Tampa Bay United Soccer Club is a soccer club from Tampa, Florida that plays in the Southeast Division in USL League Two.
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| Full name | Tampa Bay United Rowdies Soccer Club | ||
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| Stadium | TBU North Campus at Ed Radice Complex | ||
| Owner | Lester Bullock | ||
| Chairman | Daryl Bullock | ||
| Head Coach | Brian Johnson | ||
| League | USL League Two & USL W League | ||
| 2023 | 4th, Southeast Division Playoffs: DNQ | ||
| Website | https://tbusc.com/ | ||
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History
editThe club was founded as a youth soccer club in Tampa, Florida, where they are the largest youth team in the city.[1]
In 2017, they formed a partnership with professional club Tampa Bay Rowdies, who play in the second-tier USL Championship.[1] As part of the affiliation, TBU rebranded as the Tampa Bay United Rowdies, adopting the Rowdies' green and gold hooped jerseys and wearing the Rowdies logo on their jerseys.[1] As part of the partnership, they became the Rowdies official youth affiliate program.[2]
In 2020, it was announced that they were joining the MLS Next youth development program for academy teams in the United States and Canada.[3] In 2021, it was announced that the club was rejoining the Women's Premier Soccer League where they originally had a team known as the Tampa Bay Hellenic, which rebranded to the Tampa Bay United name in 2017, before departing the league in 2018.[4]
In 2021, they joined USL League Two, the fourth tier of the U.S. soccer pyramid, replacing the Tampa Bay Rowdies U23 who had initially been set to rejoin the league in 2020, prior to that season's cancelation.[5]
Year-by-year
edit| Year | Level | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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| 2021 | 4 | USL League Two | 2nd, Southeast | Conference Quarterfinals | Ineligible |
| 2022 | 4 | USL League Two | 7th, Southeast | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2023 | 4 | USL League Two | 4th, Southeast | did not qualify | did not qualify |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Tampa Bay Rowdies Announce Youth Development Affiliation with Tampa Bay United". Tampa Bay Rowdies. March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Tampa Bay United hires Anthony Latronica as sporting director". Soccer Wire. March 7, 2019.
- ^ "TBUR Joins Major League Soccer's Elite Player Development Platform". Tampa Bay United. May 13, 2020.
- ^ "TBU Joins WPSL". Tampa Bay United. January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Tampa Bay United to Join USL League Two for 2021 Season". USL League Two. April 8, 2021.