ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 7, 2017) — The Tampa Bay Rowdies bested FC Cincinnati and outlasted a lengthy weather delay Thursday night to pick up a 2-0 win and break their seven-game winless skid.

The win was Tampa Bay’s first since May 19, with a new formation and a new spark plug in the attack leading the way. Here’s Three Things from the match…

1. Switching up the formation

After playing a 4-2-3-1 for most of the season, the Rowdies switched things up tactically last weekend, quietly deploying a 4-3-3 in an eventual 2-0 loss to the Charleston Battery. Undeterred by that result, Head Coach Stuart Campbell again opted for a 4-3-3 with Keith Savage playing as the lone midfielder behind Joe Cole and Marcel Schäfer as the attacking midfielders.