In the other affected sports, city teams are distant challengers.

Though less supported than their soccer counterparts, the city teams enjoy much success on the national level.

Two years later, she was coaxed back to her city team.

"The best team of all the city teams," his wife said proudly.

We're a city team that plays tough for 32 minutes a night.

We were the underdogs who kept beating the larger city teams.

It had the desired effect only in small towns miles from big city teams.

But Fordham is the only city team to experience such a sudden fall and rise.

Nolan hopes the days of challenges to city teams were over.

But this time each city team is dominant in its league.