New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. They are members of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden in the borough of Manhattan. The Rangers are one of three NHL franchises in the New York metropolitan area, along with the New Jersey Devils and New York Islanders. The club is also one of the oldest teams in the NHL, having joined in 1926 as an expansion franchise. They are part of the group
Soccer in New York City Soccer in New York City Soccer in New York City has a long and complicated history. Although soccer in the United States not as popular of a sport, New York City's international influence has contributed to a prosperous and longstanding popularity of soccer. The first professional clubs in New York City began in the 1910s with the first iteration 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 four professional soccer clubs in