and Franz Beckenbauer played in the original North American Soccer League, there wasn't another local club, so their biggest rivalry developed against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. The Cosmos/Rowdies ...

USA Today Sports Images The Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury will leave the second-tier North American Soccer League to join the third-division United Soccer League next season, the clubs and the ...

Quraishi, named the Tampa Bay Rowdies president and general ... And for a while, it worked. The Rowdies won the 1975 NASL championship in their first season. They were runnersup in 1978-79.

One of the teams that were part of the NASL at the time was the Tampa Bay Rowdies and — you guessed it — had to come up against Pelé and the Cosmos. From then on, the rest is history.

In June 1974, owner George Strawbridge founded Tampa Bay’s franchise in the North American Soccer League. He chose the “Rowdies” name from thousands of entries suggested by fans, looking to ...

A red card slowed them down, overtime sapped their strength and a shootout tested their nerves, but none of those challenges were enough to keep the Tampa Bay Rowdies from wresting the NASL ...

One exception was in 1980 when NASL’s Tampa Bay Rowdies conducted a tour in the autumn of 1980. After winning the European Cup for the second year in a row, Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest played a ...

In 2011, Minnesota grabbed the final playoff berth on the last weekend of the season, then tore through the playoffs en route to the inaugural NASL title ... RailHawks 1, Tampa Bay Rowdies ...

The Tampa Bay Rowdies ... least another season after agreeing to a new contract with the NASL club, SI.com understands. The Rowdies chose not to exercise the option they held for the 2016 campaign ...

Freddy Adu's move to the NASL's Tampa Bay Rowdies, announced Tuesday after leaving Finnish club Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS) in early July, offers the latest chance for career redemption for a player ...

The Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ottawa Fury FC jumped ship on the second-division (NASL) for the USL, the leagues announced Tuesday. The additions, along with startup franchise Reno 1868 FC ...

The Tampa Bay Rowdies are leaving the North American Soccer League. Along with the Ottawa Fury FC, the Rowdies will be joining Reno 1868 FC as United Soccer League expansion teams for the 2017 season.