2011 FC Tampa Bay season

FC Tampa Bay
2011 season
OwnersUnited States Hinds Howard
United States David Laxer
United States Andrew Nestor
Head coachEngland Ricky Hill
StadiumAl Lang Stadium
St. Petersburg, Florida
NASL3rd
NASL PlayoffsQuarterfinals
U.S. Open Cupdid not enter
Ponce De Leon CupRunners up
Coastal CupWinners
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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2011 FC Tampa Bay season was the second in the club's existence and the first in the NASL.

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, 2011 Game 1 Tampa Spartans 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida
7:30 PM EDT Kemal Malcolm 66' Report Millien 81' Stadium: Pepin Stadium
March 12, 2011 Game 2 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 BK Häcken Sunrise, Florida
3:30 PM EDT Clare 86' Report 69' Stadium: kics International Soccer Complex
March 19, 2011 Game 3 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 United States U-17 Bradenton, Florida
AM King 17' Report 33'
48'		 Stadium: IMG Academy
March 19, 2011 Game 4 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Brandon, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Sanfilippo 74'
King 88'		 Report Stadium: Brandon Area Youth Soccer Complex
March 27, 2011 Game 5 UCF Knights 0–3 FC Tampa Bay Orlando, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Report Millien 38', 86' (pen.)
Burt 77'		 Stadium: UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
March 30, 2011 Game 6 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 St. Leo Lions St. Petersburg, Florida
4:00 PM EDT Millien 55'
Yoshitake 61'		 Report Stadium: Azalea Youth Soccer Complex
Note: Game called off in the 67th minute due to inclement weather.
April 3, 2011 Game 7 USF Bulls 0–3 FC Tampa Bay Tampa, Florida
7:00 PM EDT Report Savage 23'
King 62'
Jarun 71'		 Stadium: Corbett Soccer Stadium

