2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

The 2016 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's sixth NASL season, and seventh season overall since their formation in 2008. It was also their final season in the NASL, as the team switched leagues to the USL after the season ended.

Tampa Bay Rowdies

2016 season
Owner	Bill Edwards (Majority) Andrew Nestor (Minority) David Laxer (Minority)[1]
Head coach	Stuart Campbell
Stadium	Al Lang Stadium
NASL	Spring: 5th Fall: 10th Combined: 9th
NASL Playoffs	did not qualify
U.S. Open Cup	Fourth Round
Coastal Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Georgi Hristov (10) All: Georgi Hristov (11)
Highest home attendance	7,690 (July 2 vs. Jacksonville)
Lowest home attendance	League: 4,429 (Apr. 16 vs. Edmonton) All: 3,455 (Jun. 1 vs. Cincinnati)
Average home league attendance	League: 6,066 All: 5,739
Home colors Away colors Third colors
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Roster

As of 5 August 2016

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
18	Matt Pickens		GK	(1982-04-05) 5 April 1982 (age 43)	New England Revolution	2014		53	0
24	Chris Glodack		GK	(1993-06-19) 19 June 1993 (age 32)	Clemson Tigers	2015		0	0
Defenders
2	Darnell King		DF	(1990-09-23) 23 September 1990 (age 34)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2015		33	0
3	Neill Collins		DF	(1983-09-02) 2 September 1983 (age 41)	Sheffield United	2016		5	1
4	Ben Sweat		DF	(1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 33)	Columbus Crew	2015		30	0
5	Stefan Antonijevic		DF	(1981-06-09) 9 June 1981 (age 44)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2015		22	1
7	Frank Sanfilippo		DF	(1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 43)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016		0	0
15	Zac Portillos		DF	(1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 33)	Akron Zips	2015		4	0
17	Tamika Mkandawire (captain)		DF	(1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 42)	Shrewsbury Town	2014		51	5
Midfielders
9	Freddy Adu		MF	(1989-06-02) 2 June 1989 (age 36)	KuPS	2015		8	0
11	Kalif Alhassan		MF	(1990-10-15) 15 October 1990 (age 34)	Minnesota United	2016		5	0
13	Justin Chavez		MF	(1990-03-23) 23 March 1990 (age 35)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2015		18	0
16	Juan Guerra		MF	(1987-02-16) 16 February 1987 (age 38)	Deportivo Lara	2015		27	2
21	Walter Ramírez		MF	(1983-11-07) 7 November 1983 (age 41)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016		2	0
22	Keith Savage		MF	(1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 40)	Portland Timbers	2011		101	13
23	Michael Nanchoff		MF	(1988-09-24) 24 September 1988 (age 36)	Portland Timbers	2016		5	0
26	Joe Cole		MF	(1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 43)	Coventry City	2016		0	0
30	Eric Avila		MF	(1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 (age 37)	Santos Laguna	2016		5	0
32	Martin Vingaard		MF	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 40)	FC Nordsjælland	2016		0	0
33	Junior Burgos		MF	(1988-08-14) 14 August 1988 (age 37)	Loan from Atlanta United	2016		3	0
94	PC		MF	(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 31)	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	2016		0	0
Forwards
8	Tom Heinemann		FW	(1987-04-23) 23 April 1987 (age 38)	Ottawa Fury	2016		5	1
10	Georgi Hristov		FW	(1985-01-10) 10 January 1985 (age 40)	Lokomotiv Sofia	2013		83	27
20	Darwin Espinal		FW	(1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 30)	Darton State College	2015		26	4
29	Carlos Preciado		FW	(1985-03-30) 30 March 1985 (age 40)	Al-Sailiya SC	2016		0	0

On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 25 DF  USA Jeremy Hall (at Sacramento Republic for the season) 14 MF  USA Jeff Michaud (at Wilmington Hammerheads for the season)

No. Pos. Nation Player 55 FW  COD Danny Mwanga (at Ottawa Fury for the season) 19 MF  FIN Verneri Välimaa (at Orange County Blues for the season)

