Staten Island - Sports

Sports

• Staten Island Yankees, New York-Penn League baseball, Class A Minor League affiliate to the New York Yankees
• The New York Cosmos u23 call Staten Island home they play at Monsignor Farrell High School. They play in USL Premier Development League(PDL.They are affiliate with the New York Cosmos.
• The New York Metropolitans of the American Association played baseball on Staten Island from April 1886 through 1887. Erastus Wiman, the developer of St. George, brought the team to Staten Island where they played in a stadium called the St. George Grounds, near the site of the current-day Staten Island Yankees' Richmond County Bank Ballpark and the Staten Island Ferry terminal.
• Wagner College participates in Division I athletics.
• NBA Basketball coach P.J. Carlesimo coached the Wagner College Basketball team the "Seahawks".
• Former New York Giants head coach Jim Lee Howell prior was head coach of Staten Island's Wagner College Football
• Staten Island formerly had a professional football team which was a member of the NFL called the Staten Island Stapletons. They were based in Stapleton. Their stadium was called Thompson's Stadium which was located on the site of present Berta A. Dreyfus Intermediate School 49 and the Stapleton Houses. They faced many other teams that still exist today, defeating the New York Giants twice and the Chicago Cardinals once. During the 1932 NFL season (the Stapeltons last in the NFL), the team played to a scoreless tie with the eventual NFL champion Chicago Bears. Football Hall of Famer Ken Strong played for the Stapes.
• New York Predators Semi Pro football team calls Staten Island its home since its inception in 1998 owned by Bill Simo plays most homes games in Alumni Stadium on the grounds of Monsignor Farrell H.S.
• There was a controversial plan by the International Speedway Corporation to build a speedway on the island that would host NASCAR races by 2010. ISC abandoned the plan in 2006, citing financial concerns.
• In 1964 Staten Island's Mid Island Little League won the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
• The Staten Island Cricket Club, incorporated in 1866, is the oldest continuously operating cricket club in the United States.