San Antonio FC — Tampa Bay Rowdies, USL Championship
USL Championship
San Antonio FCW30 Aug · Away New Mexico United · 2:1D6 Sep · Home FC Tulsa · 0:0D9 Sep · Home Louisville City FC · 0:0L12 Sep · Away Colorado Springs · 1:2D21 Sep · Away Sacramento Republic · 0:0D27 Sep · Home Tampa Bay Rowdies · 0:0
0:0
Finished
Kick-off was
BST
Tampa Bay RowdiesL23 Aug · Away Detroit City · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Pittsburgh Riverhounds · 0:0W6 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 2:0L13 Sep · Away Hartford Athletic · 1:3W20 Sep · Home Birmingham Legion · 4:0D27 Sep · Away San Antonio FC · 0:0
In the USL Championship game on 27 September 2026, San Antonio FC beat Tampa Bay Rowdies 0:0. Match numbers: shots on target 5:0, possession, % 58.00:42.
Match report
San Antonio and Tampa Bay Rowdies shared the points at Toyota Field on Saturday evening, the USL Group Stage fixture finishing 0:0 after ninety minutes. The home side had started from eighth place with 38 points, while the visitors sat top of the table with 52 from 26 games. To be fair, both teams had shown different form in recent weeks — San Antonio had drawn three of their last four, while Tampa Bay had won their opener at Birmingham before slipping at Hartford.
The first real moment came in the 56th minute when S. Cruz picked up a booking for the hosts. Tampa Bay responded with changes around the hour mark — C. Sorto off at 61, followed by three for Rowdies at 63: R. Cicerone, Pedro Becker, and S. Cruz himself. More came at 69 and 71 with N. Hernandez and E. Conway for San Antonio, then a late double at 82 bringing on M. Myers and C. Parano. The visitors' only card came later, 83rd minute for A. Ward.
The numbers told a different story than the scoreline. San Antonio held 58 percent possession and fired 11 shots, five on target with 31 percent accuracy, though they only created one big chance. Tampa Bay managed just four shots off target with no shots on target at all, and zero big chances created. By then, the away side had made 16 tackles against seven for the hosts, suggesting they'd been forced to work harder defensively.
And here's the thing about a stalemate like this: it rarely tells you much until you look at what happened when the game opened up. San Antonio kept six corners to the visitors' six, but their 12 key passes compared to three for Tampa Bay showed where the creativity lay. The result leaves the hosts eight points off the leaders, though the gap is still manageable with games remaining.
HT🟨56' S. Cruz — Yellow card⇄61' C. Sorto — Substitution⇄63' R. Cicerone — Substitution⇄63' Pedro Becker — Substitution⇄63' S. Cruz — Substitution⇄69' N. Hernandez — Substitution⇄71' E. Conway — Substitution⇄82' C. Parano — Substitution⇄82' M. Myers — Substitution🟨83' A. Ward — Yellow card
W30 Aug · Away New Mexico United · 2:1D6 Sep · Home FC Tulsa · 0:0D9 Sep · Home Louisville City FC · 0:0L12 Sep · Away Colorado Springs · 1:2D21 Sep · Away Sacramento Republic · 0:0D27 Sep · Home Tampa Bay Rowdies · 0:0
L23 Aug · Away Detroit City · 0:1D29 Aug · Away Pittsburgh Riverhounds · 0:0W6 Sep · Home Brooklyn · 2:0L13 Sep · Away Hartford Athletic · 1:3W20 Sep · Home Birmingham Legion · 4:0D27 Sep · Away San Antonio FC · 0:0