May 31, 2022 – United Soccer League Championship (USL) – Tampa Bay Rowdies News Release
Matchday 13 Info:
Tampa Bay Rowdies at FC Tulsa
Wednesday, June 1, 8:30pm ET
Oneok Field, Tulsa, OK
Watch: Stream the match here on ESPN+
Follow Along: Live updates on Twitter at @RowdiesGameday
After sitting idle over the weekend, the Tampa Bay Rowdies resume the USL Championship campaign this week with a slate of two matches. They first take the field this Wednesday on the road against FC Tulsa before returning for a showdown with Louisville City FC on Saturday night at Al Lang Stadium. Coincidentally, Tulsa and Louisville met this past Saturday, with the latter claiming a 4-1 win.
Tulsa will be feeling the squeeze to pick up a positive result at home after dropping the first meeting with the Rowdies at Al Lang 3-1 back in April. In fact, Michael Nsien’s side has won just once in their last seven league matches.
From Tampa Bay’s perspective, it’s all about maintaining the momentum from the two meaningful victories posted by the club in May. The Rowdies took down Phoenix Rising 5-1 on the road before knocking off Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 3-1 at Al Lang. The victories were much-needed after a difficult April, but the Rowdies will need to maintain that level of consistency to jump back into the top four of the Eastern Conference over the coming weeks. Taking the maximum points off a struggling Tulsa and taking advantage of home field advantage against Louisville will be of utmost importance this week.
“Tulsa will be looking to make that place a fortress, but we know we can go anywhere and win,” said Rowdies Head Coach Neill Collins. “We just need to do certain things very well, so we’ll be focusing on that. Tulsa will be eager to put things right against us but we just want to carry on this momentum that we’ve had from these previous two results and go and pick up another three points with a positive performance.”
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