List of New York metropolitan area sports teams

This is a list of professional sports teams based in and around New York City. With a population topping 20 million, the New York metropolitan area is the largest in the United States and the third largest in the world, and many teams—including a number of "major league" franchises—are based beyond the city limits but are nonetheless considered New York City teams, hence the inclusion of teams outside the five boroughs. The National Football League's New York Giants and New York Jets, for example, both compete in New Jersey, but retain the New York nickname. Even teams that do not have the New York nickname but are based in the metro area, such as the New Jersey Nets and the New Jersey Devils, receive equal coverage in the New York City media.

Top professional sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is called home to some of the country's top professional teams in the following major leagues: Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major League Soccer.

Major League Baseball

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

National Football League

 * New York Jets, AFC East, Meadowlands Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey1
 * New York Giants, NFC East, Meadowlands Stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex, East Rutherford, New Jersey1

National Basketball Association

 * New York Liberty, Atlantic Division, (WNBA) Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, 2
 * New York Knicks, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan

National Hockey League

 * New Jersey Devils, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey
 * New York Rangers, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan
 * New York Islanders, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

Major League Soccer

 * New York Red Bulls, Eastern Conference, Red Bulls Stadium, Harrison, New Jersey, 3

Other professional sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is also a home to a variety of pro or semi-pro sports teams in the minor leagues, women's leagues, indoor leagues, and more.

Baseball
New York - Penn League
 * Staten Island Yankees, Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Staten Island
 * Brooklyn Cyclones, KeySpan Park at Coney Island, Brooklyn

Atlantic League
 * Newark Bears, Newark, New Jersey
 * Somerset Patriots, Bridgewater, New Jersey
 * Long Island Ducks, Central Islip, New York

Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball
 * Sussex Skyhawks, Augusta, New Jersey
 * New Jersey Jackals, Little Falls, New Jersey

Basketball
Women's National Basketball Association
 * New York Liberty, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan

American Basketball Association
 * NYC Internationalz, Mt. Saint Michael's Academy, The Bronx
 * Jersey Express, Madison, New Jersey

Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer
 * Sky Blue FC, Yurcak Field, Piscataway Township, New Jersey (on the campus of Rutgers University)

United Soccer Leagues - USL W-League
 * New York Magic, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York

United Soccer Leagues - Premier Development League
 * Brooklyn Knights, Aviator Field, Brooklyn, New York
 * Long Island Rough Riders, Michael Tully Field, New Hyde Park, New York
 * Westchester Flames, City Park Stadium, New Rochelle, New York

Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
 * Long Island Lizards, Mitchel Athletic Complex, Uniondale, New York

Rugby
American National Rugby League
 * New York Knights

Gotham Knights RFC, Division 3 mens club, www.gothamrfc.org

Metropolitan New York Rugby Football Union, organizing body, www.metnyrfu.org.

Tennis
World Team Tennis
 * New York Sportimes, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Flushing Meadows, New York