NASL

April 9, 2011 Game 1 FC Tampa Bay 1–0 Montreal Impact St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Yoshitake Yellow card 45'
Yamada 85'
Ambersley Yellow card 90+'		 Report Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 4,161
April 17, 2011 Game 2 FC Tampa Bay 0–2 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Sanfilippo Yellow card 67' Report Pitchkolan Yellow card 31'
Faña 35' 79'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,913
April 23, 2011 Game 3 Montreal Impact 0–0 FC Tampa Bay Montreal, QC
2:30 PM EDT Ech-Chergui Yellow card 48'
Lowery Yellow card 58'		 Report Ukah Yellow card 16' Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 12,060
April 30, 2011 Game 4 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ambersley 74' Report Hunt Yellow card 18', 45+' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,021
May 7, 2011 Game 5 FC Tampa Bay 1–3 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Millien 23'
Sanfilippo Yellow card 62'		 Report Franks Yellow card 1'
Barbara 20' 76'
Low Yellow card 48'
Farber 52'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,325
May 11, 2011 Game 6 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Burt 51'
Ambersley Yellow card 55'
Sanfilippo Yellow card 74'		 Report Kooy 90+4' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 1,775
Referee: Ismail Elfath
May 14, 2011 Game 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, 2011 Game 7 FC Tampa Bay 3–0 Montreal Impact St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ukah 40'
Yoshitake Yellow card 56', 84'
Burt Yellow card 59'
Ambersley 74' (pen.)		 Report Pizzolitto Yellow card 56'
Di Lorenzo Red card 74'
Tsiskaridze Yellow card 76'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,343
May 28, 2011 Game 8 NSC Minnesota Stars 0–0 FC Tampa Bay Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT Report Ambersley Yellow card 31'
Hayes Yellow card 43'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 2,019
May 31, 2011 Game 9 FC Edmonton 4–0 FC Tampa Bay Edmonton, AB
9:30 PM EDT Porter 28'
Yamada 37'
Saiko 85'
Chin 88'		 Report Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,838
June 4, 2011 Game 10 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 Carolina RailHawks St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Hayes Yellow card 53'
Savage Yellow card 66'
Ukah Yellow card 68'
Ambersley Yellow card 82', 86' (pen.)		 Report Watson Yellow card 45+'
Barbara 63' (pen.)
Zimmerman 65'
Low Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,688
June 12, 2011 Game 11 FC Tampa Bay 3–2 Atlanta Silverbacks St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Ambersley 31', 54'
Ukah Yellow card 45+'
Arango Yellow card 55'
Hayes Yellow card 65'
King 84'		 Report Hunt 34'
Davis 64'
Toure Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,319
June 18, 2011 Game 12 Carolina RailHawks 3–1 FC Tampa Bay Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT Watson 36'
Barbara 69'
Low Yellow card 84'
Russell 90+'		 Report Ukah 18'
Arango Yellow card 48'
Watson-Siriboe Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 4,041
June 29, 2011 Game 13 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT Lennon Yellow card 83'
Coudet 90+2'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Ambersley 68'
Yoshitake Yellow card 77'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 5,848
Note: Rescheduled from May 14.
July 4, 2011 Game 14 FC Tampa Bay 4–2 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, FL
6:00 PM EDT Arango 15', Yellow card 59'
Watson-Siriboe Yellow card 37'
Millien 55'
King 63'
Ambersley 71'		 Report Coudet 38' (pen.)
Palacio 68'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 4,248
July 9, 2011 Game 15 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–1 FC Tampa Bay Bayamón, PR
6:05 PM EDT Cunningham Yellow card 70'
Foley 82'		 Report King 18'
Millien Yellow card 61' Yellow-red card 71'		 Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
July 17, 2011 Game 16 FC Edmonton 1–2 FC Tampa Bay Edmonton, AB
6:00 PM EDT Porter 19' Report King 30'
Sanfilippo Yellow card 33'
Ambersley 71'		 Stadium: Foote Field
Attendance: 1,574
July 23, 2011 Game 17 Atlanta Silverbacks 2–1 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT Sandoval 7'
Casarona Yellow card 29'
O'Brien 41'
Parada Yellow card 86'		 Report King 43'
Morrow Yellow card 45'
Ukah Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,515
July 27, 2011 Game 18 FC Tampa Bay 3–1 FC Edmonton St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT King 6'
Hayes Yellow card 51'
Hill 60'
Millien 84'		 Report Semenets 28'
Lemire Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,003
August 6, 2011 Game 19 Atlanta Silverbacks 0–4 FC Tampa Bay Atlanta, GA
7:30 PM EDT Ruthven Yellow card 61'
Cox Yellow card 71'		 Report Savage 28' 60'
Ambersley 33'
Clare 82'		 Stadium: Atlanta Silverbacks Park
Attendance: 3,126
August 10, 2011 Game 20 Montreal Impact 3–3 FC Tampa Bay Montreal, QC
7:30 PM EDT Sutton Yellow card 16'
Sebrango 46', 75'
Westlake 54'
LeGall Yellow card 88'		 Report Savage Yellow card 15'
Hill 38'
King 85'
Gyorio 90'		 Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Attendance: 9,860
August 13, 2011 Game 21 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Millien 45'
Sanfilippo 65'
Ukah Yellow card 77'
Yoshitake Yellow card 83'		 Report Cosgriff Yellow card 62' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,150
August 20, 2011 Game 22 FC Tampa Bay 1–2 Puerto Rico Islanders St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Ambersley 30'
Savage Yellow card 78'		 Report Cunningham Yellow card 2'
Telesford Yellow card 36'
Addlery 33'
Foley 75'		 Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 2,965
August 27, 2011 Game 23 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 0–2 FC Tampa Bay Fort Lauderdale, FL
7:30 PM EDT Restrepo Yellow card 87' Report Arango Yellow card 5'
King 9'
Rodrigues Yellow card 41'
Ambersley 77', Yellow card 78'		 Stadium: Lockhart Stadium
Attendance: 3,685
September 3, 2011 Game 24 Carolina RailHawks 2–0 FC Tampa Bay Cary, NC
7:00 PM EDT Campos 19', 38'
Franks Yellow card 65'		 Report Hill Yellow card 46'
Arango Yellow card 49'
Baptiste Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 3,015
September 6, 2011 Game 25 NSC Minnesota Stars 1–2 FC Tampa Bay Blaine, MN
8:30 PM EDT Kallman 51'
Takada Yellow card 67'		 Report Savage 22'
Gyorio 77'		 Stadium: National Sports Center
Attendance: 767
September 10, 2011 Game 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, 2011 Game 26 FC Tampa Bay 1–1 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT King 59'
Ambersley Yellow card 85'		 Report Cvilikas 54' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,001
September 21, 2011 Game 27 Puerto Rico Islanders 1–0 FC Tampa Bay Bayamón, PR
7:30 PM EDT Perez 5' Report Rodrigues Yellow card 62' Stadium: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium
Attendance: 1,502
Note: Rescheduled from September 10.
September 24, 2011 Game 28 FC Tampa Bay 2–0 Fort Lauderdale Strikers St. Petersburg, FL
7:00 PM EDT Savage 68'
Clare 90+1'		 Report 1
Report 2		 Arrieta Red card 51' Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,226

