2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

The 2012 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the current Tampa Bay Rowdies' third season of existence, and second in the North American Soccer League. Including the original Rowdies franchise and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 25th season of a professional soccer team fielded in the Tampa Bay region.

Tampa Bay Rowdies
2012 season
OwnersAndrew Nestor
Head coachRicky Hill
StadiumAl Lang Stadium
NASL2nd
NASL PlayoffsChampions
U.S. Open CupThird Round
Ponce De Leon CupWinners
Coastal CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Mike Ambersley
(8)

All:
Mike Ambersley
(11)
Highest home attendance4,710[1]
(July 4 v. Fort Lauderdale)
Lowest home attendance2,194[2]
(April 12 v. Carolina)
Average home league attendance3,116[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] For the region of Tampa Bay, it was the first North American Soccer League championship since the original Rowdies won Soccer Bowl '75.[6]

Club

Roster

as of August 25, 2012[7]

No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Jeff Attinella  United States
2 DF Daniel Scott  United States
3 DF Andres Arango  Canada
4 MF Stuart Campbell  Scotland
5 DF J. P. Rodrigues  Guyana
6 FW Matt Clare  United States
7 DF Frank Sanfilippo (captain)  United States
8 FW Luke Mulholland  England
9 FW Dan Antoniuk  United States
11 MF Shane Hill  England
13 DF Thurstan Johnson  United States
14 DF Draymond Washington  United States
15 FW Mike Ambersley  United States
18 MF Dan O'Brien  United States
19 DF Eddie Ababio  United States
20 FW Evans Frimpong  Ghana
22 MF Keith Savage  United States
23 FW Fabrice Picault  United States
24 GK Andrew Fontein  United States
25 FW Carl Cort  Guyana
28 MF Raphael Cox  United States
32 MF Takuya Yamada  Japan

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

Friendlies

March 3, 2012 Intra-Squad Scrimmage Orange Team 5–3 White Team Tampa, Florida
12:00 p.m. 25' (o.g.)
Hill 41'
Hofstetter 41', 58'
Gray 54'
Report Ambersley 20', 46'
Yamada 51'
Stadium: Monroe Middle School
March 10, 2012 Preseason 1 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–0 Eckerd Tritons Lakewood Ranch, Florida
6:30 p.m. Mulholland 17'
Hofstetter 65'
Gray 68'
Report Hobbis  45'
Duffy  59'
Stadium: Premier Sports Campus
March 17, 2012 Preseason 3 FGCU Eagles 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Fort Myers, Florida
2:00 p.m. Report Savage 45' Stadium: FGCU Soccer Complex
March 21, 2012 Preseason 4 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cancelled UCF Knights Tampa, Florida
7:00 p.m. Report Stadium: Ed Radice Sports Complex
Note: Cancelled due to inclement weather.
March 24, 2012 Preseason 4 USF Bulls 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa, Florida
7:30 p.m. Report Clare 1'
Mulholland  79'
Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium
March 28, 2012 Preseason 5 Tampa Bay Rowdies 4–0 Saint Leo Lions Clearwater, Florida
7:00 p.m. Yoshitake 25'
Arango  38'
Yamada 83'
Clare 84'
Mulholland 85'
Report Stadium: Countryside Sportsplex
March 31, 2012 Preseason 6 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Auburndale, Florida
Yoshitake 11'
Ambersley 64', 84'
Yamada  82'
Report Herron 16'
Lorenz 27'
Hassan 46'
Shanosky  59'
Anderson 84'
Stadium: FYSA Auburndale Complex

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 Qualification
1 San Antonio Scorpions (X) 28 13 8 7 46 27 +19 47 Playoff semifinals
2 Tampa Bay Rowdies (C) 28 12 9 7 37 30 +7 45
3 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 11 8 9 32 30 +2 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Carolina RailHawks 28 10 10 8 44 46 2 40
5 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 9 10 40 46 6 36
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (X) 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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
GroundAHHAHAHAHAAAHHHAAHHAHAHAHAHA
ResultLWDDWLLWDLLWWWWLWWWDDLDWDWDD
Updated to match(es) played on September 19, 2012. Source: Match results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Match results

