There’s the Yankees, and then there’s the Mets. There’s the Rangers, and then there’s the Islanders. Even in our own league, there’s New York City FC, and then there’s the Red Bulls (don’t believe me? Check attendance and league valuations). Even in Los Angeles itself, there are two such examples of what I like to call playing second dribble; there’s the immortal Lakers and the scrappy Clippers, and the flashy Rams and transplanted Chargers.
However, two clubs have bucked the theory that there has to be a big brother and a little brother between teams that share a city, a sport and a league.