Staff

• Perry Van der Beck – Assistant General Manager/Vice President of Community Relations
• Stuart Campbell – Head Coach
• Raoul Voss – Assistant Coach
• Stuart Dobson – Goalkeeper Coach
• Ryan Spurr – Director of Team Operations
• Jason Riley – Strength & Conditioning Coach
• Malcolm Phillips – Equipment Manager
• Dr. Koco Eaton – Team Physician/Orthopedic Surgeon
• Dr. Sanjay Menon – Team Physician/Orthopedic Surgeon
• Dr. Christopher Salud – Team Physician
• Andrew Keane – Head Athletic Trainer
• Laura Tllinghast Hine – Yoga Instructor
• Dr. Samuel Meyers – Team Chiropractor

Transfers

Main article: List of North American Soccer League transfers 2016

Winter/Spring

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Michael Langer (from Vålerenga)[2] 3 DF  SCO Neill Collins (from Sheffield United)[3] 7 DF  USA Frank Sanfilippo (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers)[4] 8 FW  USA Tom Heinemann (from Ottawa Fury)[5] 11 MF  GHA Kalif Alhassan (from Minnesota United)[6] 21 MF  HON Walter Ramírez (from Fort Lauderdale Strikers)[7] 23 MF  USA Michael Nanchoff (from Portland Timbers)[8] 25 DF  USA Jeremy Hall (from New England Revolution)[9] 30 MF  USA Eric Avila (from Santos Laguna)[10] 33 MF  SLV Junior Burgos (loan from Atlanta United)[11] 55 FW  COD Danny Mwanga (from Orlando City)[12] — FW  WAL Eliot Richards (from Cheltenham Town)[13] 26 MF  ENG Joe Cole (from Coventry City)[14]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SVK Kamil Čontofalský [15] 3 DF  SLV Richard Menjivar (to Rayo OKC)[16] 7 MF  URU Martin Nuñez [15] 8 MF  BRA Marcelo Saragosa [15] 11 FW  USA Corey Hertzog (to Pittsburgh Riverhounds)[15][17] 14 MF  USA Jeff Michaud (loan to Wilmington Hammerheads)[18] 19 MF  FIN Verneri Välimaa (loan to Orange County Blues FC)[19] 21 FW  USA Brian Shriver (to Carolina RailHawks) 23 MF  USA Marquez Fernandez [15] 25 DF  USA Rich Balchan (to Ottawa Fury)[15][20] 26 FW  VEN Robert Hernández (to Caracas) 27 FW  CHN Long Tan (loan return to Arizona United) 29 FW  BRA Maicon Santos (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers)[21] 33 FW  USA Zak Boggs (to Pittsburgh Riverhounds)[15][17] 44 DF  USA Gale Agbossoumonde (to Fort Lauderdale Strikers)[21] — FW  WAL Eliot Richards [22]

Summer/Fall

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 32 MF  DEN Martin Vingaard (from FC Nordsjælland)[23] 29 FW  COL Carlos Preciado (from Al-Sailiya SC)[24]

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AUT Michael Langer (to IFK Norrköping)[25] 25 DF  USA Jeremy Hall (loan to Sacramento Republic)[25]

Friendlies

Tampa Bay Rowdies v D.C. United

February 13, 2016 Suncoast Invitational	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–1	D.C. United	St. Petersburg
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	King  32' Burgos  41'	Report	Espíndola 27' Clowes  30' Birnbaum  43'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Philadelphia Union

February 20, 2016 Suncoast Invitational	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–2	Philadelphia Union	St. Petersburg
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Sweat  1'	Report	Tribbett 17' Fernandes 29' Anderson  58' Restrepo  79'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Referee: Jorge Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Montreal Impact

February 27, 2016 Suncoast Invitational	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Montreal Impact	St. Petersburg
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Portillos  43' King  89'	Report	Donadel  12'  82' Cabrera  45' Venegas  77'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium

USF Bulls v Tampa Bay Rowdies

March 5, 2016	USF Bulls	1–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Bartman 38'	Report	King 63' Espinal  77' Adu 83' Heinemann 90+'	Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium

