North American Pro Sports Teams by City

For each selected city, name any one of the major professional teams located in that city.
Only for teams in the Big 4 Leagues: NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB.
Answer must correspond to the yellow box
Quiz by bserbvb23
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Last updated: May 6, 2022
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First submittedMay 21, 2020
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Metro Area
Teams
New York City / New Jersey
Devils | Giants | Islanders | Jets | Knicks | Mets | Nets | Rangers | Yankees
Los Angeles
Angels | Chargers | Clippers | Dodgers | Ducks | Kings | Lakers | Rams
San Francisco Bay area
49ers | Athletics | Giants | Sharks | Warriors
Chicago
Bears | Blackhawks | Bulls | Cubs | White Sox
Boston
Bruins | Celtics | Patriots | Red Sox
Dallas
Cowboys | Mavericks | Rangers | Stars
Denver
Avalanche | Broncos | Nuggets | Rockies
Detroit
Lions | Pistons | Red Wings | Tigers
Miami
Dolphins | Heat | Marlins | Panthers
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Timberwolves | Twins | Vikings | Wild
Philadelphia
Eagles | 76ers | Flyers | Phillies
Phoenix
Cardinals | Coyotes | Diamondbacks | Suns
Washington, D.C.
Capitals | Commanders | Nationals | Wizards
Atlanta
Braves | Falcons | Hawks
Cleveland
Browns | Cavaliers | Guardians
Houston
Astros | Rockets | Texans
Pittsburgh
Penguins | Pirates | Steelers
Seattle
Mariners | Kraken | Seahawks
Tampa
Buccaneers | Lightning | Rays
Toronto
Blue Jays | Maple Leafs | Raptors
Baltimore
Orioles | Ravens
Buffalo
Bills | Sabres
Charlotte
Hornets | Panthers
Cincinnati
Bengals | Reds
Indianapolis
Colts | Pacers
Kansas City
Chiefs | Royals
Las Vegas
Golden Knights | Raiders
Milwaukee
Brewers | Bucks
Nashville
Predators | Titans
New Orleans
Pelicans | Saints
St. Louis
Blues | Cardinals
Calgary
Flames
Columbus
Blue Jackets
Edmonton
Oilers
Green Bay
Packers
Jacksonville
Jaguars
Memphis
Grizzlies
Montreal
Canadiens
Oklahoma City
Thunder
Orlando
Magic
Ottawa
Senators
Portland
Trail Blazers
Raleigh
Hurricanes
Sacramento
Kings
Salt Lake City
Jazz
San Antonio
Spurs
San Diego
Padres
Vancouver
Canucks
Winnipeg
Jets
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Level 77
May 13, 2021
Needs an update. Redskins are now the Football Team and Seattle now has a NHL team called the Kraken
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Level 76
May 13, 2021
Also, the Warriors play in San Francisco now

But this is a good quiz otherwise!

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Level 66
May 26, 2021
"penguins" doesn't work for Pittsburgh, even though it's listed as an acceptable answer
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Level 78
May 31, 2021
Fixed
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Level 65
Apr 9, 2022
10 minutes for this quiz seems like a bit much especially considering the "All Major North American Pro Sports Teams" quiz is 12 minutes an you have to name all of them.
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Level 77
Apr 9, 2022
Agreed -- it took me less than 2-1/2 minutes. Cut it in half at least.
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Level 75
Apr 10, 2022
Yeah I agree. I had over 5 minutes left even though I didn't know raleigh and salt lake city. I just skipped them because I knew I had no clue. Must be fairly new. All he rest were just pretty much just as fast as you can type. Enjoyed the quiz.
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Level 82
Apr 10, 2022
They're not new, they just don't have the city in the team name (Carolina Hurricanes and Utah Jazz).
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Level 67
Apr 9, 2022
Please accepts Mavs and Sixers as type ins
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Level 78
Apr 11, 2022
Fixed
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Level 77
Apr 11, 2022
oof...WAY too much time. Even for the casual fans. I had over 8 minutes left. I think 5 minutes is more than fair.
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Level 78
Apr 11, 2022
It should be 5 minutes now
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Level 64
May 3, 2022
Please consider adding MLS (Major League Soccer), which has nearly 30 teams with an average attendance of roughly 21,000.
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Level 70
May 3, 2022
By that logic, the Canadian Football League and La Liga MX (Mexico's top flight soccer league) should be included too. According to Wikipedia, the CFL has a slightly higher average attendance than Major League Soccer and is neck-and-neck with La Liga MX.

I wasn't shocked to learn that the MLS has higher attendance than the NHL, but was definitely surprised that it outpaced the NBA. That makes it #3 in the US for attendance.

Attendance is only one measurement though. There are other important metrics like television viewership that offer a more complete/macro picture of the professional sports biome. I'm not ready to go down that rabbit hole, but I'd venture to guess that substantially reorders things.

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Level 67
May 3, 2022
Just look at the money. If you compare the sports by revenue, MLS is not even close to the big four. Soccer fans insist on pushing this fiction that MLS is eclipsing the NHL or even the NBA. I have nothing against soccer, but its proponents have been insisting for 25 years that it's about to become a major presence in the US and it's just not happening. It is not in league with the four major sports.
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Level 72
May 3, 2022
I agree, CFL and Liga MX could be included. That WOULD be a fun quiz. But you COULD include MLS and just rename the quiz slightly to USA based leagues?

Why?

Martay, if attendance IS included, MLS is higher than both NBA and NHL, so...

And even if we include the viewership metric, it has also passed NHL even in THAT regard.

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Level 66
May 3, 2022
I could get the CFL teams fairly easily since I'm Canadian, but I'd have no hope at all of getting a single Mexican league answer, and I suspect many are in the same boat.
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Level 77
May 3, 2022
Except that MLS only has 34 games in a season, so it makes sense for it to have high attendance since fans only need to make it to 17 games in their home market (compared to the… 80?… mlb home games in a season!). The only way to realistically look at popularity, then, is revenue. That takes into account all types of viewership and how much people will pay for tickets, which shows how much people actually want to watch it.
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Level 66
May 3, 2022
FYI, the Minnesota Wild play in St. Paul, not Minneapolis. You might consider changing it to Minneapolis/St. Paul.
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Level 78
May 6, 2022
Fixed. Thank you
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Level 18
May 3, 2022
not a huge hockey fan missed 4 of the nhl teams, good quiz
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Level 69
May 3, 2022
Nice quiz, thanks! I'd suggest being a bit more forgiving on the spelling Canucks - I had to type it about 5 times before I got it right!
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Level 66
May 3, 2022
The Wild play in Saint Paul, not Minneapolis
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Level 67
May 3, 2022
It says "metro area." Saint Paul is part of the Minneapolis metro area.
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Level 77
May 5, 2022
Can you accept Canes for Hurricanes?
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Level 78
May 6, 2022
Should work now
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Level 55
May 5, 2022
Got them all except for Winnipeg. Didn't even know they had a pro hockey team! :-(
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Level 59
Jul 31, 2022
Blake Wheeler weeps.