Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Oakland Roots, 2023 USL Championship, Regular Season

· USL Championship

8': Cal Jennings
41': Cal Jennings
58': Cal Jennings

FT
3 - 0

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Tampa Bay Rowdies are hosting Oakland Roots at Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the USL Championship.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
1': Foul by Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
1': Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
2': Offside, Oakland Roots. Daniel Barbir tries a through ball, but Lindo Mfeka is caught offside.
8': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 1, Oakland Roots 0. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sebastian Dalgaard.
9': Attempt saved. Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wolfgang Prentice.
12': Foul by Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
12': Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
13': Foul by Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots).
13': Jake Areman (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
14': Foul by Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
14': Joseph Nane (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Wolfgang Prentice.
15': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
15': Tarek Morad (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt missed. Dariusz Formella (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Trayvone Reid.
18': Attempt saved. Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Trayvone Reid.
18': Attempt missed. Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Lindo Mfeka.
21': Attempt saved. Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Conner Antley.
28': Foul by Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
28': Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Corner, Oakland Roots. Conceded by Aarón Guillén.
30': Foul by Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots).
30': Sebastian Dalgaard (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
32': Hand ball by Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots).
32': Delay in match (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
34': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
35': Attempt saved. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jake Areman with a cross.
35': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Paul Blanchette.
35': Foul by Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
35': Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
37': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Daniel Barbir.
39': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
39': Foul by Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots).
40': Attempt saved. Sebastian Dalgaard (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jordan Doherty.
41': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 2, Oakland Roots 0. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jerome Williams.
43': Foul by Joseph Nane (Oakland Roots).
43': Jordan Doherty (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Joseph Nane (Oakland Roots) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
44': Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
44': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
45'+1': Attempt saved. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jake Areman.
45'+1': Foul by Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
45'+1': Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+1': Attempt missed. Napo Matsoso (Oakland Roots) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Dariusz Formella.
45'+2': First Half ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 2, Oakland Roots 0.
45': Second Half begins Tampa Bay Rowdies 2, Oakland Roots 0.
45': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Jeciel Cedeño replaces Joseph Nane.
46': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
46': Foul by Jeciel Cedeño (Oakland Roots).
47': Foul by Kevin Wright (Oakland Roots).
47': Sebastian Dalgaard (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the right wing.
48': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Trayvone Reid.
50': Corner, Oakland Roots. Conceded by Conner Antley.
52': Foul by Conner Antley (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
52': Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Attempt blocked. Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dariusz Formella.
55': Attempt missed. Jerome Williams (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Cal Jennings.
56': Aarón Guillén (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
56': Foul by Lindo Mfeka (Oakland Roots).
57': Daniel Barbir (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
57': Foul by Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
58': Goal! Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, Oakland Roots 0. Cal Jennings (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastian Dalgaard.
60': Attempt saved. Wolfgang Prentice (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Trayvone Reid.
61': Attempt missed. Trayvone Reid (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dariusz Formella.
61': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Johnny Rodriguez replaces Lindo Mfeka.
62': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Bryan Tamacas replaces Kevin Wright.
64': Attempt missed. Sebastian Dalgaard (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Conner Antley.
65': Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
65': Foul by Johnny Rodriguez (Oakland Roots).
65': Johnny Rodriguez (Oakland Roots) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Delay in match because of an injury Yann Ekra (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
67': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
68': Attempt missed. Wolfgang Prentice (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
68': Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick on the left wing.
68': Foul by Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots).
70': Attempt saved. Johnny Rodriguez (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Tamacas with a through ball.
73': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Anuar Peláez replaces Trayvone Reid.
74': Foul by Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots).
74': Jerome Williams (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
75': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Freddy Kleemann replaces Yann Ekra.
75': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Dayonn Harris replaces Sebastian Dalgaard.
75': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Jake LaCava replaces Cal Jennings.
75': Delay in match (Oakland Roots).
76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
77': Corner, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Conceded by Tarek Morad.
78': Foul by Freddy Kleemann (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
78': Johnny Rodriguez (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
78': Foul by Forrest Lasso (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
78': Johnny Rodriguez (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick on the right wing.
79': Attempt saved. Dariusz Formella (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
79': Corner, Oakland Roots. Conceded by Connor Sparrow.
81': Attempt missed. Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jake LaCava.
82': Attempt blocked. Charlie Dennis (Tampa Bay Rowdies) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake Areman.
82': Substitution, Oakland Roots. Neveal Hackshaw replaces Napo Matsoso.
83': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (Oakland Roots).
83': Jake LaCava (Tampa Bay Rowdies) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
86': Attempt blocked. Neveal Hackshaw (Oakland Roots) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Tarek Morad.
87': Foul by Jake Areman (Tampa Bay Rowdies).
87': Jeciel Cedeño (Oakland Roots) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
87': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Ariel Martínez replaces Charlie Dennis.
87': Substitution, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Lucky Mkosana replaces Jerome Williams.
88': Attempt missed. Bryan Tamacas (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Tarek Morad following a set piece situation.
90': Attempt blocked. Dayonn Harris (Tampa Bay Rowdies) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jake LaCava with a cross.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Emrah Klimenta (Oakland Roots) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Neveal Hackshaw.
90'+1': Attempt missed. Lucky Mkosana (Tampa Bay Rowdies) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ariel Martínez.
90'+3': Second Half ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, Oakland Roots 0.
0': Match ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, Oakland Roots 0.
0': Match ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, Oakland Roots 0.
0': Match ends, Tampa Bay Rowdies 3, Oakland Roots 0.

Statistics

OAK		TBR
12	Fouls	13
2	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	5
4	Saves	5
51.1	Possession	48.9
14	SHOTS	13
5	ON GOAL	7
0.4	On Target %	0.5
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
391	Accurate Passes	367
471	Passes	439
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
4	Accurate Crosses	6
8	Crosses	17
0.5	Cross %	0.4
53	Long Balls	36
21	Accurate Long Balls	13
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
2	Blocked Shots	2
9	Effective Tackles	7
13	Tackles	13
0.7	Tackle %	0.5
12	Interceptions	9
11	Effective Clearances	12
11	Clearances	12

Game Information

Competition: USL Championship

Venue: Al Lang Stadium
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

USL Championship Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	San Antonio FC	5	+4	11
2	El Paso Locomotive FC	4	+5	10
3	Sacramento Republic FC	5	+3	8
4	Orange County SC	5	+1	8

Full Table

Line-Ups

Tampa Bay Rowdies (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Connor Sparrow (GK)
3	Forrest Lasso
33	Aaron Guillen
2	Conner Antley
7	Yann Ekra
14	Charlie Dennis
22	Jordan Doherty
8	Jake Areman
23	Sebastian Dalgaard
26	Cal Jennings
9	Jerome Williams

Tampa Bay Rowdies Substitutes:

Phil Breno, Luckymore Mkosana, Jake LaCava, Frederik Kleemann, Ariel Martinez, Dayonn Harris.

Oakland Roots (3-4-3)

No.	Name
20	Paul Blanchette (GK)
6	Tarek Morad
14	Daniel Barbir
21	Emrah Klimenta
7	Napo Matsoso
4	Joseph Nane Fils Eone
3	Kevin Wright
19	Wolfgang Prentice
9	Dariusz Formella
11	Trayvon Reid
10	Lindo Mfeka

Oakland Roots Substitutes:

Anuar Peláez, Johnny Rodriguez, Daniel Gomez, Neveal Hackshaw, Bryan Tamacas, Jeciel Cedeno, Taylor Bailey.

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