2011 FC Tampa Bay season

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FC Tampa Bay
2011 season
Owners Flag of the United States.svg Hinds Howard
Flag of the United States.svg David Laxer
Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Nestor
Head coach Flag of England.svg Ricky Hill
Stadium Al Lang Stadium
St. Petersburg, Florida
NASL 3rd
NASL PlayoffsQuarterfinals
U.S. Open Cup did not enter
Ponce De Leon CupRunners up
Coastal Cup Winners
Top goalscorerLeague: Mike Ambersley (11)
All: Mike Ambersley (11)
Highest home attendance4,248
(July 4 v. Fort Lauderdale)
Lowest home attendance1,775
(May 11 v. Edmonton)
Average home league attendance3,087 [1]
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2012  →

2011 FC Tampa Bay season was the second in the club's existence and the first in the NASL.

Contents

Review

FC Tampa Bay transitioned from the temporary USSF Division 2 Professional League to the new North American Soccer League, a second division league, and also changed their home pitch, as they moved across Tampa Bay to Al Lang Stadium in St. Petersburg from George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Former original Rowdie Ricky Hill was named the club's manager in January 2011.

After winning only 2 of their first 10 matches, the club rebounded to finish 3rd in the league table and qualified for the NASL playoffs. They were upset by eventual league champion NSC Minnesota Stars in the quarterfinals by a score of 1–0. Tampa Bay won their second straight Coastal Cup, by taking three out of four matches against their Florida Derby rivals, Fort Lauderdale. Another highlight was a 1–0 mid-season friendly win over the Bolton Wanderers of the English Premier League at Al Lang Stadium. The Rowdies (along with the rest of the NASL) did not participate in the 2011 U.S. Open Cup due to late provisional sanctioning by the USSF.

Results

Preseason

March 5, 2011Game 1 Tampa Spartans 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Kemal Malcolm Soccerball shade.svg66' Report Millien Soccerball shade.svg81'Stadium: Pepin Stadium
March 12, 2011Game 2 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 BK Häcken Sunrise, Florida
3:30 PM EDT Clare Soccerball shade.svg86' Report Soccerball shade.svg69'Stadium: kics International Soccer Complex
March 19, 2011Game 3 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 United States U-17 Bradenton, Florida
AM King Soccerball shade.svg17' Report Soccerball shade.svg33'
Soccerball shade.svg48'		Stadium: IMG Academy
March 19, 2011Game 4 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Brandon, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Sanfilippo Soccerball shade.svg74'
King Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Stadium: Brandon Area Youth Soccer Complex
March 27, 2011Game 5 UCF Knights 0–3 FC Tampa Bay Orlando, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Report Millien Soccerball shade.svg38', 86' (pen.)
Burt Soccerball shade.svg77'		Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
March 30, 2011Game 6 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 St. Leo Lions St. Petersburg, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Millien Soccerball shade.svg55'
Yoshitake Soccerball shade.svg61'		 Report Stadium: Azalea Youth Soccer Complex
Note: Game called off in the 67th minute due to inclement weather.
April 3, 2011Game 7 USF Bulls 0–3 FC Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Report Savage Soccerball shade.svg23'
King Soccerball shade.svg62'
Jarun Soccerball shade.svg71'		Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium

