2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

Background

After their first season, the FC Tampa Bay Rowdies were forced by Classic Ink to discontinue use of the "Rowdies" name, resulting in their name being FC Tampa Bay. Before the 2012 season began, however, the team came to terms with Classic Ink to purchase the "Rowdies" name.

In the previous season, the Rowdies rallied to a third-place finish before bowing out in a first-round playoff match against eventual NASL Champions NSC Minnesota Stars. In 2012, the Rowdies finished second in the league with a 12–9–7 record. In the 2012 playoffs, they first defeated Carolina RailHawks FC, 5–4, on aggregate in the semifinals to advance to the Soccer Bowl. There they avenged the previous season's playoff loss by defeating defending champion, Minnesota, in the NASL Championship Series. They won the title in dramatic fashion, 3–2, on penalty kicks, after making up a two-goal aggregate deficit in regulation, and then surviving 30 minutes of extra time while short-handed. For the region of Tampa Bay, it was the first North American Soccer League championship since the original Rowdies won Soccer Bowl '75.

Club

Roster

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Squad information

Match results

Friendlies

Hill Hofstetter Gray Yamada Hofstetter Gray Duffy https://www.newspapers.com/image/314762596/?terms=Rowdies [Hill Perucica Mulholland Arango Yamada Clare Mulholland Ambersley Yamada Lorenz Hassan Shanosky Anderson

North America Soccer League

All times from this point on are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04:00)

Standings

Results summary

Match results

Ponce De Leon Cup Delgado Fojo Cunningham Addlery Yamada Sanfilippo Hill Oppong van Leerdam Hatchi Saiko Navia Mulholland Ponce De Leon Cup Report 2 Ambersley Rodrigues Savage Restrepo Denissen Cochrane Pitchkolan Ramírez Scott Hill Moroney Carr Yamada Ambersley Ponce De Leon Cup Anderson Stewart Orozco Restrepo Ambersley Ponce De Leon Cup Rivera Needham vanSchaik Arango Nuñez Kallman Hill Savage Ambersley Mulholland Bayona Pitchkolan Harmse Yoshitake Ponce De Leon Cup Yoshitake Antoniuk Rodrigues Orozco Dias Takada Venegas Lam Mulholland Ponce De Leon Cup Ambersley Barthélémy Zimmerman Garey Stockley Mulholland Yamada Arango Randolph Campos
Sattler
Bayona Hill
Mulholland
Ambersley Ponce De Leon Cup Mulholland Ibeagha Ponce De Leon Cup Tetteh Ståhl Picault Sanfilippo
Cox Scott Cort Ababio Carr Rago Ambersley
Mulholland Hill

Playoffs

Lowery Franks Arango Attinella Antoniuk Ambersley
Mulholland
Shipalane
Agbossoumonde
Zimmerman

Tampa Bay won 5–4 on aggregate and qualified for the NASL Championship Series.

Takada Nuñez Ambersley Savage Mulholland Antoniuk
Hill Bracalello Rodríguez Cox Picault Cort Del Do Altman Bracalello Rodríguez 3–3 on aggregate; Tampa Bay won the 2012 NASL Championship on penalty kicks.

U.S. Open Cup

Tampa Bay entered with the other U.S.-based teams from the NASL and USL Pro in the second round. The first two rounds were drawn on May 1, 2012.

Antoniuk Savage Washington Clare Akpan Thompson Marshall Hill Ceus

Ponce De Leon Cup

The Ponce De Leon Cup was a fan-based derby and trophy that was created in 2006. Participants were originally United Soccer Leagues first division teams (later USSF-D2, then NASL teams) based in lands that Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León, had visited; namely Florida and Puerto Rico. It was awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants. The trophy itself was purported to have been destroyed in 2010 in a warehouse fire. 2012 was the final year that the cup was awarded, as the Puerto Rico Islanders ceased operation following the NASL season.

Honors

• NASL Champions
• NASL Fair Play Award

Individual honors

• NASL Coach of the Year : Ricky Hill

• NASL Best XI : Jeff Attinella, Takuya Yamada, Luke Mulholland

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

References

References

1. [http://nasl.com/index.php?id=488&getGameID=196 (Box score)]
2. [http://nasl.com/index.php?id=488&getGameID=248 (Box score)]
3. [http://nasl.com/index.php?id=3&newsid=3336 Attendance]
4. "FC Tampa Bay Acquire the Rights to "Rowdies" Name {{!}} IMS Soccer News".
5. (October 27, 2012). "Rowdies Win 2012 NASL Soccer Bowl After Penalty Shootout". Rowdiessoccer.com.
6. Burns, Bryan. (October 28, 2012). "Rowdies beat Minnesota for NASL title". [[Tampa Bay Times]].
7. "Roster {{!}} Tampa Bay Rowdies".