2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

Tampa Bay Rowdies
2012 season
Owners Andrew Nestor
Manager Ricky Hill
Stadium Al Lang Field
NASL 2nd
NASL Playoffs Champions
U.S. Open Cup Third Round
Ponce De Leon Cup Winners
Coastal Cup Winners
Highest home attendance 4,710[1]
Lowest home attendance 2,194[2]
Average home league attendance 3,116[3]
Home colors
Away colors
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The 2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's third season of existence, and second in the North American Soccer League. In the 2011 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 this season, the Rowdies finished second in the league with a 12–9–7 record. In the playoffs, they avenged the previous season's loss by defeating Minnesota Stars FC in the NASL Championship Series, winning 3–2 on penalty kicks after two regulation matches ended with a 3–3 aggregate score.[4] For the region of Tampa Bay, it is the first North American Soccer League championship since the original Rowdies won Soccer Bowl '75.[5]

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.[6]

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Friendlies

North America Soccer League

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

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (C) 28 13 8 7 46 27+19 47 2012 NASL Playoffs semifinals
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 12 9 7 37 30+7 45
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 2012 NASL Playoffs quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46−2 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46−6 36
6 Minnesota United 28 8 11 9 34 33+1 35
7 Atlanta Silverbacks 28 7 9 12 35 46−11 30
8 Edmonton 28 5 10 13 26 36−10 25

Updated to games played on 23 September 2012.
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
 (C) = Commissioner's Cup (regular season champion)

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45 7 5 1 18 8 +10 5 4 6 19 22 −3

Last updated: September 23, 2012.
Source: Match reports

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Result L W D D W L L W D L L W W W W L W W W D D L D W D W D D

Last updated: September 19, 2012.
Source: Match results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Match results

      Win       Tie       Loss

Playoffs

October 6, 2012
7:00 p.m. EDT
Semifinals - 1st Leg
Carolina RailHawks 1 – 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Shriver  78' (pen.)
Lowery  86'
Franks  89' 		Report Ambersley  64'  90+'
Arango  77'
Attinella  83'
Antoniuk  85'
WakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, North Carolina
Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Matthew Foerster

October 13, 2012
7:30 p.m. EDT
Semifinals - 2nd Leg
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3 – 3 Carolina RailHawks
Hill  40' (pen.)
Ambersley  65'
Mulholland  84'  90+2' 		Recap Shriver  14'
Shipalane  18'
Agbossoumonde  35'
Zimmerman  86' (pen.)
Al Lang Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: Robert Sibiga

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

3–3 on aggregate; Tampa Bay won the 2012 NASL Championship on penalty kicks.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

Further information: 2012 Lamar Hunt 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.

Ponce De Leon Cup

The Ponce De Leon Cup is a trophy that was created in 2006. It is awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.

Pos Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 8413128+413
2 Puerto Rico Islanders 833286+212
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8224915-68

Club

Roster

as of August 25, 2012[7]

No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Attinella, JeffJeff Attinella      United States
2 Defender Scott, DanielDaniel Scott      United States
3 Defender Arango, AndresAndres Arango      Canada
4 Midfielder Campbell, StuartStuart Campbell      Scotland
5 Defender Rodrigues, J. P.J. P. Rodrigues      Guyana
6 Forward Clare, MattMatt Clare      United States
7 Defender Sanfilippo, FrankFrank Sanfilippo      United States
8 Forward Mulholland, LukeLuke Mulholland      England
9 Forward Antoniuk, DanDan Antoniuk      United States
11 Midfielder Hill, ShaneShane Hill      England
13 Defender Johnson, ThurstanThurstan Johnson      United States
14 Defender Washington, DraymondDraymond Washington      United States
15 Forward Ambersley, MikeMike Ambersley      United States
18 Midfielder O'Brien, DanDan O'Brien      United States
19 Defender Ababio, EddieEddie Ababio      United States
20 Forward Frimpong, EvansEvans Frimpong      Ghana
22 Midfielder Savage, KeithKeith Savage      United States
23 Forward Picault, FabriceFabrice Picault      United States
24 Goalkeeper Fontein, AndrewAndrew Fontein      United States
25 Forward Cort, CarlCarl Cort      Guyana
28 Midfielder Cox, RaphaelRaphael Cox      United States
32 Midfielder Yamada, TakuyaTakuya Yamada      Japan

See also

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
  4. ↑ "Rowdies Win 2012 NASL Soccer Bowl After Penalty Shootout". Rowdiessoccer.com. October 27, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Burns, Bryan (October 28, 2012). "Rowdies beat Minnesota for NASL title". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/2011/12/15/fc-tampa-bay-acquire-the-rights-to-rowdies-name/
  7. ↑ Roster | Tampa Bay Rowdies
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