Reaching double digits is a significant achievement as he is not the Rowdies leading scorer. For the first time in 10 seasons of modern team history, the Rowdies have a pair of double digit scorers. Sebastian Guenzatti leads the team with 14 goals.

In 2011, Aaron King came close with nine goals behind Mike Ambersley’s 11. In 2013, Luke Mulholland scored nine goals behind Georgi Hristov’s 12. Joe Cole scored nine goals in 2016 behind Hristov’s 11. In 2017, Martin Paterson scored nine goals behind Hristov’s 13.

There have been plenty of close calls, but finally the Rowdies boast a strike partnership of two double digit scorers.

2. Back to second

The Rowdies are one of just three teams in the current Eastern Conference playoff field to win in its last time out, meaning Tampa Bay had the chance to move up in the standings this weekend. The Rowdies headed into the match in fourth place, but with No. 2 Nashville and No. 3 Indy losing this weekend in Saint Louis and Charleston, respectively, the Rowdies have moved back into second.

Margins at the top of the table are razor thin, with the top six separated by only six points from New York Red Bulls II down to North Carolina FC. With seven games remaining in the regular season (some teams have as few as six, some as many as nine) really anything can happen.

The Rowdies have three games and five road games left on the schedule, but only three of those matches are against teams in the current playoff field (at Ottawa, at Louisville and vs Indy). No Eastern Conference team has clinched a playoff spot, but the magic numbers required to do so are getting seriously low and we should start seeing teams officially reach the playoffs in the next week or so.

There is a scenario that the Rowdies could clinch a playoff berth with a win Saturday night against Atlanta United 2, but it would require the Charleston Battery losing at both Swope Park on Wednesday night and Pittsburgh on Saturday night.