Sports
See also: Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area| Club | Sport | Founded | League | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Sharks | Hockey | 1991 | National Hockey League: Western Conference | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
| San Jose Earthquakes | Soccer | 1995 | Major League Soccer: Western Conference | Buck Shaw Stadium |
| San Jose Giants | Baseball | 1988 | California League | San Jose Municipal Stadium |
| San Jose SaberCats | Arena football | 1995 | Arena Football League (West Division) | HP Pavilion at San Jose |
| Real San Jose | Soccer | 2007 | National Premier Soccer League | Yerba Buena High School |
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San Jose was able to have at least one major sports league franchise, the San Jose Sharks of the NHL, but the city tried to obtain a NBA basketball and Major League Baseball team before. The UFL of American football held the San Jose/California Redwoods team in 2009-10, but has relocated to Sacramento to become the Sacramento Mountain Lions the following year. San Jose was a founding member of both the California League and Pacific Coast Leagues, in minor league baseball, but currently the San Jose Giants of the class-A Cal League under the affiliation of the San Francisco Giants could move to the triple-A level PCL. The independent North American League formerly the Golden Baseball League held an interest in the Santa Clara Valley, most notably to have a team in Santa Clara where the city tried to catch the Giants and Oakland A's, and the NFL San Francisco 49ers in a rejected major league sports stadium proposal.
In 2004, the San Jose Sports Authority hosted the U.S. Olympic team trials for judo, taekwondo, trampolining and rhythmic gymnastics at the San Jose State Event Center. In August 2004, the San Jose Seahawk Rugby Football Club hosted the USA All-Star 7-Aside Rugby Championships at Watson Bowl, east of Downtown. San Jose is also home to the St Joseph's Hurling Club. In 2008, around 90 percent of the members of the United States Olympic team were processed at San Jose State University prior to traveling to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 2009 Junior Olympics for trampoline also were held here. In April 2009, it was announced San Jose State will host the 2011 American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) national tournament.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)
“Sweet smiling village, loveliest of the lawn,
Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
Amidst thy bowers the tyrant’s hand is seen,
And desolation saddens all thy green;
One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774)