NASL

April 9, 2011Game 1 FC Tampa Bay 1–0 Montreal Impact St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Yoshitake Yellow card.svg 45'
Yamada Soccerball shade.svg85'
Ambersley Yellow card.svg 90+'		 Report Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 4,161
April 17, 2011Game 2 FC Tampa Bay 0–2 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Sanfilippo Yellow card.svg 67' Report Pitchkolan Yellow card.svg 31'
Faña Soccerball shade.svg35'Soccerball shade.svg79'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,913
April 23, 2011Game 3 Montreal Impact 0–0 FC Tampa Bay Montreal, QC
2:30 PM EDT Ech-Chergui Yellow card.svg 48'
Lowery Yellow card.svg 58'		 Report Ukah Yellow card.svg 16'Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,060
April 30, 2011Game 4 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg74' Report Hunt Yellow card.svg 18', Soccerball shade.svg45+'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,021
May 7, 2011Game 5 FC Tampa Bay 1–3 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Millien Soccerball shade.svg23'
Sanfilippo Yellow card.svg 62'		 Report Franks Yellow card.svg 1'
Barbara Soccerball shade.svg20'Soccerball shade.svg76'
Low Yellow card.svg 48'
Farber Soccerball shade.svg52'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,325
May 11, 2011Game 6 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Burt Soccerball shade.svg51'
Ambersley Yellow card.svg 55'
Sanfilippo Yellow card.svg 74'		 Report Kooy Soccerball shade.svg90+4'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 1,775
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 14, 2011Game 7 Fort Lauderdale Strikers Postponed FC Tampa Bay Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT Report Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Note: Postponed due to inclement weather.
May 21, 2011Game 7 FC Tampa Bay 3–0 Montreal Impact St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ukah Soccerball shade.svg40'
Yoshitake Yellow card.svg 56', Soccerball shade.svg84'
Burt Yellow card.svg 59'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg74' (pen.)		 Report Pizzolitto Yellow card.svg 56'
Di Lorenzo Red card.svg 74'
Tsiskaridze Yellow card.svg 76'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,343
May 28, 2011Game 8 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–0 FC Tampa Bay Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT Report Ambersley Yellow card.svg 31'
Hayes Yellow card.svg 43'		Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,019
May 31, 2011Game 9 FC Edmonton 4–0 FC Tampa Bay Edmonton, AB
9:30 PM EDT Porter Soccerball shade.svg28'
Yamada Soccerball shade.svg37'
Saiko Soccerball shade.svg85'
Chin Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,838
June 4, 2011Game 10 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Hayes Yellow card.svg 53'
Savage Yellow card.svg 66'
Ukah Yellow card.svg 68'
Ambersley Yellow card.svg 82', Soccerball shade.svg86' (pen.)		 Report Watson Yellow card.svg 45+'
Barbara Soccerball shade.svg63' (pen.)
Zimmerman Soccerball shade.svg65'
Low Yellow card.svg 67'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,688
June 12, 2011Game 11 FC Tampa Bay 3–2 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg31', 54'
Ukah Yellow card.svg 45+'
Arango Yellow card.svg 55'
Hayes Yellow card.svg 65'
King Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Hunt Soccerball shade.svg34'
Davis Soccerball shade.svg64'
Toure Yellow card.svg 83'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,319
June 18, 2011Game 12 Carolina RailHawks 3–1 FC Tampa Bay Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT Watson Soccerball shade.svg36'
Barbara Soccerball shade.svg69'
Low Yellow card.svg 84'
Russell Soccerball shade.svg90+'		 Report Ukah Soccerball shade.svg18'
Arango Yellow card.svg 48'
Watson-Siriboe Yellow card.svg 78'		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,041
June 29, 2011Game 13 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT Lennon Yellow card.svg 83'
Coudet Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg68'
Yoshitake Yellow card.svg 77'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 5,848
Note: Rescheduled from May 14.
July 4, 2011Game 14 FC Tampa Bay 4–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Arango Soccerball shade.svg15', Yellow card.svg 59'
Watson-Siriboe Yellow card.svg 37'
Millien Soccerball shade.svg55'
King Soccerball shade.svg63'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg71'		 Report Coudet Soccerball shade.svg38' (pen.)
Palacio Soccerball shade.svg68'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 4,248
July 9, 2011Game 15 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Bayamón, PR
6:05 PM EDT Cunningham Yellow card.svg 70'
Foley Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report King Soccerball shade.svg18'
Millien Yellow card.svg 61' Yellow-red card.svg 71'		Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
July 17, 2011Game 16 FC Edmonton 1–2 FC Tampa Bay Edmonton, AB
6:00 PM EDT Porter Soccerball shade.svg19' Report King Soccerball shade.svg30'
Sanfilippo Yellow card.svg 33'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg71'		Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,574
July 23, 2011Game 17 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–1 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT Sandoval Soccerball shade.svg7'
Casarona Yellow card.svg 29'
O'Brien Soccerball shade.svg41'
Parada Yellow card.svg 86'		 Report King Soccerball shade.svg43'
Morrow Yellow card.svg 45'
Ukah Yellow card.svg 90'		Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,515
July 27, 2011Game 18 FC Tampa Bay 3–1 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT King Soccerball shade.svg6'
Hayes Yellow card.svg 51'
Hill Soccerball shade.svg60'
Millien Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report Semenets Soccerball shade.svg28'
Lemire Yellow card.svg 90'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,003
August 6, 2011Game 19 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT Ruthven Yellow card.svg 61'
Cox Yellow card.svg 71'		 Report Savage Soccerball shade.svg28'Soccerball shade.svg60'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg33'
Clare Soccerball shade.svg82'		Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,126
August 10, 2011Game 20 Montreal Impact 3–3 FC Tampa Bay Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT Sutton Yellow card.svg 16'
Sebrango Soccerball shade.svg46', 75'
Westlake Soccerball shade.svg54'
LeGall Yellow card.svg 88'		 Report Savage Yellow card.svg 15'
Hill Soccerball shade.svg38'
King Soccerball shade.svg85'
Gyorio Soccerball shade.svg90'		Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 9,860
August 13, 2011Game 21 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Millien Soccerball shade.svg45'
Sanfilippo Soccerball shade.svg65'
Ukah Yellow card.svg 77'
Yoshitake Yellow card.svg 83'		 Report Cosgriff Yellow card.svg 62'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,150
August 20, 2011Game 22 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg30'
Savage Yellow card.svg 78'		 Report Cunningham Yellow card.svg 2'
Telesford Yellow card.svg 36'
Addlery Soccerball shade.svg33'
Foley Soccerball shade.svg75'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,965
August 27, 2011Game 23 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–2 FC Tampa Bay Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT Restrepo Yellow card.svg 87' Report Arango Yellow card.svg 5'
King Soccerball shade.svg9'
Rodrigues Yellow card.svg 41'
Ambersley Soccerball shade.svg77', Yellow card.svg 78'		Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,685
September 3, 2011Game 24 Carolina RailHawks 2–0 FC Tampa Bay Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT Campos Soccerball shade.svg19', 38'
Franks Yellow card.svg 65'		 Report Hill Yellow card.svg 46'
Arango Yellow card.svg 49'
Baptiste Yellow card.svg 88'		Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,015
September 6, 2011Game 25 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–2 FC Tampa Bay Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT Kallman Soccerball shade.svg51'
Takada Yellow card.svg 67'		 Report Savage Soccerball shade.svg22'
Gyorio Soccerball shade.svg77'		Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 767
September 10, 2011Game 26 Puerto Rico Islanders Postponed FC Tampa Bay Bayamón, PR
7:30 PM EDT Report Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Note: Postponed to September 21 due to Tropical Storm Maria.
September 17, 2011Game 26 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT King Soccerball shade.svg59'
Ambersley Yellow card.svg 85'		 Report Cvilikas Soccerball shade.svg54'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,001
September 21, 2011Game 27 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 FC Tampa Bay Bayamón, PR
7:30 PM EDT Perez Soccerball shade.svg5' Report Rodrigues Yellow card.svg 62'Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,502
Note: Rescheduled from September 10.
September 24, 2011Game 28 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Savage Soccerball shade.svg68'
Clare Soccerball shade.svg90+1'		 Report 1
Report 2 		Arrieta Red card.svg 51'Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,226

