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The Rochester Rhinos play at Rhinos Soccer Stadium

Professional Sports
excitement in Western New York all year round!  Rochester, New York boasts perennial contenders at several levels of play:

• Rochester Raging Rhinos
  (USL First Division Soccer)
  2001 A-League Champions
  2000 A-League Champions  
  1999 US Open Cup Winners
  1998 A-League Champions
  

• Rochester Americans
  (AHL Hockey)
  1996 Calder Cup Champions
  
• Rochester Red Wings
  (IL Baseball)
  1997 Governor's Cup

For golf fans, Rochester features a regular stop on the LPGA tour each June with the Wegman's Rochester International at Locust Hill Country Club, Pittsford, NY.

Rochester has also played host to major men's tournaments including the 1986 US Open and the 1997 Ryder Cup (Oak Hill Country Club).

A little further away in Buffalo, NY you'll enjoy major league action with the 1999 NHL Stanley Cup finalists Buffalo Sabres and the NFL's  Buffalo Bills. 

About 2-1/2 hours to the east, you can visit:
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, NY
The US National Soccer Hall of Fame Oneonta, NY

The AAA Rochester Red Wings in action at Frontier Field.