Many New Yorkers have gotten invested in soccer with the World Cup taking place in the United States, but there are also plenty of local teams that play throughout the year, and unlike the World Cup, it’s free to attend the matches.
One of those clubs is Central Park Rangers (CPR), which, despite the name, plays throughout New York and has multiple men’s and women’s teams as well as an over-40 team.
The Rangers started as a humble five-a-side team in the ‘90s and went by the name Blue Hawaii. Eventually, Paul Clayton, one of the team’s players, suggested becoming an 11-a-side club, and Central Park Rangers was officially formed in 1999…