Soccer in the New York metropolitan area information
Red Bull Arena is New York metropolitan area's first professional soccer-specific stadium in the modern era of American soccer.
The sport of soccer has a long history in New York City, beginning in the 1910s with the first iteration of the American Soccer League. In the 1970s, with the rise of the first iteration of the North American Soccer League, the New York Cosmos became one of the most recognizable brands in American soccer.
Presently, there are six professional soccer clubs in the New York City region. New York City FC and the New York Red Bulls play in the top division, Major League Soccer, while their reserve teams New York Red Bulls II and New York City FC II compete in the third tier league MLS Next Pro. NJ/NY Gotham FC, a women's team, competes in the National Women's Soccer League. New York City FC plays in the Bronx, New York City FC II plays in Queens, and the other three teams play in northern New Jersey. Brooklyn FC, a new soccer club, will be fielding a woman's team in the first-division USL Super League starting in 2024 and a men's team in the second-division USL Championship in 2025, both playing in Maimonides Park in Coney Island. A second New York Cosmos club most recently played in the third-division National Independent Soccer Association before going on hiatus in January of 2021.
The region has also hosted 27 U.S. Open Cup finals at various venues including Starlight Park, Triborough Stadium, Dexter Park, the Metropolitan Oval, the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field. Despite this, a New York City-based club has not won the Open Cup since the 1991 final, where the Brooklyn Italians defeated the Richardson Rockets. The last time a local club reached the final was 2003, where the New York Red Bulls, then known as MetroStars, lost to Chicago Fire.
Today, major stadiums that host soccer matches include Red Bull Arena, Yankee Stadium, Citi Field, and MetLife Stadium, which will host the 2026 World Cup Final.[1] New York City FC is planning the first soccer-specific stadium in New York City, to be built in Queens and opening in 2027.[2]
^Bowman, Emma (February 4, 2024). "The 2026 World Cup final will take place at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium". npr.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
^Waldstein, David (April 11, 2024). "New York City Is Closer to Getting Its First Soccer Stadium". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
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