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Rugby New York
Rugby New York, originally known as Rugby United New York and officially nicknamed the Ironworkers, was a professional rugby union team based in New York City that was a member of Major League Rugby (MLR). The team played an exhibition season in spring 2018 and joined MLR for its second full season in 2019. The team was founded by James Kennedy. During the 2022 season, its first under the Rugby New York name, the team made its only MLR Final appearance, winning a title in front of 1,979 attendees at Red Bull Arena in nearby Harrison, New Jersey. In December 2023, MLR announced that Rugby New York had withdrawn from the league and had folded, following a failed attempt to sell the team. History Rugby United New York was founded in April 2018 by James Kennedy, owner of Murphy Kennedy Group a New York construction management company and John Layfield, a retired WWE professional wrestler and the founder of a nonprofit organization called Beyond Rugby Bermuda. In its 2018 exhibi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario Arrows
Toronto Arrows R.F.C. was a rugby union club based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that played in Major League Rugby. The Arrows team was an independent off-shoot of the Ontario Blues provincial programme and was funded by a group of private investors and supporters. They are currently on hiatus following the 2023 season. History 2017–2018: Ontario Arrows The team was founded as the Ontario Arrows in 2017 with the intent of joining the Major League Rugby (MLR) competition for the 2019 season. The Arrows debuted September 9, 2017, in a match against the Glendale Merlins losing 41–7. 120px, Co-founder and president Bill Webb In spring 2018, the Arrows played a six-game exhibition schedule against the Houston SaberCats, Rugby United New York, Utah Warriors, and Boston's Mystic River Rugby Club. The schedule was extended to include games against the Canada Selects. The Arrows' 2018 home opener was a decided victory over the Mystic River Rugby Club. In July 2018, the Arrows an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens, NY
Queens is the largest by area of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the fourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Queens is the fourth-most densely populated borough in New York City and the fourth-most densely populated U.S. county. Queens is highly diverse with approximately 47 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belson Stadium
Belson Stadium is a 2,168-seat soccer-specific stadium located at Utopia Parkway (Queens), Utopia Parkway and Union Turnpike (New York), Union Turnpike in Queens, New York City, on the campus of St. John's University (New York City), St. John's University. It is the home of the St. John's Red Storm St. John's Red Storm men's soccer, men's and women's soccer teams. The stadium is unique in that it is built on an elevated platform over a mostly underground parking garage to save space in the dense urban environment of Queens. Overview The stadium is named in honor of Maxine and Jerome Belson. Mr. Belson was a graduate of St. John's law school, a member of the university's board of trustees and a past benefactor to the university. The Belsons donated $6 million for the construction of the stadium and an additional $5 million was raised for the parking garage and landscaping. The stadium is also the home field of the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey City, NJ
Jersey City is the List of municipalities in New Jersey, second-most populousTable1. New Jersey Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships: 2020 and 2010 Censuses New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Accessed December 1, 2022. city (New Jersey), city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark, New Jersey, Newark.The Counties and Most Populous Cities and Townships in 2010 in New Jersey: 2000 and 2010 , United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cochrane Stadium
Cochrane Stadium is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Jersey City, New Jersey. Opened in October 1983, the stadium is located in the Ed "Faa" Ford Athletic Complex in the Caven Point area of Jersey City near Liberty State Park and Liberty National Golf Club. In 2008, the stadium's field was re-surfaced with FieldTurf six months after the previous playing surface was found to be contaminated with lead. Cochrane Stadium (often referred to as Caven Point due to the surrounding area) served as the home field for the St. Peter's Peacocks football team until the school folded its program in 2007. In 2021, the stadium hosted five home games for Rugby New York of Major League Rugby (MLR). Five Jersey City high schools (two Catholic, three public) currently share Cochrane Stadium. They are: *St. Peter's Preparatory School * Hudson Catholic High School *James J. Ferris High School * Lincoln High School *Henry Snyder High School Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MCU Park
Maimonides Park (formerly MCU Park and KeySpan Park) is a minor league baseball stadium on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The home team and primary tenant is the New York Mets-affiliated Brooklyn Cyclones of the South Atlantic League. The stadium has also hosted other teams and sports; the NYU Violets Baseball team began playing at Maimonides Park in 2015, and soccer club Brooklyn FC will have its women's team playing at the ballpark in 2024, with its men's team joining them in 2025. The official seating capacity at Maimonides Park is 7,000, though the Cyclones sell up to 2,500 more standing-room tickets. Prior to 2016, the capacity was 7,500 plus 2,500 standing room. Features include a concourse with free-standing concession buildings and overhanging fluorescent lamps in different colors, evoking an amusement park atmosphere. In addition, the park overlooks the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Parachute Jump in rig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Faʻaeʻe