Nottingham Forest v Tampa Bay Rowdies

March 9, 2016	Nottingham Forest	2–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Nottingham, England
8:30 EST (UTC−5)	Assombalonga 41' 75'	Report SBN Report	Alhassan 16' Heinemann 79'	Stadium: Nottingham Forest F.C. Training Centre

Notts County v Tampa Bay Rowdies

March 11, 2016	Notts County	2–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Nottingham, England
7:30 EST (UTC−5)	27' 29'	Report	Mwanga 38' Espinal 74' Burgos 81'	Stadium: Forest Sports Zone
Note: Moved from Meadow Lane due to rain.

Stoke City v Tampa Bay Rowdies

March 15, 2016	Stoke City	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Burton upon Trent, England
9:00 EST (UTC−5)	Abdallah 90+'	Report 1 Report 2	Espinal 54'	Stadium: St George's Park National Football Centre

Tampa Spartans v Tampa Bay Rowdies

March 22, 2016 FitzFest	Tampa Spartans	0–3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Tampa
19:30 EST (UTC−5)	57'	Report	Adu 20' Chavez  45' Nanchoff 47' Heinemann 81'	Stadium: Pepin Stadium

Competitions

NASL Spring season

Main article: 2016 North American Soccer League season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indy Eleven (S)	10	4	6	0	15	8	+7	18	Playoffs
2	New York Cosmos	10	6	0	4	15	8	+7	18
3	FC Edmonton	10	5	2	3	9	7	+2	17
4	Minnesota United	10	5	1	4	16	12	+4	16
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	10	4	4	2	11	9	+2	16
6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	10	4	3	3	12	12	0	15
7	Carolina RailHawks	10	4	2	4	11	13	−2	14
8	Rayo OKC	10	3	3	4	11	12	−1	12
9	Ottawa Fury	10	2	3	5	9	14	−5	9
10	Jacksonville Armada	10	1	4	5	5	11	−6	7
11	Miami FC	10	1	4	5	7	15	−8	7

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(S) Spring season champion

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	4	2	11	9	+2	16	2	2	1	5	5	0	2	2	1	6	4	+2

Last updated: 11 June 2016.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Stadium	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	W	D
Position	7	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	3	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Indy Eleven

April 2, 2016 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–0	Indy Eleven	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Collins  40' King  42' Burgos  87'	Report NASL Report Summary	Ring  87'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,740 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Miami v Tampa Bay Rowdies

April 9, 2016 2	Miami	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Cvitanich 17',  72' Palacios  75'	Report NASL Report Summary	Sweat  20' King  42' Hristov 85' (pen.),  86'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Daniel Radford

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Edmonton

April 16, 2016 3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Edmonton	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Guerra  39' Heinemann 73' Avila  90+1' Hristov  90+4' Collins  90+5'	Report NASL Report Summary	Edward  37' Nyassi  90' Ameobi 90+6'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,429 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Carolina RailHawks

April 23, 2016 4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–3	Carolina RailHawks	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Mkandawire 65' Guerra  72' Nanchoff  85'	Report NASL Report Summary	Pérez 45',  58' Marcelin 47' Beckie  49' Shriver 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,948 Referee: Robert Sibiga

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tampa Bay Rowdies

April 30, 2016 5	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	0–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Fort Lauderdale
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Attakora  27' Gonzalez  48' Agbossoumonde  56' Zapata  85'	Report NASL Report Summary	Mkandawire  37' Nanchoff  39' Guerra  47' King  68' Heinemann  70' Collins 77'	Stadium: Lockhart Stadium Attendance: 1,086 Referee: Younes Marrakchi

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Rayo OKC

May 14, 2016 6	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Rayo OKC	St. Petersburg
EDT (UTC−4)	Juanan 74' (o.g.)	Report NASL Report	Michel 54',  86' Boateng  71'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,702 Referee: Caleb Mendez

New York Cosmos v Tampa Bay Rowdies

May 22, 2016 7	New York Cosmos	2–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Hempstead
EDT (UTC−4)	Duk 32' Mendes  36' Bover 40',  57'	Report NASL Report	Heinemann 18' Burgos  84'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 6,243 Referee: Mike Lavergne

