Matthew Srbely

Matthew Srbely (born November 29, 1998) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Matthew Srbely
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-11-29) November 29, 1998
Place of birth Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Tampa Bay Rowdies
Number 29
Youth career
2007 Brampton Youth
North Mississauga SC
Toronto FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Toronto FC III 34 (5)
2017–2020 Toronto FC II 51 (7)
2020 → Thisted (loan) 5 (0)
2021– Tampa Bay Rowdies 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 20, 2021

Career

Toronto FC II

A product of the Toronto FC Academy, Srbely played with the club's Premier Development League side in 2016 before moving to their United Soccer League side in 2017, signing his first professional contract with Toronto FC II on March 8, 2017.[1]

He made his professional debut on August 13, 2017 in a 3-1 loss to Bethlehem Steel, coming on as a 68th minute midfield substitute for Aikim Andrews. He received his first professional start on August 19, 2017 away against the Richmond Kickers.

Srbely played for Toronto FC II in the USL Championship during 2018 season at the age of 19, during which he emerged as one of the team's brightest young attacking midfielders. He was second in matches played (29) and logged the third most minutes on the team (2,078).[2] As the highest scoring midfielder on the team, he finished fourth on the team in goals (3), first in assists (3), first in shots (40) and first on the team (for players logging >300 minutes) in net plus/minus per 90 minutes (0.91){2}. He was awarded USL First Team of the Week honours for his performance (1 G, 1 A) in leading Toronto FC II to its first victory of the season, a 2-0 result in Nashville.[3]

The following year in 2019, despite missing over a third of the season (10 of 28 games) with injury, he finished with the most assists on the team (5) and tied for first in the league with assists (5) for all attacking midfielders.[4] He also finished second in the league in goals (4) and goals per match (0.22) from the attacking midfield position.[5] He received First Team of the Week honors three (3) times (Week 11,12, 21)[6] during the 2019 season and had the highest average player performance rating for Toronto FC II (7.05),[7] tying him for 12th best overall player rating in the league in 2019.[8]

Srbely was re-signed by Toronto FC II on June 29, 2020.[9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Toronto FC II withdrew from the 2020 USL League One season and, in September 2020, Srbely was loaned to Danish 2nd Division club Thisted FC until the end of the 2020 season.[10] He made five appearances with Thisted FC before their season was abruptly postponed in Denmark due to COVID-19 concerns in the North Jutland region of Denmark in early November of 2020.

Tampa Bay Rowdies

On February 18, 2021, Srbely signed a two-year deal with USL Championship and 2020 Eastern Conference Champions, Tampa Bay Rowdies.[11]

Career statistics
As of October 20, 2021
Club League Season League League Cup/Playoffs Canadian Championship Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Toronto FC III PDL 2016[12] 141——141
League1 Ontario 2016[13] 3000—30
2017[14] 15410—164
2018[15] 20——20
Total 3451000355
Toronto FC II USL 2017 40——40
2018 293——293
USL League One 2019 184——184
Total 5170000517
Thisted FC (loan) 2nd Division 2020–21 50000050
Tampa Bay Rowdies USL 2021 1200000120
Career Total 10212100010312

References
  1. "Matthew Srbely Signs First Professional Contract with TFC II". 12 March 2017.
  2. "Toronto FC II, USL Championship, 2018 Season".
  3. "Srbely leads TFCII to first victory of season". 30 July 2018.
  4. "USL League One Scoring 2019".
  5. "USL League One 2019 Goals".
  6. "Team of the Week, USL League One 2019".
  7. "FotMob, Matthew Srbely".
  8. "FotMob Player Ratings".
  9. "Toronto FC II Re-Signs Matthew Srbely". USLLeagueOne.com. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  10. "Thisted FC Lejer USL Spiller" [Thisted FC Hires USL Player]. Thisted FC (in Danish). September 17, 2020.
  11. "Rowdies Sign Canadian Midfielder Matthew Srbely". 18 February 2021.
  12. "TFC Academy Stats 2016". USL League Two.
  13. "TFC III stats 2016". League1 Ontario.
  14. "TFC III Stats 2017". League1 Ontario.
  15. "TFC III Stats 2018". League1 Ontario.
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