Friendlies

July 14, 2011 FC Tampa Bay United States 1–0 England Bolton Wanderers St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Clare 65', Yellow card 85' Report Stadium: Progress Energy Park
Attendance: 3,914

Playoffs

October 1, 2011 Quarterfinals FC Tampa Bay 0–1 NSC Minnesota Stars St. Petersburg, FL
7:30 pm EDT Arango Yellow card 14' Report Mulholland 27'
Cosgriff Yellow card 55'
Altman Yellow card 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. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Daryl Sattler
3 DF Canada CAN Andres Arango
4 DF United States USA Kwame Watson-Siriboe (on loan from Chicago)
5 DF Guyana GUY J. P. Rodrigues
6 FW United States USA Matt Clare
7 DF United States USA Frank Sanfilippo (captain)
8 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kerry Baptiste
9 FW United States USA Warren Ukah
10 MF Japan JPN Tsuyoshi Yoshitake
11 MF England ENG Shane Hill
13 DF Cuba CUB Yendry Diaz
14 MF Haiti HAI Pascal Millien
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 FW United States USA Mike Ambersley
17 MF Canada CAN Mozzi Gyorio
18 FW United States USA Aaron King
20 GK United States USA Jeff Attinella
21 MF New Zealand NZL Jeremy Christie
22 MF United States USA Keith Savage
23 MF United States USA David Hayes
28 GK United States USA Evan Newton (on loan from Houston)
32 MF Japan JPN Takuya Yamada
77 MF United States USA Chad Burt
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Jonny Steele (on loan to Carolina)

Coaching staff

  • United States Perry Van der Beck - Executive Vice President, Technical Director, and Director of Player Development
  • England Ricky Hill - Head Coach
  • United States Lee Cohen - Director of Operations
  • United States David Hayes - Assistant Coach
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Slobodan Janjuš - Goalkeeper Coach
  • United States James Faylo - Head Athletic Trainer
  • United States Harris McIlwain - Team Physician
  • United States Seth Gasser - Team Physician

NASL

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Carolina RailHawks (X) 28 17 3 8 50 26 +24 54 Playoff semifinals
2 Puerto Rico Islanders 28 15 7 6 41 32 +9 52
3 Tampa Bay Rowdies 28 11 8 9 41 36 +5 41 Playoff quarterfinals
4 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 28 9 11 8 35 36 −1 38
5 FC Edmonton 28 10 6 12 35 40 −5 36[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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
28 11 8 9 41 36  +5 41 7 3 4 24 17  +7 4 5 5 17 19  −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.

Pos Team GP W D L GF GA GD AWG Pts
1 Puerto Rico Islanders 8 4 3 1 13 7 +6 7 15
2 FC Tampa Bay 8 3 2 3 11 9 +2 4 11
3 Fort Lauderdale Strikers 8 1 3 4 10 17 -7 5 6

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".