Minnesota United v Tampa Bay Rowdies

May 28, 2016 8	Minnesota United	0–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
EDT (UTC−4)	Watson  11' Ibson  59'	Report NASL Report	Collins  33' Cole 42' Avila 47' Guerra  83' Mwanga  90+4'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 7,915 Referee: Luis Guardia

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Ottawa Fury

June 4, 2016 9	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Ottawa Fury	St. Petersburg
EDT (UTC−4)	Hristov 20', 52',  60' Alhassan  22'	Report NASL Report	Haworth 49' Alves  73' Steele  82' Olivera  90+'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,078

Jacksonville Armada v Tampa Bay Rowdies

June 11, 2016 10	Jacksonville Armada	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Jacksonville
EDT (UTC−4)	Nicklaw  46' Sandoval 52' Navarro  89'	Report NASL Report	Sweat  12' Burgos 84'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 4,013 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

NASL Fall season

Main article: 2016 North American Soccer League season

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New York Cosmos (F)	22	14	5	3	44	21	+23	47	Playoffs
2	Indy Eleven	22	11	4	7	36	25	+11	37
3	FC Edmonton	22	10	6	6	16	14	+2	36
4	Rayo OKC	22	9	8	5	28	21	+7	35
5	Miami FC	22	9	6	7	31	27	+4	33
6	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	22	7	5	10	19	28	−9	26
7	Carolina RailHawks	22	7	5	10	25	35	−10	26
8	Minnesota United	22	6	7	9	25	25	0	25
9	Puerto Rico	22	5	9	8	19	31	−12	24
10	Tampa Bay Rowdies	22	5	8	9	29	32	−3	23
11	Jacksonville Armada	22	5	8	9	25	35	−10	23
12	Ottawa Fury	22	5	7	10	23	26	−3	22

Source: NASL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) head-to-head record; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals scored
(F) Fall season champion

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	5	8	9	29	32	−3	23	4	5	2	17	12	+5	1	3	7	12	20	−8

Last updated: 26 April 2018.
Source: Match reports

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Stadium	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	D	L
Position	10	11	7																			10

Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2016. Source: Match reports
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Jacksonville Armada FC

July 2, 2016 1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Jacksonville Armada FC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Hristov 13' Guerra  90'	Report	Steinberger 12' Ruthven  45' Navarro  75' Scaglia  90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,690 Referee: Luis Guardia

Carolina RailHawks v Tampa Bay Rowdies

July 9, 2016 2	Carolina RailHawks	4–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Cary
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Fondy 11' Shriver 55' (pen.) Albadawi 59' (pen.), 71' Hassan  86'	Report	Hristov 20' (pen.) Guerra  22'	Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Puerto Rico FC

July 16, 2016 3	Tampa Bay Rowdies	3–0	Puerto Rico FC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Cole 10' Avila 25' Nanchoff  63' King  78' Heinemann 90+3'	Report	Dawson  33' Rivera  76'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,873 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Tampa Bay Rowdies v New York Cosmos

July 23, 2016 4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–2	New York Cosmos	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Vanguard  30' Nanchoff  45' Hristov  54' King  58' Ayoze 84' (o.g.) Cole 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Arango 53',  82' Duk  62', 67' Diosa  83' Arrieta  90+3' Ockford  90+5'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,301 Referee: Caleb Mendez

Rayo OKC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

July 27, 2016 5	Rayo OKC	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Yukon
21:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Kimura  23' Forbes 43'	Report	Ramírez  21'	Stadium: Miller Stadium Attendance: 3,413 Referee: Baboucarr Jallow

Ottawa Fury FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

July 30, 2016 6	Ottawa Fury FC	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Ottawa
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Roberts 2',  16' Mkandawire 36' (o.g.) Tissot  64'	Report	Hristov  37' King  70'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,225 Referee: Juan Marquez

