List of New York City metropolitan area sports teams
View of a night-time baseball game at Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area , including from New York City , Long Island , Lower Hudson Valley , Northern and Central New Jersey , and parts of Western Connecticut . The collective area has a population of over twenty million people , making it the largest in the United States and among the top ten in the world. It also has the greatest concentration of professional sports teams of any region in the country with teams in all of the major sports and leagues in baseball , basketball , football , hockey , lacrosse , and soccer .
All of the major pro franchises are found within the five boroughs of New York City or approximately thirty miles of the center of Manhattan , near mass transit and highway access . These teams are part of the global New York City media market . Though some are based in New Jersey or Long Island, in proximity to Manhattan, the teams receive national and international media coverage generally defining them as dually being part of their location of origin (town or city, and state) and primarily the New York City - New York metropolitan area. Having acquired exclusive territorial rights in their respective leagues of the region or up to fifty to seventy-five miles of their base, teams can receive local broadcasting within this range, and have say over sharing rights with other teams. This range theoretically encompasses the bounds of the New York metropolitan area and the recognition of the teams belonging to and representing the entire region.
Other division league franchises, either found within or outside of the thirty mile New York City media market range, are mostly associated by their town or city, and state, rather than the whole metropolitan area, while still belonging to it. Media coverage varies locally. Collegiate teams are similarly identified with their location. Still, they are acknowledged and principally followed by the name of their schools, and receive local and national coverage depending on their division, conference, sport, standing, and popularity.
Major sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is home to some of the country's top professional teams and leagues. They are the following:
Baseball
Major League Baseball
Basketball
National Basketball Association
Ice hockey
National Hockey League
New Jersey Devils Metropolitan Division , Eastern Conference , Prudential Center , Newark, New Jersey New York Islanders UBS Arena , Elmont, New York New York Rangers
Soccer
Major League Soccer
USL Super League
Other professional sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is also home to a variety of pro or semi-pro sports teams in the minor leagues, women's leagues, indoor leagues, and more.
Baseball
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Double-A Northeast
Frontier League
High-A East
Basketball
NBA G League
The Basketball League
Cricket
Major League Cricket
Minor League Cricket
Empire State Titans, Idlewild Park, Queens
Manhattan Yorkers, Mercer County Park , West Windsor Township
New Jersey Somerset Cavaliers, Howe Athletic Complex, Somerset, NJ
New Jersey Stallions Somerset, NJ
Esports
Call of Duty League
League of The Americas
Ice hockey
American Hockey League
Federal Prospects Hockey League
Roller Derby
CT RollerGirls Naugatuck, Connecticut Gotham Roller Derby Hunter Sportsplex , Manhattan, New York Jersey Shore Roller Girls Asbury Park Convention Hall , Asbury Park, New Jersey Long Island Roller Rebels Skate Safe America , Old Bethpage, New York Suburbia Roller Derby EJ Murray Memorial Skating Center ; and Yonkers Police Athletic League, Yonkers, New York
Soccer
MLS Next Pro
USL League One
Softball
Association of Fastpitch Professionals
Ultimate
Premier Ultimate League
Ultimate Frisbee Association
Volleyball
National Volleyball Association
Top tier amateur sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is home to many top tier amateur teams as well.
The League of Clubs
Major League Quadball
National Premier Soccer League
United Premier Soccer League Premier Division
Brooklyn FC II , Aviator Sports and Events Center , Brooklyn Caribbean Football Club Academy , Kristine Lilly Field, Stamford, Connecticut East Coast FC , Brentwood State Park , Brentwood, New York Future Soccer Academy , Overpeck County Park, Tenafly, New Jersey GZS Bridgeport FC , John F. Kennedy Stadium , Bridgeport, Connecticut Ironbound SCP , Eddies Moraes Stadium, Newark, New Jersey New Jersey Alliance FC Newark, New Jersey New York Braveheart SC , Aviator Sports and Events Center , Brooklyn NY Empire FC , Danzi Stadium, East Patchogue, New York NY Renegades FC , Aviator Sports and Events Center , Brooklyn Real New York FC , Aviator Sports and Events Center , Brooklyn Union SC , Volunteer Field, Union Township, New Jersey Villanovence FC , New Milford High School, Danbury, Connecticut
Connecticut Rush , East Haven High School, New Haven, Connecticut Hudson Valley Crusaders , SUNY New Paltz , New Paltz, New York New Jersey Alliance FC Montclair State University , Montclair, New Jersey New Jersey Copa FC Metuchen, New Jersey New York Magic Commisso Soccer Stadium , Manhattan Steel United NJ , The Pingry School, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
USL League Two
Cedar Stars Rush Fairleigh Dickinson University , Teaneck, New Jersey Hudson Valley Hammers , Mount Saint Mary College , Newburgh, New York Ironbound SC , Eddie Moraes Stadium, Newark, New Jersey Long Island Rough Riders Hofstra University Soccer Stadium , Hempstead, New York Manhattan SC Randall's Island , The Bronx Morris Elite SC Golden Dome Athletic Center , Newark, New Jersey New Jersey Copa FC St. Joseph High School , Metuchen, New Jersey Pathfinder FC Pleasant Valley, New York Staten Island Athletic Sporting Club , Lions for Hope Sports Complex, Staten Island Westchester Flames City Park Stadium , New Rochelle, New York
USL W League
AC Connecticut women WCSU Stadium, Danbury, Connecticut Cedar Stars Academy womenTeaneck, New Jersey Long Island Rough Riders Mitchel Athletic Complex , Uniondale, New York Manhattan SC The Bronx Morris Elite SC Madison, New Jersey Paisley Athletic FC , Kearny High School, Kearny, New Jersey Westchester Flames City Park Stadium , New Rochelle, New York
Brooklyn City F.C , Aviator Sports and Events Center , Brooklyn Downtown United Soccer Club , SUNY Maritime , The Bronx New York Athletic Club New York City New York Dutch Lions FC , Queens College Track and Soccer Field, Queens NJ Wizards SC , Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, New Jersey STA , Robert T. Shields Field, Madison, New Jersey SUSA FC , Orlin and Cohen Sports Complex, Central Islip, New York
See also
References
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