2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season

The 2017 Tampa Bay Rowdies season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their first in the United Soccer League. Including the previous Tampa Bay Rowdies, this was the 24th season of a franchise in the Tampa Bay metro area with the Rowdies moniker. Including the now-defunct Tampa Bay Mutiny, this was the 30th season of professional soccer in the Tampa Bay region.

Technical staff

 * Stuart Campbell – Head coach
 * 🇩🇪 Raoul Voss – Assistant coach
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Dobson – Goalkeeper coach
 * 🇺🇸 Cheyne Roberts – Rowdies 2 head coach
 * 🇺🇸 Ryan Spurr – Director of Team Operations
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Riley – Strength and conditioning coach
 * 🇺🇸 Dr. Koco Eaton – Team physician/orthopedic surgeon
 * 🇺🇸 Dr. Sanjay Menon – Team physician/orthopedic surgeon
 * 🇺🇸 Dr. Christopher Salud – Team physician

Front office

 * 🇺🇸 Bill Edwards – Chairman, chief executive officer and governor
 * 🇺🇸 Andrew Nestor – Director
 * 🇺🇸 David Laxer – Director
 * 🇺🇸 Lee Cohen – Vice president and chief operating officer

Preseason
The Rowdies began their preseason by co-hosting and participating in the 2017 Florida Cup. Tampa Bay also hosted Major League Soccer teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the second year in a row.

USL
The Rowdies completed the USL regular season in third place on the Eastern Conference table with 53 points. This was one point behind the second place, Charleston Battery, and nine behind table-toppers, Louisville City FC. Tampa Bay finished the season strongly, going unbeaten in their final seven matches, and losing only two of their final fifteen. Their top-four finish also guaranteed that they would host at least one playoff match.

USL Cup playoffs
The Rowdies clinched their spot in the single elimination 2017 USL playoffs on October 4, with a 3–2 victory over New York Red Bulls II.

Individual honors

 * USL All-League
 * Marcel Schäfer (1st team)

Broadcast partners
Local Hearst Television channel, WMOR-TV, announced on March 9, 2017 that they would be the Tampa Bay Rowdies' exclusive broadcast partners for the upcoming United Soccer League season. All USL home games will be broadcast live and in primetime on channel 32.2, thisTV Tampa Bay.