Manny Gonzalez, who grew up minutes from Lockhart Stadium, long-time home to the Strikers before the club moved this summer to the smaller Central Broward Stadium in Lauderhill, was granted his release from the club in November. The Fort Lauderdale product has been training with the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the preseason for the past two weeks. The Rowdies, who will play this season in the USL, were one of three teams that recently bolted the NASL.