Tampa Bay Rowdies

1990-1993: The Rowdies play their final three seasons of the classic era as a member of the American Professional Soccer League before leaving the field for nearly two decades. Star midfielder Ricky Hill joins the team in 1992 as a player/coach for one season. 2008: A new group founds a club and names it FC Tampa Bay Rowdies, intending to enter the new incarnation of the NASL. 2010: The FCTB Rowdies play their inaugural season at Tampa's George M. Steinbrenner Field, competing in the United States Soccer Federation Division II Pro League, a merged league featuring new NASL teams and United Soccer Leagues teams. 2011: FC Tampa Bay temporarily drops the "Rowdies" name and moves to St. Petersburg's historic Al Lang Stadium to compete in the NASL after it receives full sanctioning as the United States' second division. Ricky Hill rejoins the Rowdies as head coach and leads the team to the playoffs. FC Tampa Bay also played its first international friendly, beating the English Premier League's Bolton Wanderers 1-0. 2012: FC Tampa Bay's leadership reacquires the Rowdies name and subsequently drops the "FC" from the name, making the club the "Tampa Bay Rowdies" once again. The team thrives under Hill and wins its second NASL Soccer Bowl Championship, defeating the NSC Minnesota Stars in a penalty kick shootout to claim the trophy. 2013: The Rowdies flip the field inside Al Lang Stadium, reorienting it to run in an east-west direction. The season is highlighted by a run to the Fourth Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, including a 1-0 victory at home over Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders FC.