Tampa Bay Rowdies Fan Experience Highlighted In Recent Feature Piece

British journalist Gareth Kelly, who is based in Tampa Bay, recently wrote a long-form article about his experience as a fan at a Tampa Bay Rowdies game earlier this season. The club has made tremendous strides in recent years, elevating the stadium experience and the overall gameday atmosphere, and Kelly captures that in his piece on Medium.

I, I believe. I believe that. I believe that we will win,” chant the crowd with what has become the default song heard all over soccer games in the United States. And they do. On a warm, yet humid evening, my wife and I attended the Tampa Bay Rowdies versus Jacksonville Armada FC soccer game at the 7,500 capacity Al Lang Stadium in downtown St Petersburg, Florida.

The ‘Rowdies’ play in the North American Soccer League or NASL. The league once made famous in the late 70’s and early 80’s by Pele, Best, Beckenbauer and new England manager Sam Allardyce who himself played 11 games for the Tampa based team in 1983. READ FULL ARTICLE