From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   swp (stephen.w.perry@gmail.com) writes:   
   > hmmm.  an interesting trivia category.  professional teams playing   
   > in the top level league of their sport in a country that don't have a city   
   > name as part of their normal name.  for example, the new york yankees   
   > would not be in this set because they are associated with the city of   
   > new york not the state, nor would the lehigh valley ironpigs since they   
   > are a triple-a club and not at the top level.   
      
   It seems to me that in North America, team names are almost often on   
   the form Place Something, where Place is the city, state or possibly   
   the area.   
      
   In Europe, it's different.   
      
   > of course, a lot of premier league soccer teams fall into this category   
   > so it is a good sized set overall with lots of potential for   
   > subcategories.   
      
   Some PL teams have names that associate them to a part of town, for   
   instance Chelsea, Everton. I don't know on the top of my head if   
   there are team names with no geographical connection at all.   
      
   In Sweden, we certainly have them. Last year's football champions   
   were Häcken ("The hedge"). One team that played a final qualification   
   game for the highest leauge, but lost, is Utsikten ("The view".)   
      
   There are also such teams elsewhere in Europe: Ajax (Netherlands),   
   Inter (Italy), Juventus (Italy), Young Boys (Switzerland or Austria).   
      
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