2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies season explained

Club:	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Season:	2021
Chrtitle:	Chairman
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	Al Lang Stadium
League:	USL Championship
League Result:	1st, Eastern Conference Regular Season Winners
Cup1:	USL Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	U.S. Open Cup
Cup2 Result:	Cancelled
Highest Attendance:	League: 6,882 All: 7,521
Lowest Attendance:	League: 1,870 All: 1,870
League Topscorer:	Guenzatti (21)
Season Topscorer:	Guenzatti (22)
Largest Win:	6–0 (May 1 vs NYRB)
Largest Loss:	2–0 (July 31 @ CHAR)
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Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2022

The 2021 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's twelfth season of existence, their fifth in the United Soccer League, and third in the USL Championship. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this is the 28th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this is the 34th season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.

Club

Roster

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
1	Evan Louro	GK	2020	19 January 1996	New York Red Bulls	16	0
25	Ian McGrane	GK	2020	22 November 1995	Stumptown Athletic	0	0
56	Raiko Arozarena	GK	2021	27 March 1997	Cafetaleros de Chiapas	0	0
Defenders
2	Conner Antley	RB/DF	2021	22 March 1995	Indy Eleven	0	0
3	Forrest Lasso	CB	2020	11 May 1993	FC Cincinnati	16	3
5	Jordan Scarlett	CB	2020	8 July 1995	New York Red Bulls II	16	1
16	Max Lachowecki	LB	2020	30 June 1992	Free Agent	24	0
33	Aarón Guillén	CB	2020	23 June 1993	North Carolina FC	16	0
Midfielders
4	Lewis Hilton	CM	2020	22 October 1993	Saint Louis FC	16	0
7	Yann Ekra	CM	2019	12 October 1990	Charlotte Independence	31	1
8	Zach Steinberger	AM	2019	10 May 1992	Indy Eleven	29	3
11	Leo Fernandes	LM	2017	23 December 1991	Philadelphia Union	82	11
21	Dayonn Harris	RW	2021	29 August 1997	Real Monarchs SLC	0	0
22	Jordan Doherty	DM	2019	29 August 2000	Sheffield United FC Academy	38	2
23	Sebastian Dalgaard	WM	2020	23 August 1991	Hartford Athletic	13	0
27	Laurence Wyke	DM	2021	20 September 1996	Atlanta United FC	0	0
29	Matthew Srbely	AM	2021	29 November 1998	Toronto FC II	0	0
97	Luiz Fernando	WM	2021	23 June 1997	Atlanta United FC	0	0
Forwards
9	Juan Tejada	CF	2019	14 January 1997	Lakeland Tropics	42	12
10	Steevan Dos Santos	CF	2021	17 September 1989	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	0	0
13	Sebastián Guenzatti	CF	2017	8 July 1991	New York Cosmos	82	32
14	Foster Langsdorf	CF	2021	14 December 1995	Loan from Minnesota United FC	0	0
17	Jordan Adebayo-Smith	CF	2021	11 January 2001	Sutton United FC	0	0
77	Lucky Mkosana	CF	2019	30 September 1987	Louisville City FC	62	12

Team management and staff

Competitions

Exhibitions

The Rowdies initial preseason schedule was announced on March 10, 2021.^[1]

USL Championship

See main article: 2021 USL Championship season.

Results

USL Championship playoffs

See main article: article and 2021 USL Championship Playoffs.

Bracket

Results

U.S. Open Cup

See main article: 2021 U.S. Open Cup. On March 29, 2021, the Rowdies were confirmed as one of four representatives of the USL Championship to compete in the Open Cup.^[2] On July 20, it was announced that the tournament would be cancelled for the second straight year, and would resume in 2022.^[3]