The New York Nationals were a very short-lived Long Island-based entry in the lower division United Soccer League.ย The club existed for only one season in the summer of 1984. The Nationals set up shop at Hofstra University on Long Island, which was previously home to the early (pre-Pele) days of the NASL’s New York Cosmos in the early 1970’s and to the American Soccer League’s New York Apollo in the late 1970’s.
New York-Penn League (1999-2019) Born: 1999 – The Watertown Indians relocate to Staten Island, New York Contracted by Major League Baseball: November 2020 Folded:ย December 3,
New York-Penn League (1994-2005) Born: 1993 – The Glens Falls Redbirds relocate to Augusta, NJ Moved: October 3, 2005 (State College Spikes) First Game: June
The New Haven Elms were a hard-luck entry in the Eastern Professional Basketball League during the late 1960’s. Before the debut of the American Basketball Association in 1967, the Eastern League was considered the second best league in the country. Notable Elms players included former St. Louis Hawks teammates Cleo Hill and Woody Sauldsberry, both early black stars who struggled against NBA efforts to obstruct their careers.
The New Haven County Cutters were an independent professional baseball club that played in the Northeast League (2004) and its successor, the Can-Am League (2005-2007). The Cutters were a road worn franchise that originally formed in 1996 and had previous stops in the Massachusetts cities of Lynn and Pittsfield. Playing out of Yale Field, the Cutters had the unenviable task of replacing the departing Class AA Ravens of the Eastern League, who left town in 2003. Indy ball rarely flourished in cities that had just lost affiliated Minor League Baseball teams and New Haven was no exception. The Cutters disbanded in 2007 after four season of tepid support.
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