Friendlies

July 14, 2011 FC Tampa Bay Flag of the United States.svg 1–0 Flag of England.svg Bolton Wanderers St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Clare Soccerball shade.svg65', Yellow card.svg 85' Report Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,914

Playoffs

October 1, 2011Quarterfinals FC Tampa Bay 0–1 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Arango Yellow card.svg 14' Report Mulholland Soccerball shade.svg27'
Cosgriff Yellow card.svg 55'
Altman Yellow card.svg 57'		Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,003

Club

First team roster

as of August 25, 2011 [2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Daryl Sattler
3 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Andres Arango
4 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Kwame Watson-Siriboe (on loan from Chicago)
5 DF Flag of Guyana.svg  GUY J. P. Rodrigues
6 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Matt Clare
7 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Frank Sanfilippo (captain)
8 FW Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  TRI Kerry Baptiste
9 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Warren Ukah
10 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
11 MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Shane Hill
13 DF Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB Yendry Diaz
14 MF Flag of Haiti.svg  HAI Pascal Millien
No.Pos.NationPlayer
15 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Mike Ambersley
17 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Mozzi Gyorio
18 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Aaron King
20 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Jeff Attinella
21 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Jeremy Christie
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Keith Savage
23 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA David Hayes
28 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Evan Newton (on loan from Houston)
32 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Takuya Yamada
77 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Chad Burt
— MF Ulster Banner.svg  NIR Jonny Steele (on loan to Carolina)

Coaching staff

NASL

Standings

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Carolina RailHawks (X)2817385026+2454 Playoff semifinals
2 Puerto Rico Islanders 2815764132+952
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 2811894136+541 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 2891183536−138
5 FC Edmonton 28106123540−536 [a]
Source: NASL Standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head record; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored. [3]
(X) Regular season champion
Notes:
  1. ↑ EDM: 8 pts; MIN: 2 pts

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
2811894136 +5417342417 +74551719 −2

Last updated: April 26, 2018.
Source: Match reports

Ponce De Leon Cup

The Ponce De Leon Cup was a fan-based derby and trophy that was created in 2006. Participants were originally United Soccer Leagues first division teams (later USSF-D2, then NASL teams) based in lands that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León had visited; namely Florida and Puerto Rico. It was awarded to the club with the best record in league games versus the other participants.

PosTeamGPWDLGFGAGDAWGPts
1 Puerto Rico Islanders 8431137+6715
2FC Tampa Bay8323119+2411
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 81341017-756

Regular season

Honors

Individual honors

Pascal Millien, Mike Ambersley

References

  1. ↑ NASL Weekend in Review (18 July 2011).
  2. ↑ "fctampabay.com". fctampabay.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  3. ↑ "NASL Standings".
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