# 2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

The 2014 season was the current Tampa Bay Rowdies fifth season of existence, and fourth playing in the North American Soccer League, the second tier of American soccer pyramid. Including the original Rowdies franchise and the Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 27th season of a professional soccer team fielded in the Tampa Bay region.

## Club

as of October 20, 2014
| No. | Position | Player | Nation |
| 1 | GK | Cody Mizell | United States |
| 3 | DF | Willie Hunt | United States |
| 4 | MF | Kyle Clinton | United States |
| 5 | DF | J. P. Rodrigues | Guyana |
| 7 | DF | Frank Sanfilippo (captain) | United States |
| 8 | MF | Darel Russell | England |
| 9 | FW | Devin Del Dó | United States |
| 10 | FW | Georgi Hristov | Bulgaria |
| 11 | MF | Shane Hill | England |
| 13 | DF | Anthony Wallace | United States |
| 14 | DF | Jordan Gafa | United States |
| 15 | FW | Casey Townsend | United States |
| 16 | FW | Amani Walker | Jamaica |
| 17 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | Zimbabwe |
| 18 | GK | Matt Pickens | United States |
| 19 | DF | Blake Wagner | United States |
| 20 | MF | Evans Frimpong | Ghana |
| 21 | FW | Brian Shriver | United States |
| 22 | MF | Keith Savage | United States |
| 23 | MF | Ricardo Morris | Jamaica |
| 24 | GK | Diego Restrepo | United States |
| 25 | FW | Carl Cort | Guyana |
| 27 | DF | Tamika Mkandawire | England |
| 32 | DF | Takuya Yamada | Japan |
| 33 | DF | Jay Needham | United States |
| 35 | FW | Luciano Olguín | Argentina |
| 81 | FW | Corey Hertzog | United States |
| 99 | GK | Ryan Thompson | Jamaica |

### Team management

* Perry Van der Beck – Executive Vice President, General Manager, Technical Director, and Director of Player Development
* Lee Cohen – Director of Operations
* Ricky Hill – Head Coach
* Slobodan Janjuš – Goalkeeper Coach
* James Faylo – Head Athletic Trainer
* Ryan Spurr – Team Operations Manager
* Patrick Horan – Team Physician

## Competitions

Win  Tie  Loss

### NASL Spring season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Minnesota United (S) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 20 | Playoffs |
| 2 | New York Cosmos | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | |
| 3 | San Antonio Scorpions | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 17 | |
| 4 | Carolina RailHawks | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 14 | |
| 5 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 | Ottawa Fury | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 10 | |
| 8 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 10 | |
| 9 | FC Edmonton | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| 10 | Indy Eleven | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 4 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: July 5, 2014. Source: Match reports

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | L | W | D | L | W | L | D |

#### Match reports
### NASL Fall season
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | San Antonio Scorpions (F) | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 15 | +15 | 35 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Minnesota United | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 35 | |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | +5 | 29 | |
| 4 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | −1 | 27 | |
| 5 | Carolina RailHawks | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 24 | |
| 6 | New York Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 23 | |
| 7 | Indy Eleven | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 34 | −9 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ottawa Fury | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 17 | |
| 10 | Atlanta Silverbacks | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 13 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: April 26, 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 |

#### Match reports
### U.S. Open Cup
## Honors

* NASL Fair Play Award

## Transfers
### In

| Date | No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes |
| December 20, 2013 | 19 | DF | Blake Wagner | San Antonio Scorpions | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for a third year. |
| December 20, 2013 | 24 | GK | Diego Restrepo | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| December 23, 2013 | 10 | FW | Georgi Hristov | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a four-year contract, with a club option for the third and fourth year. |
| December 24, 2013 | 21 | FW | Brian Shriver | Carolina RailHawks | Signed to a four-year contract, with a club option for the third and fourth year. |
| January 2, 2014 | 17 | FW | Lucky Mkosana | Harrisburg City Islanders | Signed to a one-year contract. |
| January 2, 2014 | 14 | DF | Jordan Gafa | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Agreed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| January 3, 2014 | 7 | DF | Frankie Sanfilippo | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| January 3, 2014 | 11 | MF | Shane Hill | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a three-year contract, with a club option for the second and third year. |
| January 7, 2014 | 86 | MF | Christophe Lallet | Hammarby IF | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| January 7, 2014 | 99 | GK | Ryan Thompson | AFC United | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| January 10, 2014 | 25 | FW | Carl Cort | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a one-year contract. |
| January 10, 2014 | 20 | FW | Evans Frimpong | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Agreed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| January 29, 2014 | 5 | DF | J.P. Rodrigues | None | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| February 10, 2014 | 32 | DF | Takuya Yamada | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a one-year contract. |
| February 10, 2014 | 9 | FW | Devin Del Do | Tampa Bay Rowdies | Re-signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| February 10, 2014 | 13 | MF | Anthony Wallace | Colorado Rapids | Signed to a one-year contract. |
| February 27, 2014 | 8 | MF | Darel Russell | Toronto FC | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| March 11, 2014 | 15 | FW | Casey Townsend | D.C. United | Signed to a one-year contract. |
| March 17, 2014 | 1 | GK | Cody Mizell | Atlanta Silverbacks | Signed to a two-year contract, with a club option for the second year. |
| March 26, 2014 | 18 | GK | Matt Pickens | New England Revolution | Signed to a multi-year contract with the club. |
| July 4, 2014 | 35 | FW | Luciano Olguín | Free agent | |
| July 4, 2014 | 27 | DF | Tamika Mkandawire | Free agent | |
| July 25, 2014 | 23 | MF | Ricardo Morris | Portmore United F.C. | |
| September 24, 2014 | 81 | FW | Corey Hertzog | Orlando City SC | Signed through the 2015 season, with a club option for 2016 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes |
| December 19, 2013 | DF | Andres Arango | None | Club declined contract option. |
| December 19, 2013 | FW | Etienne Barbara | None | Club declined contract option. |
| December 19, 2013 | MF | Jamael Cox | None | Club declined contract option. |
| December 19, 2013 | MF | Raphael Cox | Harrisburg City Islanders | Free agent; signed with the Harrisburg City Islanders |
| December 19, 2013 | GK | Andrew Fontein | None | Free agent |
| December 19, 2013 | DF | Thurstan Johnson | None | Club declined contract option. |
| December 19, 2013 | MF | Luke Mulholland | Real Salt Lake | Free agent; signed with Real Salt Lake |
| December 19, 2013 | DF | Daniel Scott | Carolina RailHawks | Free agent; signed with the Carolina RailHawks |
| December 19, 2013 | DF | Draymond Washington | None | Club declined contract option. |
| July 4, 2014 | MF | Christophe Lallet | IK Frej | Mutually agreed to terminate contract. |
| October 9, 2014 | FW | Carl Cort | None | Retirement. |