All smiles as Matt Mahoney enters the pitch for warmups, followed by head coach Brendan Burke.

There was surely not much to be said ahead of this match. A result was a must.

Corey Brown backing his defender down looking to knock down a 50/50 ball.

Tampa Bay Rowdies defender Tamika Mkandawire loads up for a long throw-in.

Hugh Roberts pleads his case to the match official to no avail.

Rowdies open the scoring in this one thanks to a coolly taken penalty by Georgi Hristov.

It was a frustrating day at the office for captain James Chambers.

Santi Moar watches on as Burke rises to contest a Tampa Bay goal kick.

Sweating it out…

Burke once again looking to press the opposition’s backline.

Chambers calling out the orders.

Fighting for a home playoff match, Tampa makes a late substitution to secure all three points.

Seku Conneh equalizes for the Steel and ultimately recuses a point just minutes after entering the game as a substitute.