On This Day - November 8 2009: St Gall's beat Pearse Og in the quarter-final of the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship

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On This Day - November 8 2009: St Gall's beat Pearse Og in the quarter-final of the Ulster Club Senior Football Championship

BIRTHDAYS

Joe Cole (soccer) - Former England midfielder, currently playing for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, born 1981.

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Chelsea fans pay tribute to club’s former midfielder Joe Cole

Now 36, Cole is still playing, with the midfielder turning out for Tampa Bay Rowdies in Florida, which cannot be a bad life.

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2017 USL All-League Teams Unveiled

Monarchs, 1868 FC, SAFC each earn two First Team selections

M – Marcel Schäfer, Tampa Bay Rowdies: The former German international finished tied for second in the USL with 11 assists and scored five regular-season goals in a stellar first year for the Rowdies.

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Hoffman and Velasquez voted to 2017 USL All-League First Team

Record-breaking season leads to first selection of Monarchs players to All-League team

The full 2017 USL-First Team also included former Real Salt Lake Player Enzo Martinez and is as follows: Goalkeeper Diego Restrepo (San Antonio FC); defenders Paco Craig (Louisville City FC), Harrison Delbridge (FC Cincinnati), Sebastien Ibeagha (San Antonio FC), Forrest Lasso (Charleston Battery); midfielders Marcel Schäfer (Tampa Bay Rowdies), Sebastian Velasquez (Real Monarchs SLC), Chris Wehan (Reno 1868 FC); and forwards Chandler Hoffman (Real Monarchs SLC), Dane Kelly (Reno 1868 FC) and Enzo Martinez (Charlotte Independence).

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https://www.wakingthered.com/2017/11/8/16624786/toronto-fc-news-tfc-ii-denmark-aiden-daniels-liam-fraser-luca-uccello-malik-johnson

TFC II send four on training stint to Denmark

Homegrown players Daniels, Fraser, Johnson and Uccello are Europe-bound.

Liam Fraser battles in midfield with the Tampa Bay Rowdies M. May

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http://www.cltampa.com/news-views/politics/article/20982054/rick-kriseman-victory-rick-baker-donald-trump

How Rick (Kriseman) won

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman's path to reelection may have been about more than Trump.

So, sewage didn’t work, then?

It did, sort of. But mostly in the primary.

Whether they admit it or not (and most of them don’t) much of the local commentariat probably knew Baker was going to run against Kriseman long before he announced. Not long after Republicans won big in the 2014 midterms, he seemed to be getting very busy behind the scenes, be it on the St. Pete Pier or the Tampa Bay Rowdies or city council elections in which one of the candidates would have aligned quite well with his agenda if elected in 2017. And in September of 2016, at an overtly politicized hearing in which local Republican lawmakers grilled Kriseman and staff over the sewage issue, Baker was on hand to watch the proceedings, a highly visible presence in a pinstripe suit. We knew then that he’d be announcing his run when convenient.

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Where are they now? Former Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham United midfielder Joe Cole

On May 4, 2016, Cole signed for North American Soccer League side Tampa Bay Rowdies until the end of the 2017 campaign, with an option for a further year.

The 36-year-old has scored 16 goals in 55 appearances for the American club overall, who finished third in the Eastern Conference this term, nine points behind first placed Louisville City FC, before being knocked out by New York Red Bulls II after extra-time in the Conference semi-finals only last month.

Cole scored seven goals and provided five assists in 26 league outings for Tampa Bay Rowdies this season.

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VOTE NOW - 2017 Rowdies Goal of the Year

Tampa Bay Rowdies

Published on Nov 7, 2017

Vote for the 2017 Rowdies Goal of the Year TODAY! Voting closes Friday, November 10 at 1 P.M. ET.

VOTE: tinyurl.com/RGOTY17

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Top 10 Moments of 2017 - #10: Hristov's 50th Rowdies Goal

Tampa Bay Rowdies

Published on Nov 8, 2017

We are recapping the top 10 moments of the Rowdies 2017 season, starting off with Georgi Hristov scoring his 50th goal since joining the club back in 2013.

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http://www.espnfc.com/united-states/story/3263859/sam-allardyce-keen-to-hold-talks-over-united-states-job

Sam Allardyce keen to hold talks over United States job

The former Bolton, Blackburn and West Ham boss, whose playing career involved a brief stint with NASL side Tampa Bay Rowdies in 1983, played down the idea he would seek to base himself in Florida if he got the job.

"Wherever they say you've got to base yourself is where you base yourself," he said. "I've always loved the States since I've been going for many, many years, and I played there. I played there for Tampa Bay Rowdies and had a terrific time by the way."

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http://www.tbo.com/things-to-do/events/st-petersburg-gets-new-half-marathon-as-st-pete-run-fest-adds-kids-runs/2343579

St. Petersburg gets new half-marathon as St. Pete Run Fest adds kids runs, year-round fitness to mix

Frustrated city officials went looking for a half-marathon that would lure runners from around the country. With a pretty waterfront at the start, it will have a path that takes runners through Tropicana Field, where the Tampa Bay Rays play. The kids races will trod through Al Lang Field, where the Tampa Bay Rowdies play.

Pinellas-based EndorFun Sports was picked to produce what organizers hope will be an annual event.

Brothers Ryan and Keith Jordan said their aim for EndorFun Sports is to make the community healthier all year long, not just for the big event, so they enlisted local businesses like St. Pete Running Company to host training runs and hired Christie Bruner, owner of StrollerFit and Baby Boot Camp, as the youth wellness director.

Bruner has signed up more than 80 kids at school running clubs and offered free running clinics partnered with Jump for Kids, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, the Tampa Bay Rays and Tampa Bay Rowdies. At a recent Saturday Morning Market, she had kids lined up to do some stretching and strengthening exercises on the grassy area beside the market.