NORTH American Soccer League club Tampa Bay Rowdies have announced that they have signed forward Carl Cort, pending league approval. Carl Cort a recent addition to the Jaguars Squad played in the strong performances against Trinidad and Mexico as well as the recent Costa Rica game for Guyana.
Cort who stands at 6’4”, 172 pounds hails from London, England, and has a mother  born in Guyana, spent five seasons with Newcastle of the English Premier League for £7 Million after being signed by manager Bobby Robson from Wimbeldon FC to a five-year contract in the summer of 2000.
Cort was purchased for £3 Million by Wolverhampton Wanderers over the course of four seasons from 2004-07 and tallied 32 goals. In the 2004–05 season, he notched 16 goals in 40 appearances and the following season added nine goals in the first 11 matches for Wolverhampton.
Cort, born in London, has also seen action for the England U-21 team and most recently for League One side Brentford. He has also previously played for Lincoln City, Leicester City, UD Marbella and Norwich City.
Goldenjags.com spoke to Carl, yesterday,  moments after he put pen to paper on his new contract with Tampa Bay. Cort said “I am happy to be signing with Tampa Bay and am looking forward to testing myself and play football here in the USA. Playing in the USA has been an ambition of mine and I’m looking forward to contributing right away.
Cort also said warmly “I would like to thank my friend and agent Faizal (Khan) for his help as well as my team mate John Paul “JP” (Rodrigues) in helping this move to Tampa happen.”