New York New Jersey has three professional football teams, NYCFC, New York Red Bulls and NJ/NY Gotham FC, and a huge youth football base that will only increase in both size and quality of play as interest in those teams grows.
Football in the region has always drawn large crowds. Highlights include Pele and the Cosmos in the 1970s, the 1994 FIFA World Cup USA™ (seven matches including a quarter-final and semi-final), the FIFA Women’s World Cup 1999™ (Opening Ceremonies and USA"s opening round match), the Concacaf Gold Cup Final in 2009, and the Copa America Centenario Final in 2016 which drew a record crowd of 82,026.