Karameli Tiffany Faaee (born November 14, 1982) is an American rugby union player. She debuted for the in 2016. She captained the US Eagles to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. She competed at the 2017 Can-Am Series. Faaee has represented Samoa and New Zealand in rugby league. She played most of her rugby in New Zealand. She moved to the United States in 2013. In 2018, Faeaee signed as an assistant coach of Rugby United New York, a Major League Rugby expansion team. References External links Tiffany Faʻaeʻeat USA Rugby USA Rugby (formally the United States of America Rugby Football Union, Ltd.) is the national governing body for the sport of rugby union in the United States. Its role is to achieve and maintain “high levels of quality in all aspects of rugby ... (archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fa'ae'e', Tiffany 1982 births Living people 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen American female rugby union players New Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kees Lensing
Gideon "Kees" Lensing (born 1 June 1978 in Keetmanshoop, Namibia) is a former Namibian rugby union player and former head coach of the Seattle Seawolves of Major League Rugby (MLR). He played as a Prop (rugby union), prop for six different teams over more than 11 years. Professional rugby career Lensing played for the Namibia national rugby union team in the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. He was Captain of the Namibia National Team from 2006 to 2009, and ultimately played 24 matches for Namibia (including leading the team at the 2007 World Cup). Coaching career Following a back injury, Lensing retired from his career as a player and transitioned into coaching in 2011. After three years as the specialist scrum/forwards and defense coach of the Canon Eagles in Japan's Top League, Lensing relocated to New York City and signed as forwards coach of Rugby United New York for the Major League Rugby 2019 season. He stayed in the MLR and served as the head coach of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle ( ; in ) is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City, city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is a suburb of New York City, located approximately from Midtown Manhattan. In 2020, the city had a population of 79,726, making it the 7th-largest city and 22nd-most populous municipality in New York. History 17th and 18th centuries This area was occupied by cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years. They made use of the rich resources of Long Island Sound and inland areas. By the 17th century, the historic Lenape bands, who spoke a language in the Algonquian family, were prominent in the area. Their territory extended from the coastal areas of western present-day Connecticut, Long Island and south through New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware. In 1654, the Siwanoy Indians, a band of Lenape (also known as the Delaware by English colonists), sold land to English settler Thomas Pell. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazzella Field
Mazzella Field is a 2,400 seat soccer-specific stadium on the campus of Iona College (New York), Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. It is home to the Iona Gaels Iona Gaels men's soccer, soccer, lacrosse, and rugby union teams, as well as the women's New York Magic of United Women's Soccer. First opened in 1989, it was originally used as a multi-purpose stadium that also hosted the school's college football team until the program was disbanded in 2008. The field was the site of the 2008 Empire State Games men's lacrosse championships. In June 2017, Mazzella Field received a new FieldTurf surface striped for soccer and lacrosse. Rugby References External links * Iona Gaels football Iona Gaels men's soccer Iona Gaels women's soccer College football venues in New York (state) College lacrosse venues in the United States College soccer venues in the United States Defunct college football venues Lacrosse venues in New York (state) Multi-purpose stadiums in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bronx Times-Reporter
The ''Bronx Times-Reporter'' is a weekly newspaper published in the Bronx, New York. It was co-founded in 1981 by John Collazzi and Assemblyman Michael Benedetto. The ''Bronx Times-Reporter'' covers local news and publishes columns by local community organizations. It is sold on many local newsstands and available through subscription. Many branches of the New York Public Library in the Bronx have back issues of the paper. The paper has three editions, all of which publish on Thursdays: a ''Bronx Times-Reporter'' that covers Throggs Neck, one that covers Morris Park, and a third paper, called the ''Bronx Times'', that covers news from Castle Hill, Parkchester, and surrounding neighborhoods, and is distributed for free. In 2006, thCommunity Newspaper Group an affiliate of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation The original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American Multinational corporation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
