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==Sports== [[File:Teaneck Armory front jeh.JPG|thumb|[[Teaneck Armory]]]] The [[Brooklyn Nets]] professional [[basketball]] team was founded as the [[New Jersey Americans]] in Teaneck for the 1967β1968 season, as charter members of the [[American Basketball Association]]. The team played their home games at the Teaneck Armory for that one season, and was scheduled to play a one-game playoff at the armory. However, the circus had been booked for the week, and the game was relocated to a court in [[Commack, New York]] that was unplayable, and the game had to be forfeited. After the one season in Teaneck, the team relocated to [[Long Island]] and was renamed the New York Nets.<ref>[[Adrian Wojnarowski|Wojnarowski, Adrian]]. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-74387451.html "Warped floors, lumbering elephants"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103082837/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-74387451.html |date=2012-11-03 }}, ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', June 1, 2003. Accessed March 5, 2009.</ref> Following the Long Island run, the Nets moved back to New Jersey in 1977 to be named as the New Jersey Nets until 2012, when they moved back to New York and became the [[Brooklyn Nets]].<ref>Bondy, Stefan. [http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/nets-finally-found-home-brooklyn-article-1.1194034 "The Nets have finally found a home in Brooklyn;From J to Deron Williams, from Teaneck to Long Island, and through the swamps of Jersey, the Nets arrive at the Barclays Center"], ''[[New York Daily News ]]'', October 28, 2012. Accessed October 28, 2015.</ref> In 1977, Teaneck hosted the "Junior [[biddy Basketball|Biddy]] National Basketball Tournament" with American teams from as far as [[Dallas, Texas]] attending and an international one from Puerto Rico. The tournament championship was won by a team from [[New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/15/archives/biddy-basketball-knicks-of-future.html|title = Biddy Basketball: Knicks of Future?|newspaper = The New York Times|date = May 15, 1977|last1 = Winfield|first1 = Paul}}</ref> Portions of [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]'s Metropolitan Campus are located in Teaneck, with most of the school's athletic facilities located across the river in Hackensack. The school's University Stadium, home for its men's and women's soccer teams, lies on the [[Hackensack River]], just north of Route 4. The 1,100-seat stadium has hosted NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament games in recent years.<ref>[http://fduknights.com/documents/2013/8/24/2013_MSOC_Quick_Facts.pdf Men's Soccer 2013 Quick Facts], [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]]. Accessed December 18, 2013.</ref> The natural grass field was resurfaced with [[FieldTurf]] in 2004.<ref>[http://www.northeastconference.org/news/2004/8/3/fdu_newturf.aspx "Fairleigh Dickinson University Installs FieldTurf at University Stadium; Knights' men's and women's soccer teams scheduled to begin play on new surface this fall."], [[Fairleigh Dickinson University]] press release, dated August 3, 2004. Accessed December 18, 2013. "The Fairleigh Dickinson University men's and women's soccer teams will have a new surface to play on at University Stadium this fall as installation of FieldTurf is underway. The project is scheduled to be completed in September. University Stadium has played host to NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament First Round games in each of the last two seasons as well as the ECAC Women's Soccer Tournament semifinals last year."</ref> The [[Naimoli Family Baseball Complex]] is situated between Route 4 and University Stadium. Fairleigh Dickinson received a $1 million bequest from FDU alumnus [[Vince Naimoli]], founding owner of the [[Tampa Bay Rays]], to establish a 500-seat stadium with artificial turf and lighting on the site of the current facility.<ref>Staff. "FDU baseball complex gets bequest", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', December 18, 2007.</ref>
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