Sports in Massachusetts

[4] The New England Revolution won the MLS Supporter's Shield in 2021 (the club's only major trophy to date).

It is also home to prestigious sports events such as the Boston Marathon and the Head of the Charles Regatta.

The Greater Boston region is the only city/surrounding area in American professional sports in which all facilities are privately owned and operated.

Massachusetts has produced several successful Olympians including Thomas Burke, James Connolly, and John Thomas (track & field); Butch Johnson (archery); Nancy Kerrigan (figure skating); Todd Richards (snowboarding); Albina Osipowich (swimming); Aly Raisman (gymnastics); Patrick Ewing (basketball); as well as Jim Craig, Mike Eruzione, Bill Cleary, and Keith Tkachuk (ice hockey).

Patenaude and Gonsalves, both inductees of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and natives of Fall River, Massachusetts,[9][10] played for the U.S. men's national team at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 (hosted in Uruguay).

In addition to the schools listed here, Franklin Pierce University, a full Division II member located near the state border in Rindge, New Hampshire, plays its men's and women's ice hockey home games in Massachusetts on the campus of The Winchendon School.

Alumni Stadium , home of the Boston College Eagles
Fall River, Massachusetts native, Bert Patenaude ( front row, center ), scored the first hat-trick in FIFA World Cup history in 1930 for the United States.
The Fall River Rovers soccer club (a semi-professional club in the Southern New England Soccer League ) after winning the 1917 U.S. Open Cup
Holy Cross takes on Boston College in 1916 at Fenway Park. BC won the game, 17–14.
Julius "Dr. J." Erving at UMass
The Holy Cross Crusaders won the NCAA basketball championship in 1947 def. Oklahoma. Bob Cousy (All-American and NBA Hall-of-Famer) is in the front row, second from left
Matt Hasselbeck (Pro-Bowl NFL quarterback) playing at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Massachusetts