  Win   Tie   Loss

April 7, 2012 Match 1
Ponce De Leon Cup
Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Bayamon, Puerto Rico
7:30 p.m. EDT Addlery  21'
Delgado  25'
Fojo  43'
Cunningham  59'
Addlery 69'
Report Hill  45'
Yamada  68'
Sanfilippo  90'
Stadium: Bayamon Sports Complex
Attendance: 952
Referee: Javier Santos
April 14, 2012 Match 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–0 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Yamada 20'
Hill  82'
Report Joseph-Augustin  26'
Oppong  67'
van Leerdam  78'
Hatchi  84'
Saiko  90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,129
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
April 18, 2012 Match 3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Carolina RailHawks FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Yoshitake 70' Report Shriver 65' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,288
Referee: Armando Villarreal
April 21, 2012 Match 4 Atlanta Silverbacks 1–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 p.m. EDT Robertson  73'
Navia 87'
Report Antoniuk 70'
Mulholland  84'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,261
Referee: Ismail Elfath
April 28, 2012 Match 5
Ponce De Leon Cup
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Clare 27'
Ambersley 62' (pen.)
Rodrigues  63'
Savage 90+'
Report 1
Report 2
Ståhl  42'
Restrepo 90'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,536
Referee: Kevin Terry, Jr.
May 5, 2012 Match 6 San Antonio Scorpions FC 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies San Antonio, Texas
8:30 p.m. EDT Kling  44'
Denissen 53' (pen.)
Cochrane  61'
Pitchkolan 66'
Report Arango  52' Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 9,536
Referee: Hayer Reyes
May 12, 2012 Match 7 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–2 San Antonio Scorpions FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Antoniuk 55'
Ramírez  78'
Report Campos 53', 90+4'
Scott  61'
Hill  63'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,166
Referee: Javier Santos
May 19, 2012 Match 8 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 p.m. EDT Davis  51'
Moroney 64', 89'
Carr  80'
Report Antoniuk 12', 37'
Yamada  60'
Ambersley 78'
Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
May 25, 2012 Match 9 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Minnesota Stars FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Campbell  69' Report Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Ted Unkel
June 2, 2012 Match 10
Ponce De Leon Cup
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 3–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Thompson 53' (pen.)
Anderson 54'
Stewart  86'
Orozco  88'
Restrepo 90+2'
Report Mulholland 33'
Ambersley  62'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,255
Referee: Kevin Terry
June 9, 2012 Match 11
Ponce De Leon Cup
Puerto Rico Islanders 2–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Bayamon, Puerto Rico
7:30 p.m. EDT Fojo  40'
Rivera  73'
Needham 81'
vanSchaik 90+4'
Report Picault  30'
Arango  51'
Stadium: Bayamon Sports Complex
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Jesus Angel Delgado Lebron
June 16, 2012 Match 12 Minnesota Stars FC 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine, Minnesota
8:30 p.m. EDT Nuñez 8'
Nuñez  25'
Kallman  90+1'
Report Yoshitake 45+1'
Hill  45+1'
Savage 85'
Ambersley  89'
Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,908
June 23, 2012 Match 13 Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–2 San Antonio Scorpions FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Yoshitake 39', 90'
Mulholland 88'
Report Greenfield 31'
Bayona 52'
Pitchkolan  59'
Harmse  71'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,559
Referee: Christina Ibañez
June 30, 2012 Match 14 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Minnesota Stars FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Ambersley 55'
Yoshitake 88'
Report Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,594
Referee: Kevin Terry
July 4, 2012 Match 15
Ponce De Leon Cup
Tampa Bay Rowdies 3–1 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. EDT Ambersley 30'
Yoshitake 67'
Antoniuk 85'
Rodrigues  86'  90'
Report Herron 19',  67'
Orozco  26'  79'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 4,710
Referee: Ismail Elfath
July 12, 2012 Match 16 Minnesota Stars FC 2–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Blaine, Minnesota
8:30 p.m. EDT Nuñez 30'
Dias  37'
Takada 44'
Venegas  64'
Report Ambersley 78' Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,164
July 15, 2012 Match 17 FC Edmonton 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 p.m. EDT Hatchi  36'
Lam  70'
Report Yoshitake  33'
Mulholland 88'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,688
July 21, 2012 Match 18
Ponce De Leon Cup
Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–0 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Sanfilippo  57', 72'
Ambersley 85'
Report Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,207
July 28, 2012 Match 19 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–0 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Antoniuk 44' Report Arguez  20'
Barthélémy  33'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,149
August 4, 2012 Match 20 Carolina RailHawks FC 3–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT da Luz  21'
Zimmerman 43', 49'
Garey 52'
Stockley  59'
Report Hill 17'
Mulholland 86'
Yamada 90+2'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 5,002
August 11, 2012 Match 21 Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Mulholland  84'
Arango  90'
Report Willis  54'
Randolph  70'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,027
August 19, 2012 Match 22 San Antonio Scorpions FC 4–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies San Antonio, Texas
8:30 p.m. EDT Ramírez 8'
Campos 17', 29'
Sattler  56'
Bayona 90+2'
Report Sanfilippo  45'
Hill  49'
Mulholland  52'
Ambersley  56'
Stadium: Heroes Stadium
Attendance: 7,024
August 25, 2012 Match 23
Ponce De Leon Cup
Tampa Bay Rowdies 0–0 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Cox  54'
Mulholland  68'
Report Nurse  34'
Ibeagha  83'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,125
Referee: Ted Unkel
September 1, 2012 Match 24
Ponce De Leon Cup
Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Fort Lauderdale, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Laing  1'
Tetteh  19'
Ståhl  53'
Report Arango  21'
Picault  53'
Sanfilippo  59' 82'
Cox 80'
Scott  88'
Cort 90+4'
Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 5,629
September 8, 2012 Match 25 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Yamada 42'
Ababio  53'  67'
Report Horth 30'
Carr  87'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,754
September 16, 2012 Match 26 FC Edmonton 0–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 p.m. EDT Barthélémy  45'
Rago  87'
Report Antoniuk 21'
Ambersley  39' 43'
Mulholland 51'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,376
September 19, 2012 Match 27 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Carolina RailHawks FC St. Petersburg, Florida
7:30 p.m. EDT Arango 13'  22' Report Shipalane 61' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 2,194
September 22, 2012 Match 28 Carolina RailHawks FC 0–0 Tampa Bay Rowdies Cary, North Carolina
7:00 p.m. EDT Report Frimpong  68'
Hill  90'
Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 7,310

