Sports in Rochester, New York

As recently as 1994, there were only two professional sports franchises in Rochester: the baseball Red Wings and the hockey Americans.

[4] 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1964, 1971, 1974, 1988, 1990, 1997 The Rochester Red Wings baseball club, the AAA affiliate of the Washington Nationals, are one of the oldest existing franchises in all of professional sports.

The Rochester Americans ice hockey team are the AHL affiliate for the NHL Buffalo Sabres and are known as the "Amerks."

[5] The Rhinos team was rebranded as Rochester New York FC and in 2022 played one season prior to again ceasing operations.

[7] In 2020, the National Independent Soccer Association approved a team for Rochester and the Flower City Union took the field in 2022.

In spring 2006, Brei showed that Rochester's professional sports teams were collectively approaching 25,000 games played.

That game was played on June 16, 2006, when Red Wings hosted the Indianapolis Indians at Frontier Field.

He also reports that only six active franchises in the history of North American professional sports have played in the same city and same league continuously and uninterrupted since the 19th century: Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Rochester Red Wings.

Oak Hill Country Club, which is often included in America's Top 100 Courses [9] is in the suburb of Pittsford.

Numerous golf magazines have praised Rochester for its rich passion for the game and its high level of competition.

The only exceptions are the RIT men's and women's ice hockey teams, which compete at the Division I level.

The Nazareth Golden Flyers men's volleyball team won the 2011 NCAA DIII national championship.

Rochester Institute of Technology men's soccer team finished national runner-up at the NCAA Division III tournament in 1988.

Both teams participate in the annual Can-Am Rugby Tournament in Saranac Lake, New York in early August.