Toronto FC II fell at the hands of the Tampa Bay Rowdies on Wednesday night on a dampened 4th of July in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The hosts jumped ahead as Georgi Hristov scored his 58th goal with the Rowdies, becoming the franchise’s all-time leading goal soccer. The Bulgarian chipped Borja Angoitia off a goal kick to give the Rowdies the early lead.
Angoitia stood tall for the remainder of the first half making a few big stops to keep the Reds in the match. It went into the break at 1-0.
The Rowdies doubled their lead early in the second half as Leon Taylor finished off a good attacking move by Leo Fernandes.
TFC II pulled one back as Luca Uccello swung in a cross off a set piece that handcuffed the Rowdies ‘keeper Akira Fitzgerald. The goal was recorded as an Own Goal.
It’ll go down as an OG but we’ll take it. #TFCLive // #TBRvTOR pic.twitter.com/cToU9Ge69e
— Toronto FC II (@TorontoFCII) July 5, 2018
Shortly after the TFC II marker, the skies opened up and the game entered a weather delay as a nasty storm rolled through St. Pete.
Following a 59-minute delay, the game resumed. The Rowdies added another shortly after the restart as Joe Cole fired in a low strike past Angoitia.
Toronto FC II return to action in two weeks as they travel to Louisville to take on the reigning USL Cup champions on July 18th at 7:00 PM.
