Tampa Bay also hosted Major League Soccer teams in the Suncoast Invitational for the second year in a row.

The Rowdies completed the USL regular season in third place on the Eastern Conference table with 53 points.

Source: Match reports 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.

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.