Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Lexington · USL Championship
Tampa Bay Rowdies
9-4-2
1 – 4
FT
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Lexington
2-3-5
Al Lang Stadium · St. Petersburg, Florida · USA
A wide margin: Lexington 4, Tampa Bay Rowdies 1 at Al Lang Stadium (crowd 4,997). The referee: Chris Penso. The goal that settled it came from Xavier Zengue at the 12-minute mark and Nicolas Firmino added to the lead just two minutes after that; Marcus Epps added to the lead at the 44-minute mark and Gino Vivi reduced the gap for Tampa Bay after 78 minutes. Tarik Scott added to the lead late on, at 86 minutes. Tampa Bay had more of the shots, 27 to 8, and 57% of the ball. From 27 shots, Tampa Bay found the target 6 times.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- USL Championship USA
- Campaign
- 2026 USL Championship, Regular Season
- Ground
- Al Lang Stadium · St. Petersburg, Florida · USA
- Crowd
- 4,997
- Referee
- Chris Penso (Referee)
- Tampa Bay form
- DLWWD
- Lexington form
- WWDWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USESPN+Streaming · National
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lexington | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Side by side
13Fouls10
3Yellow Cards0
0Red Cards0
0Offsides4
12Corner Kicks2
1Saves5
56.8%Possession43.2%
27Shots8
6On Goal5
20%On Target %60%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
430Accurate Passes335
499Passes397
90%Pass Completion %80%
0Accurate Crosses0
0Crosses0
0%Cross %0%
0Long Balls0
0Accurate Long Balls0
0%Long Balls %0%
9Blocked Shots1
7Effective Tackles7
9Tackles7
80%Tackle %100%
0Interceptions0
0Effective Clearances0
7Clearances26
Timeline
Full time · 1-4
90'+1'
🔁Malik Henry-Scottreplacing Phillip Goodrum
🟨Nathan Dossantos
90'
86'1 - 4
⚽Tarik Scott
⚽Gino Vivi
78'1 - 3
🔁Marco Micalettoreplacing Russell Cicerone
76'
72'
🔁Tarik Scottreplacing Braudílio Rodrigues
72'
🔁Joe Haffertyreplacing Xavier Zengue
🔁Evan Conwayreplacing Matt Myers
71'
70'
🔁Tarik Scottreplacing Braudílio Rodrigues
70'
🔁Joe Haffertyreplacing Xavier Zengue
63'
🔁Michael Adedokunreplacing Marcus Epps
🔁Pedro Dolabellareplacing Louis Pérez
45'
🔁Yanis Leermanreplacing Leland Archer
45'
🔁Gino Vivireplacing Dion Acoff
45'
Half-time · 0-3
🟨Leland Archer
45'+3'
🟨Max Schneider
45'+3'
44'0 - 3
⚽Marcus Epps
❌Russell CiceronePenalty missed
37'
37'
❌Oliver SemmlePenalty missed
❌Leland ArcherPenalty missed
33'
14'0 - 2
⚽Nicolas Firmino
12'0 - 1
⚽Xavier Zengue
Kick-off
Teams
Tampa Bay Rowdies4-2-3-1
9↓Myers
10↓Cicerone
17Mattheus
13↓Pérez
23🟨Schneider
30Cruz
20Ostrem
62🟨Dossantos
26↓Acoff
55🟨↓Archer
1Waite
Bench
- 14Karsen Henderlong
- 11Gino Vivion for Dion Acoff, 45' ⚽
- 4Lewis Hilton
- 16Marco Micalettoon for Russell Cicerone, 76'
- 8Pedro Dolabellaon for Louis Pérez, 45'
- 7Evan Conwayon for Matt Myers, 71'
- 5Yanis Leermanon for Leland Archer, 45'
- 41Joshua Kachurak
Lexington4-2-3-1
9↓Goodrum
7⚽↓Epps
27↓Pina Rodrigues
8⚽Firmino
6Molloy
16Ferri
2Greene
23Brown
12⚽↓Zengue
4Ordoñez
17Semmle
Bench
- 31Brooks Thompson
- 21Marqes Muir
- 10Michael Adedokunon for Marcus Epps, 63'
- 14Andrew Caborn
- 19Tarik Scotton for Braudílio Rodrigues, 70' ⚽
- 18Malik Henry-Scotton for Phillip Goodrum, 90'+1'
- 22Joe Haffertyon for Xavier Zengue, 70'
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  New Mexico United | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | +11 | 52 |
| 2 |  Sacramento Republic FC | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | +14 | 51 |
| 3 |  El Paso Locomotive FC | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | +10 | 50 |
| 4 |  Lexington | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | +18 | 48 |
| 5 |  Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +6 | 47 |
| 6 |  San Antonio FC | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | +2 | 45 |
| 7 |  FC Tulsa | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | +3 | 43 |
| 8 |  Phoenix Rising FC | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | -1 | 40 |
| 9 |  Orange County SC | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | -10 | 39 |
| 10 |  Oakland Roots | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | -1 | 38 |
| 11 |  Las Vegas Lights FC | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 36 |
| 12 |  Monterey Bay | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | -20 | 24 |
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Tampa Bay Rowdies | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | +26 | 61 |
| 2 |  Charleston Battery | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | +21 | 53 |
| 3 |  Detroit City FC | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | +13 | 51 |
| 4 |  Louisville City FC | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | +8 | 47 |
| 5 |  Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | +3 | 45 |
| 6 |  Hartford Athletic | 30 | 10 | 13 | 7 | +2 | 43 |
| 7 |  Rhode Island FC | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | +9 | 42 |
| 8 |  Miami FC | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 36 |
| 9 |  Indy Eleven | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | -6 | 34 |
| 10 |  Loudoun United FC | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | -10 | 31 |
| 11 |  Birmingham Legion FC | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | -6 | 30 |
| 12 |  Brooklyn FC | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | -29 | 21 |
| 13 |  Sporting JAX | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | -46 | 14 |
Meetings
0Tampa Bay wins
1Level
0Lexington wins
Last times they met
FT
Lexington
1–1
Tampa Bay · 2025 USL Championship
Form
Last games: Tampa Bay
W2-0W2-0D2-2L1-0W2-0
Last games: Lexington
L3-1W4-1W1-1W2-0L0-0