Playoffs

Carolina RailHawks1–2Tampa Bay Rowdies
Shriver 78' (pen.)
Lowery  86'
Franks  89'
Report Ambersley 64'  90+'
Arango  77'
Attinella  83'
Antoniuk 85'
Attendance: 3,183
Referee: Matthew Foerster
Tampa Bay Rowdies3–3Carolina RailHawks
Hill 40' (pen.)
Ambersley 65'
Mulholland 84'  90+2'
Report Shriver 14'
Shipalane 18'
Agbossoumonde  35'
Zimmerman 86' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,132
Referee: Robert Sibiga

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


Minnesota Stars FC2–0Tampa Bay Rowdies
Walker 67'
Takada  84'
Nuñez 90+4'
Report Ambersley  48'

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.

May 22, 2012 Second Round Jacksonville United 0–3 Tampa Bay Rowdies Jacksonville, Florida
19:00 EST Donaldson  51' Report Ambersley 2'
Antoniuk 19'
Savage 65'
Stadium: Patton Park
Attendance: 925
May 29, 2012 Third Round Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–3 Colorado Rapids St. Petersburg, Florida
20:00 EST Antoniuk  19'
Washington  56'
Clare 90+2'
Report Edu 17' (pen.)
Akpan 33'
Thompson  55'
Marshall  57'
Hill 90+1'
Ceus  90+2'
Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
Attendance: 3,086

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.

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

Honors

Individual honors

Ricky Hill
Jeff Attinella, Takuya Yamada, Luke Mulholland

Transfers

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. "FC Tampa Bay Acquire the Rights to "Rowdies" Name | IMS Soccer News". Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
  5. "Rowdies Win 2012 NASL Soccer Bowl After Penalty Shootout". Rowdiessoccer.com. October 27, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  6. Burns, Bryan (October 28, 2012). "Rowdies beat Minnesota for NASL title". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  7. "Roster | Tampa Bay Rowdies". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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