Chris Hockman

Florida MLS Notebook Week 7

Chicago Fire FC 0 CF Montreal 1 After spending a month on the sidelines CF Montreal’s Mason Toye marked his return in emphatic style scoring the winner with six minutes to play as Montreal beat Chicago Fire FC 1-0 at Soldier Field on Saturday. The goal came with an emphatic header as Toye got onContinue reading “Florida MLS Notebook Week 7”

Inter Miami CF avoid points penalty but receive $2 million fine

NEW YORK – Major League Soccer handed down a fine to Inter Miami CF and managing owner Jorge Mas along with individual and team sanctions for the club breaching the salary cap in the 2020 season. Most significantly there was no points deduction for the offenses last year. In the investigation MLS discovered that theContinue reading “Inter Miami CF avoid points penalty but receive $2 million fine”

Rowdies win derby and extend perfect start

ST. PETERSBURG – For the first time in the modern era the Tampa Bay Rowdies have managed a perfect 4-0 start to the season after defeating Miami FC 2-1 at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night. The hosts opened the scoring after 12 minutes when Lewis Hilton found a wide-open Steevan Dos Santos allowing himContinue reading “Rowdies win derby and extend perfect start”

Florida State pays the penalty as Santa Clara claims College Cup

CARY, N.C. – Three straight penalty shootouts proved a bridge too far for Florida State as Santa Clara claimed the NCAA Women’s Soccer Championship with a 4-1 shootout win following a 2-1 draw at Wakemed Soccer Park on Monday night. Florida State was put from behind right away as Clara Robbins could only find theContinue reading “Florida State pays the penalty as Santa Clara claims College Cup”

Rowdies overcome Phoenix in 2020 USL Championship Final “replay”

ST. PETERSBURG – It may not have been for silverware but the battle of the 2020 USL Championship conference champions saw the Tampa Bay Rowdies claim a 2-1 win over Phoenix Rising FC at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night. Steevan Dos Santos starred again managing a goal and an assist in the match asContinue reading “Rowdies overcome Phoenix in 2020 USL Championship Final “replay””

Florida MLS notebook week five midweek

Toronto FC 2 Columbus SC 0 Toronto FC made Columbus SC pay for its widely panned rebrand with an emphatic 2-0 win, making sure the team that abandoned its Crew was still looking for a win in its new name. Goals came early and late for the Canadians with Michael Bradley opening the scoring inContinue reading “Florida MLS notebook week five midweek”

Wilf family purchasing Orlando City and Pride

MINNEAPOLIS – The Wilf family announced on Wednesday that it is purchasing Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride, taking over the majority stake from Flavio Augusto da Silva. That move comes after a failed attempt to take over Minnesota United when the club made the move to Major League Soccer in 2015, hoping to getContinue reading “Wilf family purchasing Orlando City and Pride”

Florida MLS notebook week four

Vancouver Whitecaps 2 CF Montreal 0 Two of the Canadian teams currently stuck in the United States met in Utah for the first all-Canadian MLS match played outside of Canada. It was a difficult start from Vancouver after the Floridian resident Montreal held the Whitecaps off effectively. Vancouver hadn’t managed a shot for 56 minutesContinue reading “Florida MLS notebook week four”

Rowdies continue winning ways put three past Riverhounds

ST. PETERSBURG – For the second straight match the Tampa Bay Rowdies have won 3-0 at Al Lang Stadium on Saturday night. This time it was the Pittsburgh Riverhounds who were the victims keeping the perfect start to the season going. Steevan Dos Santos haunted his former side as he scored the opening goal inContinue reading “Rowdies continue winning ways put three past Riverhounds”

Tampa Bay Rowdies v Pittsburgh Riverhounds statistical preview

ST. PETERSBURG – After a successful start to the 2021 season the Tampa Bay Rowdies will welcome the Pittsburgh Riverhounds to Al Lang Stadium for the visitors first match of the season. As usual for the Riverhounds they are strong defensively, giving up just 12 goals in the season, less than one goal a matchContinue reading “Tampa Bay Rowdies v Pittsburgh Riverhounds statistical preview”