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Fort Lauderdale Strikers

August 6, 2016 7	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–1	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Mkandawire  21' Savage 50',  55' Cole 58'	Report	Agbossoumonde  19' Fernandes  61' Angulo 71'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,997 Referee: Ismail Elfath

New York Cosmos v Tampa Bay Rowdies

August 13, 2016 8	New York Cosmos	3–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Hempstead
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Ayoze  22' Mulligan  28' Moffat 39' (pen.), 64' (pen.),  67' Duk  67' Diosa 90+3' Flores  90+6'	Report	Cole 11',  63' PC 14',  59' Guerra  20' Mkandawire  36' King  67' Collins  67'	Stadium: James M. Shuart Stadium Attendance: 3,489 Referee: Nima Saghafi

Minnesota United FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

August 17, 2016 9	Minnesota United FC	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Blaine
20:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Speas 18' Lowe  21' Ramírez 62' Blake  82' Ndjock  87'	Report	Guerra  14' PC  63' Cole  80'	Stadium: National Sports Center Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Tampa Bay Rowdies v FC Edmonton

August 20, 2016 10	Tampa Bay Rowdies	0–1	FC Edmonton	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Chavez  35'	Report	Nicklaw  16' Watson  69' Fordyce 74' (pen.),  84' Diakité  90+2'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,596 Referee: Guido Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Rayo OKC

August 27, 2016 11	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–0	Rayo OKC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Ramírez  12' Cole 61', 70' Chavez  77'	Report	Menjivar  9' Boateng  39' van Schaik  45' Samaras  77'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,935 Referee: Geoff Gamble

Indy Eleven v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 3, 2016 12	Indy Eleven	1–1	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Indianapolis
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Paterson  29' Gordon 34' Smart  45+1' Vuković  88' Torrado  89'	Report	Chavez 28' Vingaard  42' Nanchoff  88'	Stadium: Carroll Stadium Referee: Edvin Jurisevic

Puerto Rico FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 10, 2016 13	Puerto Rico FC	0–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Bayamón
13:40 EDT (UTC−4)		Report	Mkandawire  31'	Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium Attendance: 3,975 Referee: Sandy Vasquez

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Carolina RailHawks

September 17, 2016 14	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	Carolina RailHawks	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Ávila 22' Chavez  38'	Report	Bravo  87'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,054 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Fort Lauderdale Strikers v Tampa Bay Rowdies

September 24, 2016 15	Fort Lauderdale Strikers	1–4	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Lauderhill
19:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Núñez 4',  87'	Report	Hristov 15', 43', 83',  65' Heinemann 37' King  87'	Stadium: Central Broward Stadium Attendance: 1,509 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Miami FC

October 1, 2016 16	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Miami FC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Preciado  26' Ávila 31' Vingaard  55'	Report	Freeman  57' Bernstein 74'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 6,912 Referee: Ted Unkel

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Minnesota United FC

October 5, 2016 17	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–2	Minnesota United FC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EDT (UTC−4)	Hristov 31',  55' Savage  73', 90+3'	Report	Ramirez 17' Banks 51' Klute  82' Davis  88'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 4,804 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

FC Edmonton v Tampa Bay Rowdies

October 9, 2016 18	FC Edmonton	1–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Edmonton
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Fisk 13' Eckersley  30'	Report	PC  72'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,243 Referee: Juan Marquez

Miami FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

October 14, 2017 19	Miami FC	2–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Miami
20:00 EST (UTC−5)	Chávez 16',  73' Poku 21'	Report	Hristov 27' PC  65' Guerra 67' Preciado  83' Mkandawire  90+1'	Stadium: FIU Stadium Attendance: 5,215 Referee: José Rivero

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Indy Eleven

October 19, 2016 20	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–3	Indy Eleven	St. Petersburg
19:30 EST (UTC−5)	Cole 53', 68'	Report	Lacroix 15' Reinoso 31' Paterson  36', 85' Janicki  75' Ring  90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 5,348 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Ottawa Fury FC

October 22, 2016 21	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–1	Ottawa Fury FC	St. Petersburg
19:30 EST (UTC−5)	King  25' Pickens  45+11' Hristov 48',  90+3'  90+5' PC  90+3'	Report	Tissot 27' Alves  44' Obasi  70' Edward  45+3'  89'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,641 Referee: Mark Kadlecik

