smith 34' Downs 70' (Sorga)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,920 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 31, 2021 15	Charlotte Independence	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Charlotte, NC
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Kelly 47' (Martínez), 48' Parra 62' (Riascos) Dimick 89'	Report	Antley 22' Hilton 59' Doherty 90+5'	Stadium: American Legion Memorial Stadium Attendance: 2,371 Referee: Jeremy Scheer

August 6, 2021 16	New York Red Bulls II	1–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Montclair, NJ
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	LaCava 9' (Nagoma) Lewis 21' Sowe 41' Tombul 45+1'	Report	Adebayo-Smith 33' (Lachowecki) Lachowecki 47' (Wyke) Ekra 83'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 587 Referee: Calin Radosav

August 13, 2021 17	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Hartford Athletic	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Adebayo-Smith 85'	Report	Lara 31' McGlynn 78'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,682 Referee: Elton Garcia

August 18, 2021 18	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	0–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Pittsburgh, PA
18:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Velarde 58'	Report	Lasso 31' Mkosana 90+3'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Jon Freemon

August 23, 2021 19	Loudoun United	0–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Leesburg, VA
19:00 EDT (UTC−5)	Saravia 36' Landry 64'	Report	Hilton 23' Lasso 45+3' (Hilton) Wyke 82' Mkosana 87'	Stadium: Segra Field Attendance: 360 Referee: Luis Arroyo

August 28, 2021 20	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–0	Charlotte Independence	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Hilton 60' Dos Santos 73', 76' (Wyke)	Report	Bronico 69'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,461 Referee: Ekaterina Koroleva

September 3, 2021 21	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–0	Oakland Roots	St. Petersburg, FL
19:30 EDT (UTC−5)	Guillén 19' Guenzatti 30' (Scarlett) Dalgaard 41' (Wyke) Mkosana 82' (Wyke)	Report	Hernández 85'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,514 Referee: Gerald Flores