Suncoast Invitational confirmed: NYCFC vs. PHI & Rowdies vs. MTL on 2/24 (facebook.com)

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Suncoast Invitational confirmed: NYCFC vs. PHI & Rowdies vs. MTL on 2/24 (facebook.com)

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Tampa Bay Rowdies vs. Montreal Impact

2018 Rowdies Suncoast Invitational Montreal Impact vs New York City FC @ 5:00 PM EST and Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Philadelphia Union @ 7:30 PM For Military Tickets, please call (727) 222-2000 For Group Tickets, please call (727) 521-7267

Sale Dates and Times:

Public Onsale : Tue, 9 Jan 2018 at 10:00 AM

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Joe Cole almost played with Pep Guardiola at West Ham but now he wants to coach like Man City master (thesun.co.uk)

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dream team Joe Cole almost played with Pep Guardiola at West Ham but now he wants to coach like Man City master

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Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Tampa Bay Native Kyle Curinga (rowdiessoccer.com)

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Tampa Bay Rowdies Sign Tampa Bay Native Kyle Curinga

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Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo fondly remembers time with Tampa Bay Rowdies (tampabay.com)

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Jaguars kicker Josh Lambo fondly remembers time with Tampa Bay Rowdies

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Rowdies Expand Roster with Signing of Midfielder Lance Rozeboom (rowdiessoccer.com)

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Rowdies Expand Roster with Signing of Midfielder Lance Rozeboom

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Rowdies sign former CCC player Kyle Curinga

The Tampa Bay Rowdies have added a local player to their roster for the 2018 season. Former Clearwater Central Catholic standout Kyle Curinga was signed by the club on Tuesday to play defender. Curinga, 23, also played at Florida Atlantic, in Finland with GBK Kokkola and with Real Monarchs SLC in the USL.

Curinga trained with the Rowdies last winter and played as a trialist in the 2017 Florida Cup. Last season he played in 26 matches with the Monarchs and helped lead them to the USL regular season championship.

As a senior at CCC in 2012, Curinga scored 33 goals and added 31 assists. He was named the Times All County Player of the Year.

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Third Major League Soccer team to launch preseason training in Pinellas County

A third Major League Soccer team is coming to Pinellas County to conduct its preseason training.

The New York Red Bulls will come to the area for preseason training from Jan. 22 to Feb. 3 at the Oldsmar Sports Complex. The New York Red Bulls join D.C. United and Philadelphia Union, who both hold their preseason training in Clearwater at the Joe DiMaggio Sports Complex.

“It was a real concerted strategic effort to identify MLS teams that we would want to come to build their preseason training program,” said Tim Ramsberger, chief operating officer for Visit St. Pete/Clearwater, which is an official marketing partner of the New York Red Bulls during the 2018 season.

The partnership should expand the number of visitors from the New York area, Tampa Bay's No. 2 market for tourists year-round.

"We expect to get a big push in that New York market throughout the coming year," Ramsberger said. VSPC will do so through activities such as fireworks night at Red Bull Arena and the Match Time Temperature.

The Red Bulls decision comes after the Tampa Bay Rowdies were officially out of this year's Major League Soccer bid. Four cities- Cincinnati, Detroit, Nashville and Sacramento - were named finalists for the next two expansion teams, the league announced in November. While those cities are being considered for the next two expansion teams, in a release, the MLA said that all the remaining markets, which includes Tampa Bay, are under consideration for the following two expansion clubs that will be announced at a later date. Last year, St. Petersburg voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum allowing Rowdies owner Bill Edwards to self-fund $80 million in upgrades to the team’s home, Al Lang Stadium. The improvements, which would expand stadium capacity, were intended to help boost the chances of becoming an MLS expansion team.

Despite the Rowdies' outcome, the addition of the Red Bulls preseason training, "is going to help grow soccer and our image in the soccer community," Ramsberger said.

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dream team Joe Cole almost played with Pep Guardiola at West Ham but now he wants to coach like Man City master

Barcelona legend was leaving after winning six La Liga titles and the Hammers were ready for a bit of tiki-taka

Cole’s mind is ticking away now, in overdrive as he contemplates a career in coaching.

He is 36, promising Tampa Bay Rowdies another season Stateside in the United Soccer League before he calls time on his magnificent career.

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Armada owner says team could play in different league in 2018

NASL sanctioning keeps future uncertain