"Bringing Martin into the coaching staff is a great addition for this final stretch of the season," said
Rowdies chairman and CEO Bill Edwards.
As he drives Skyway " After a rocky start to the USL season the resurgent Rowdies sealed their play-off spot with time to spare with Collins, Cole and Wolfsbur each Collins still feels is on icon Marcel Schafer providing a spine to a side that's the envy of the league.
"At the Rowdies we're lucky to have Joe and Marcel.
AMERICAN DREAM Joe Cole in action for Rowdies, above, and Collins at Sheffield United and Dumbarton
Before leaving the Sky Blues he hinted that he would be open to a loan move back at the Ricoh Arena in the New Year, ahead of next term's pre-season with the Rowdies.
It would only be a stop-gap scenario in terms of his game availability because the changes in the loan system this season mean clubs can't take new players until January 1, and the likelihood is that he'd have to return to the Rowdies at the end of February.
Jocky Scott (Seattle Sounders 77- 78), Ian Anderson (Tampa Bay Rowdies 77, Houston Hurricane 78-80, Tampa 81), Davie Robb (Tampa Bay Rowdies 77-78, Philadelphia Fury 79, Vancouver Whitecaps 80);
Alan Kelly (Los Angeles Aztecs 78), Eddie McCreadie (Memphis Rogues, coach, 78- 79), John Bain (Portland Timbers 78-82, Seattle Sounders 83, Minnesota Strikers 84), Brian McNeill (Portland Timbers 78, San Diego Sockers 83), Tony Glavin (Philadelphia Fury 78- 80), Martin Henderson (Philadelphia Fury 78), Alan Lee (Philadelphia Fury 78), Jim Fleeting (Tampa Bay Rowdies 78), Tommy O'Hara (Washington Diplomats 78- 80, Jacksonville Tea Men 81), Jim Brown (Detroit Express 79-80, Washington Diplomats 81, Chicago Sting 82);
Neill Collins is watching 12 cities battle for the four expansion slots and said: "Bill has done so much for the Rowdies and he can self-fund our stadium plans without other backers which is pretty impressive.
"Come the start of 2018 there will be an MLS announcement of four new sides and the Rowdies are right at the forefront.
"I could have had two weeks off to freshen up, but I wanted to hit the ground running,'' said Cole, who has been dubbed the most significant signing in NASL history by Rowdies' owner Bill Edwards.
| Joe Cole is officially unveiled by Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards ahead of his NASL debut this weekend.
On the scoresheet were Crozier and Middleton for the
Rowdies, Willis and Brown for the Leam.
Rowdies head coach Stuart Campbell added: "Joe is a fantastic player, a player I know well from my time in England.
"The fire is burning inside him to win games and achieve great things with the Rowdies."
