Rowdies subs: GK Langer; D Antonijevic, Hall; M Chavez, Espinal, Burgos; F Mwanga— Rowdies Gameday (@RowdiesGameday) April 16, 2016
Yeah. A lot of midfielders would have to get injured at this rate. Shame because he looked good in the minutes he got last year, but you can't be dogging it. He's just not a professional.
Rowdies are hanging by a thread so far tonight. Edmonton is getting far more chances than you'd expect given their struggles heading into this game.
Attacking better now but holding the ball too long inside the box and getting swarmed. Just shoot already! Ah crap Nanchoff just barely missed a free kick. Damn. Wind might have caught it as it missed in the direction it was blowing.
GOAL! Heinemann with a thunderous header just inside the near post! Finally! 1-0 Rowdies. Avila with the assist
SAVE! Pickens!!! Eff you ref! Huge win, but we could still play better. A lot of scary moments down the stretch.
Yea we could have played better, but a ugly win is still a win, we did dominate the time of position though, still need to get Tommy some more help up front, cleansheet in 2 out of 3 games, big game coming up next week against the league leading Carolina Railhawks, we can't be playing like that if we're gonna get three points out of that game
We had 66.2% of possession and 82% passing accuracy so yeah that was definitely good. Edmonton didn't have many more shots than we did but it was still shakier defending than I'm used to seeing from our side. Getting a win against the Railhawks would be huge in reeling them back in and making a push for the Spring title and a playoff spot. A loss would be disastrous. Side note it kinda sucks the attendance was below 5000. What gives? Match Center Heinemann’s Head, Picken’s Hands Seal First Win for Rowdies (Unused Substitutes) Rowdies Hold On For Wild 1-0 Win Over FC Edmonton (RowdiesSoccer.com) Rowdies win with Pickens' walkoff save (Tampa Bay Times)
I'm not sure where it started. It's been used with Radko Gudas before the Lightning traded him to Philly. I think there's a Giants pitcher that also gets that. Pickens' beard is pretty epic though. Probably the most epic in NASL?
We need to play smart and focused again the FailHwaks. We always have competitive games against them. Simply, we need 3 points.
Rowdies host the league leaders with a chance to pull within a point of them. VS GAME TIME: Saturday April 23rd @ 7:30 PM ET STADIUM: Al Lang Stadium TV: Bright House Sports Network (local), beIN Sports (national) STREAM: beIN Sports Connect https://beinsportsconnect.tv/index.html COME ON YOU ROWDIES! Match Preview: Undefeated Teams Clash as Rowdies Host RailHawks Rowdies face potent attack in Carolina Railhawks It's looking like a game where we should be able to hit them on the counter, providing we can absorb what they throw at us. But we might be able to shut them down with our own possession game. We'll see what happens!
Highlights: Possession was evenly split, with Carolina only attempting 6 shots to our 10 but got 4 of them on target to our 2. That's just better finishing and what we are lacking sorely. The score might've been more favorable if the refs didn't bungle an offside call against us and called a penalty on that one Heinemann foray. ROWDIES SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT OF 2016, 3-1 TO CAROLINA RAILHAWKS (RowdiesSoccer.com) Carolina's offense too much for Rowdies (TampaBay.com) Clinical RailHawks Deliver First Loss of the Year to Rowdies (TheUnsubs.com)
I hope Campbell gets out of this 4-5-1 crap. He needs to pair Heinemann with some one going forward and be more effective. We need Savage out htere if he is at 100% (Hearing that he is not ready yet) and if Adu can man up, we need him out there. You would also think we would have an advantage in terms of the Spring Season with how the games looked playing so much at home the last few weeks. It appears that was not the case. We're out for the Spring Championship. We just need to stop being mediocre and try to get the most points possible. Very frustrating game last night.
Word on the street is that Perry has resigned his post from the Rowdies on his own volition. I've checked the little press the Rowdies get to confirm but no luck. Edit: http://theunsubs.com/wp/2016/04/29/perry-van-der-beck-resigns-as-rowdies-assistant-general-manager/ Thank you PVDB for ALL you've done for soccer in Tampa Bay. Thank you.