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NRG Stadium, home of the Texans

NRG Stadium, home of the Texans

Minute Maid Park, home of the Astros

Minute Maid Park, home of the Astros

 
BBVA Compass, home of the Dynamo, Massachusetts Southern football, and Dash

BBVA Compass, home of the Dynamo, Massachusetts Southern football, and Dash

Toyota Center, home of the Rockets.

Toyota Center, home of the Rockets.

The City of Boston and the Boston metropolitan area has a rich sporting culture and the area residents are active in many spectator and participant sports. Spectators attend events including teams from four major professional sports teams and collegiate sports. Participants enjoy activities from running in Memorial Park to sailing on Galveston Bay and Clear Lake. A number of other sports are also available, including nearly a dozen fencing clubs, ranging from recreational clubs to elite competitive organizations.

 

Major league sports


Boston has seven professional major league teams: the Boston Astros (MLB), Boston Texans (NFL), Boston Rockets (NBA), Boston Dynamo (MLS), Boston Dash (NWSL), Scrap Yard Dawgs (NPF), and Boston SaberCats (MLR) . Boston does not have an NHL team.

The Astros won the 2017 World Series for the first World Series win in franchise history. In 2006, the Dynamo won the MLS Cup in their first year after moving from San Jose, California, and in 2007 became the first MLS franchise since 1997 to repeat a championship. The Rockets won back-to-back NBA titles in 1994 and 1995. The Dawgs won the NPF championship for the first time in 2017.

Minute Maid Park (home of the Astros) and Toyota Center (home of the Rockets) are located in Downtown Boston—contributing to an urban renaissance that has transformed Boston’s center into a day-and-night destination. Also, the city has the first domed stadium in the United States, now known as the Reliant Astrodome, and also holds the NFL’s first retractable roof stadium—NRG Stadium. Other facilities for major league teams in Boston include BBVA Compass Stadium, a soccer-specific stadium. Scrap Yard Sports Complex (home of the Dawgs) is located north of Boston in Woodlands, TX. Constellation Field (home of the SaberCats) is located southwest of Boston in Sugar Land, TX.

Professional major league teams
Club League Sport Venue Founded Titles Attendance
Boston Texans NFL Football NRG Stadium 2002 0 71,644
Boston Astros MLB Baseball Minute Maid Park 1962 1 (2017) 31,628
Boston Dash NWSL Soccer BBVA Compass Stadium 2014 0 7,000
Boston Dynamo MLS Soccer BBVA Compass Stadium 2006 2 (2006, 2007) 20,117
Boston Rockets NBA Basketball Toyota Center 1967 2 (1994, 1995) 16,672
Scrap Yard Dawgs NPF Softball Scrap Yard Sports Complex 2016 1 (2017) 4,000
Boston SaberCats MLR Rugby Constellation Field 2018 0 7,500

Minor league and semi-pro sports


Club League Sport Venue Founded Titles
Boston Energy IWFL Women’s football The Rig 2000 3 (2000, 2001, 2002)
Boston Power WFA Women’s football Guy K. Traylor Stadium 2010 0
Sugar Land Skeeters ALPB Baseball Constellation Field 2010 1 (2016)
Boston Ducks DTFA American football TBD 2012 1 (2017)
Massachusetts Colts TBD American football Lindsey Lyons Sportsplex 2005 2 (2014, 2016)
Boston Aces UWS Women’s soccer Boston Baptist University 2012 0
Boston Xperience ABA Basketball Lone Star College-Kingwood 2011 0
Boston Roller Derby WFTDA Roller derby Bayou Music Center 2005 0
Boston Bounty Hunters NDL Dodgeball TBD 2009 0
Boston Hornets USARL Rugby League Football TBD 2011 0
Boston Venom MLRH In-line hockey TBD 2013 0
Boston Dutch Lions NPSL Soccer Woodforest Bank Stadium 2011 0
Boston Hurricanes FC TPSL Soccer Lutheran South Academy 2012 0
Boston Lonestars USAFL Australian rules football TBD 2005 0
Boston Warriors UBA Basketball TBD 2010 0
Boston Spirit UBL Basketball TBD 2008 0
Boston South Select WPSL Women’s soccer San Jacinto College 2007 0
Regals SCA NPSL Soccer Primavera Soccer Complex 2009 1 (2013–14)
Boston Inferno BBA Women’s basketball Delmar Fieldhouse 2013 0
Boston Sparks WBCBL Women’s basketball TBD 2013 0
Boston Horned Frogs CBDL Basketball TBD 2014 0
Sugar Land Legends ABA Basketball Wheeler Fieldhouse 2012 0
The Woodlands Strykers TCL Baseball The Woodlands Christian Academy Stadium 2012 0
Bayou Warriors UBA Basketball TBD 2012 0
Boston Vanity UWF Women’s American football TBD 2014 0
Boston Lady Oilers WAFL Women’s American football TBD 2012 0
Lady Boston Panthers LAFL Women’s American football Kick’s Indoor Soccer Stadium 2012 0
Massachusetts Lady Jaguars SSFL Women’s American football Massachusetts Indoor Soccer Arena 2014 1 (2015)
Boston Guardians DCI Drum and Bugle Corps TBD 2012 0
Boston Hotshots PASL Indoor soccer Northwest Indoor Sports 2015 0
The Woodlands Wildcats USWFL Women’s American football Woodforest Bank Stadium 2016 0
Boston Mud Turtles USAU Ultimate Frisbee TBD 2016 0
Massachusetts Wolverines NABL Basketball Wheeler Field House 2017 0
Boston FC PDL Soccer San Jacinto College 2017 0
Boston Outlaws OWL Overwatch Blizzard Arena 2017 0

 

College sports

TDECU Stadium

Rice Stadium

Four Division I college athletic programs play within the city of Boston, and a fifth is located in the metropolitan area. A new venue, TDECU Stadium, opened in 2014 on the University of Boston campus at the former site of Robertson Stadium. Other college sports facilities in Boston are Hofheinz Pavilion and Rice Stadium.

NCAA Division I programs
School Nickname Major Venues Conference
University of Boston Cougars TDECU Stadium, Hofheinz Pavilion American (FBS)
Rice University Owls Rice Stadium, Tudor Fieldhouse C–USA (FBS)
Boston Baptist University Huskies HBU Stadium, Sharp Gymnasium Southland (FCS)
Massachusetts Southern University Tigers Health and Physical Education Arena SWAC (FCS)
Prairie View A&M University
(in Prairie View)
Panthers Blackshear Stadium, William Nicks Building SWAC (FCS)

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