Jacksonville Armada FC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

October 30, 2016 22	Jacksonville Armada FC	3–2	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Jacksonville
16:00 EDT (UTC−4)	Keita 29' Dixon  59' Johnson 83' Steinberger 84'	Report	Vingaard 4',  45' Savage 19'	Stadium: Community First Park Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

U.S. Open Cup

Main article: 2016 U.S. Open Cup

Tampa Bay Rowdies will compete in the 2016 edition of the Open Cup.

Tampa Bay Rowdies v FC Cincinnati

June 1, 2016 Third Round	Tampa Bay Rowdies	1–0	FC Cincinnati	St. Petersburg
7:30 p.m. EDT	Hristov 11' King  78' Cole  90'	Report	Walker  70' Bone  90'	Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 3,455 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

Columbus Crew SC v Tampa Bay Rowdies

June 15, 2016 Fourth Round	Columbus Crew SC	4–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Columbus
EDT	Meram 41' Martínez 48' Finlay 52' (pen.) Hollingsworth 65'	Report	King  51'	Stadium: Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Attendance: 1,064 Referee: Greg Dopka

Squad statistics

As of Match played 2 July 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	USA	Darnell King	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Neill Collins	13	1	10	1	1	0	2	0
4	DF	USA	Ben Sweat	7	0	5	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF	SRB	Stefan Antonijevic	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	DF	USA	Frankie Sanfilippo	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	FW	USA	Tom Heinemann	11	2	6+3	2	0+1	0	1	0
10	FW	BUL	Georgi Hristov	13	5	5+5	3	1	1	2	1
11	MF	GHA	Kalif Alhassan	12	0	10	0	1	0	0+1	0
13	MF	USA	Justin Chavez	8	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+2	0
15	DF	USA	Zac Portillos	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	VEN	Juan Guerra	12	0	9	0	1	0	2	0
17	DF	ENG	Tamika Mkandawire	12	1	10	1	1	0	1	0
18	GK	USA	Matt Pickens	13	0	10	0	1	0	2	0
20	FW	HON	Darwin Espinal	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	HON	Walter Ramírez	8	0	1+4	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	USA	Michael Nanchoff	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Joe Cole	7	1	5	1	0	0	2	0
30	MF	USA	Eric Avila	13	1	10	1	1	0	2	0
33	MF	SLV	Junior Burgos	8	1	2+3	1	1	0	2	0
55	FW	COD	Danny Mwanga	9	0	1+7	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for the Tampa Bay Rowdies who left the club during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	NASL Spring Season	NASL Fall Season	U.S. Open Cup	Total
1	FW		10	Georgi Hristov	3	7	1	11
2	MF		26	Joe Cole	1	8	0	9
3	FW		8	Tom Heinemann	2	2	0	4
	MF		30	Eric Avila	1	3	0	4
5	MF		22	Keith Savage	0	3	0	3
6	DF		3	Neill Collins	1	0	0	1
	DF		17	Tamika Mkandawire	1	0	0	1
	MF		33	Junior Burgos	1	0	0	1
	MF		13	Justin Chavez	0	1	0	1
	MF		32	Martin Vingaard	0	1	0	1
	MF		16	Juan Guerra	0	1	0	1
	MF		94	PC	0	1	0	1
TOTALS					10	27	1	38

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	NASL Spring Season		NASL Fall Season		U.S. Open Cup		Total
2		DF	Darnell King	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
3		DF	Neill Collins	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Ben Sweat	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		FW	Tom Heinemann	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Georgi Hristov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Kalif Alhassan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Zac Portillos	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Juan Guerra	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
17		DF	Tamika Mkandawire	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Michael Nanchoff	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26		MF	Joe Cole	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
30		MF	Eric Avila	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		MF	Junior Burgos	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
55		FW	Danny Mwanga	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	26	0	1	0	3	0	28	0

Honors

Individual honors

• NASL Best XI

Joe Cole