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:

American football

• New York Giants, NFC East, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
• New York Jets, AFC East, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Baseball

Major League Baseball

• New York Mets, National League East, Citi Field, Queens
• New York Yankees, American League East, Yankee Stadium, Bronx

Basketball

National Basketball Association

• Brooklyn Nets, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Barclays Center, Brooklyn
• New York Knicks, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan

Women's National Basketball Association

• New York Liberty, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York

Ice hockey

National Hockey League

• New Jersey Devils, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
• New York Islanders, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, UBS Arena,Elmont, New York
• New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan

Soccer

Major League Soccer

• New York City FC, Eastern Conference, Yankee Stadium, Bronx
• New York Red Bulls, Eastern Conference, Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, New Jersey

National Women's Soccer League

• NJ/NY Gotham FC, National Women's Soccer League, Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, New Jersey

USL Super League

• Brooklyn FC (USL), USL Super League, Maimonides Park, Brooklyn

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

• Long Island Ducks, Bethpage Ballpark, Central Islip, New York
• Staten Island FerryHawks, SIUH Community Park, Staten Island

Double-A Northeast

• Somerset Patriots, TD Bank Ballpark, Bridgewater, New Jersey

Frontier League

• New Jersey Jackals, Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, New Jersey
• New York Boulders, Clover Stadium, Pomona, New York
• Sussex County Miners, Skylands Stadium, Augusta, New Jersey

High-A East

• Brooklyn Cyclones, MCU Park, Brooklyn
• Jersey Shore BlueClaws, FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, New Jersey

Basketball

NBA G League

• Long Island Nets, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
• Westchester Knicks, Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York

Esports

Call of Duty League

• Cloud9 New York, New York City

League of The Americas

• Dignitas (esports), Newark, New Jersey

Football

Women's Football Alliance

• New York Sharks, Aviator Sports Complex, Brooklyn

Ice hockey

American Hockey League

• Bridgeport Islanders, Total Mortgage Arena, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Professional Women's Hockey League

• New York Sirens, Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey

Roller Derby

Men's Roller Derby Association

• New York Shock Exchange, Skate Safe America, Old Bethpage, New York
• Connecticut Death Quads, Ron-A-Roll Skating Center, Waterbury, Connecticut

Women's Flat Track Derby Association

• 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

Rugby league

American National Rugby League

• Connecticut Wildcats, Andrews Field, Norwalk, Connecticut
• New York Knights, Pier 40 at Hudson River Park, New York, New York
• New York Raiders, Rockland Lake State Park, Congers, New York

USA Rugby League

• New Haven Warriors, Ken Strong Stadium, West Haven, Connecticut

Soccer

MLS Next Pro

• Connecticut United FC, New Waterfront Stadium, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• New York City FC II, Belson Stadium, Queens, New York
• New York Red Bulls II, MSU Soccer Park, Montclair, New Jersey

USL League One

• Westchester SC, Memorial Field, Mount Vernon, New York

Softball

Association of Fastpitch Professionals

• New York Rise, Bill Edwards Stadium, Hempstead, New York

Ultimate

Premier Ultimate League

• New York Gridlock, Joseph F. Fosina Field, New York City

Ultimate Frisbee Association

• New York Empire (UFA), Joseph F. Fosina Field, New York City

Top tier amateur sports teams

The New York metropolitan area is home to many top tier amateur teams as well.

Major League Quadball

• New York Titans, New York City

National Premier Soccer League

• Brooklyn Italians, John Dewey High School, Brooklyn
• FC Monmouth, Count Basie Park, Red Bank, New Jersey
• FC Motown, Ranger Stadium, Madison, New Jersey
• New Jersey Copa FC, St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel Township, New Jersey
• New York Athletic Club S.C., NYAC Travers Island Athletic Field, Pelham, New York

USL League Two

• Brooklyn Knights, Metropolitan Oval, Queens
• Connecticut FC Azul, Reese Stadium, New Haven, Connecticut
• Central Jersey Spartans, Ben Cohen Turf Field, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
• F.A. Euro - New York Magic, Aviator Sports and Recreation, Brooklyn
• Jersey Express S.C., Lubetkin Field at J. Malcolm Simon Stadium, Newark, New Jersey
• Long Island Rough Riders, Mitchel Athletic Complex, Hempstead, New York
• NJ-LUSO Rangers FC, Morris Catholic High School Stadium, Denville, New Jersey
• Westchester Flames, City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York
• Cedar Stars Rush, University Stadium, Teaneck, New Jersey

W-League

• Hudson Valley Quickstrike Lady Blues, Newburgh Free Academy HS Stadium, Newburgh, New York
• Long Island Rough Riders (W-League), Cy Donnelly Stadium, Huntington, New York
• New Jersey Wildcats, Mercer County Community College Stadium, West Windsor, New Jersey
• New York Magic, Mazzella Field, New Rochelle, New York
• North Jersey Valkyries, DePaul Catholic High School Field, Wayne, New Jersey

Women's Premier Soccer League

• Connecticut Football Club Passion (CFC Passion), Hamden Hall Country Day School Field, Hamden, Connecticut
• FC Westchester Elite, Loucks Stadium at White Plains High School, White Plains, New York
• Long Island Fury, Mitchel Athletic Complex, Hempstead, New York
• New Jersey Blaze, Rowland Park, Cranbury Township, New Jersey
• New York Athletic Club WFC, NYAC Travers Island Athletic Field, Pelham, New York
• Yankee Lady FC, Dalling Field at Saint Joseph High School Field, Trumbull, Connecticut

See also

• Sports in New York City