Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–4 Lexington

USL Championship 2026 Group Stage · 4 Jul 2026

Tampa Bay Rowdies vs Lexington in the USL Championship 2026.

At Al Lang Stadium.

Referee: C. Penso.

Lexington beat Tampa Bay Rowdies 4–1. X. Zengue opened the scoring for Lexington after 12 minutes. Nick Firmino made it 0–2 after 14 minutes, and that was the winner.

Goalscorers

• Tampa Bay Rowdies: G. Vivi Quesada 78'
• Lexington: X. Zengue 12', Nick Firmino 14', M. Epps 44', T. Scott 86'

Tampa Bay Rowdies starting lineup

• 1 J. Waite
• 26 D. Acoff
• 55 L. Archer
• 62 N. Dossantos
• 20 C. Ostrem
• 30 S. Cruz
• 23 M. Schneider
• 13 L. Perez
• 17 Mattheus
• 10 R. Cicerone
• 9 M. Myers

Lexington starting lineup

• 17 O. Semmle
• 12 X. Zengue
• 4 A. Ordonez
• 23 J. Brown
• 2 J. Greene
• 16 B. Ferri
• 6 A. Molloy
• 8 Nick Firmino
• 27 B. P. Rodrigues
• 7 M. Epps
• 9 P. Goodrum

Match events

• 12′ Lexington: Normal Goal, X. Zengue, B. P. Rodrigues
• 14′ Lexington: Normal Goal, Nick Firmino, P. Goodrum
• 37′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Missed Penalty, R. Cicerone, R. Cicerone
• 42′ Lexington: Yellow Card, M. Hemmi
• 44′ Lexington: Normal Goal, M. Epps, A. Molloy
• 45+3′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Yellow Card, M. Schneider
• 45+3′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Yellow Card, L. Archer
• 46′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Substitution, G. Vivi Quesada, D. Acoff
• 46′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Substitution, Pedro Becker, L. Perez
• 46′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Substitution, Y. Leerman, L. Archer
• 63′ Lexington: Substitution, M. Adedokun, M. Epps
• 70′ Lexington: Substitution, T. Scott, B. P. Rodrigues
• 70′ Lexington: Substitution, J. Hafferty, X. Zengue
• 71′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Substitution, E. Conway, M. Myers
• 76′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Substitution, M. Micaletto, R. Cicerone
• 78′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Normal Goal, G. Vivi Quesada, C. Ostrem
• 86′ Lexington: Normal Goal, T. Scott, A. Molloy
• 90′ Tampa Bay Rowdies: Yellow Card, N. Dossantos
• 90+1′ Lexington: Substitution, M. Henry-Scott, P. Goodrum

Tampa Bay Rowdies before this match

• at Brooklyn 2–0 (Brooklyn) · Group Stage, 20 Jun 2026
• vs Hartford Athletic 0–1 (Hartford Athletic) · Group Stage, 13 Jun 2026
• vs Charleston Battery 2–2 (Charleston Battery) · Group Stage, 10 Jun 2026
• at Louisville City 2–0 (Louisville City) · Group Stage, 30 May 2026
• vs Phoenix Rising 3–0 (Phoenix Rising) · Group Stage, 23 May 2026

Lexington before this match

• vs San Antonio 2–0 (San Antonio) · Group Stage, 13 Jun 2026
• at El Paso Locomotive 4–1 (El Paso Locomotive) · Group Stage, 31 May 2026
• at Indy Eleven 1–3 (Indy Eleven) · Group Stage, 23 May 2026
• vs Monterey Bay 3–1 (Monterey Bay) · Group Stage, 8 May 2026
• at Las Vegas Lights 1–2 (Las Vegas Lights) · Group Stage, 3 May 2026