The 2019 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's tenth season of existence, their third in the

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, and first in the newly named

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. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this was the 26th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct

Tampa Bay Mutiny Tampa Bay Mutiny was a professional soccer team based in Tampa, Florida. They were a charter member of Major League Soccer (MLS) and played from 1996 to 2001. They played their home games at Tampa Stadium and then at Raymond James Stadium. The ...

, this was the 32nd season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.

Club

Roster

Technical staff

Neill Collins Neill William Collins (born 2 September 1983) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the head coach of USL Championship side Tampa Bay Rowdies. He is a former Scotland U21 and Scotland B international who played as a centre ...

– head coach * Cheyne Roberts – assistant coach *

Martin Paterson Martin Andrew Paterson (born 10 May 1987) is a former professional footballer and assistant head coach of club Barnsley. Born in Stoke-on-Trent, he played as a forward he began his career with Stoke City, making his senior debut in April 20 ...

– assistant coach *

Stuart Dobson Stuart Dobson (born 10 February 1970) is an English retired footballer who played in various indoor soccer leagues in the United States. He currently serves as Goalkeepers Coach for the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the USL Championship. Playing caree ...

– goalkeeper coach * Pete Calabrese – performance coach * Bentley Smith – kit man

Medical staff

* Andrew Keane – head athletic trainer * Michelle Leget – assistant athletic trainer * Dr. Mohit Bansal – team physician and orthopedic surgeon * Dr. Vania Reyes – team physician, sports medicine

Front office

Stuart Sternberg Stuart L. Sternberg (born August 8, 1959) is an American Wall Street investor. He is the principal shareholder of the ownership group that owns the Tampa Bay Rays and acts as the team's Managing General Partner since November 2005. Early life T ...

– owner * Lee Cohen – vice president and chief operating officer *

Matthew Silverman Matthew Silverman (born May 20, 1976) is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the co-president, along with Brian Auld, of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Biography Silverman is Jewish and was raised in ...

– vice chairmen *

Brian Auld Brian Auld is an American professional baseball executive. He is currently the co-president, along with Matthew Silverman, of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Auld received his bachelor's degree in economics and master's ...

– vice chairmen

Competitions

Exhibitions

The Rowdies hosted

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teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the fourth year in a row.

USL Championship

Standings

Results summary

Results by round

Results

USL Championship playoffs

The Rowdies clinched their spot in the single elimination 2019 USL playoffs on September 18, by virtue of the Charleston Battery losing, 3-1, to Atlanta United 2.

Conference Quarterfinals

U.S. Open Cup

Honors

Individual honors

* USL All-League :

Papé Diakité Papé Abdoulaye Diakité (born 22 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Malaysia Super League club Kelantan. Club career Trenčín Diakité made his debut for AS Trenčín against Žilina on 24 No ...

''(2nd team)'',

Sebastián Guenzatti Sebastián Ignacio Guenzatti Varela (born July 8, 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer who plays for Indy Eleven in the USL Championship. Youth career Guenzatti was born in Uruguay before moving to the United States at 12, where he grew up in the Col ...

''(2nd team)''

References

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Tampa Bay Rowdies (2010–) seasons

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