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The University of Central Florida plays college sports at the highest level. The UCF football team, the Knights play in a new, on-campus stadium called Bright House Networks Stadium.

Tinker Field, named for baseball hall-of-famer Joe Tinker, is a historic baseball stadium next to the Citrus Bowl, currently out of use. It was previously the spring training home of the Minnesota Twins (and the Washington Nationals/Senators before them) and the AA Southern League affiliates of the Twins, Chicago Cubs and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 2000, the Orlando Rays moved from Tinker Field to Cracker Jack Stadium at the Disney`s Wide World of Sports Complex. Despite having a beautiful new ballpark (which also serves as spring training home of the Atlanta Braves), the Rays drew poorly at Disney and moved to Montgomery, Alabama for the 2004. The stadium has been mostly empty ever since, although it did play host to first-round (Pool D) games in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Orlando is the largest metropolitan area in the US without a pro baseball team.

In soccer, the Citrus Bowl hosted games for the FIFA World Cup `94 and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Orlando will gain an expansion franchise in the Major Indoor Soccer League, the Orlando Sharks, for the 2007-08 season. The Orlando Lions were a member of the third incarnation of the US Soccer League in the late 1980s/early 1990s. The Orlando Sundogs were a minor-league soccer team in the A-League that played in the Citrus Bowl, disbanding after their season in 1997. Presently, two lower-division soccer teams call Orlando home: the Premier Development League`s (PDL) Central Florida Kraze, and Ajax Orlando. The Kraze won the PDL Championship in 2004, while Ajax (pronounced EYE-acks) is the only US subsidiary of global soccer power Ajax Amsterdam of the Dutch Eredivisie (professional soccer league).

In arena football, the Orlando Predators have been one of the Arena Football League`s flagship franchises since entering the league in 1991. Playing at Amway Arena, the Predators have won seven divisional titles and two Arena Bowls, in 1998 and 2000.

The Citrus Bowl is the home of the Capital One Bowl (previously the Florida Citrus Bowl) and the Champs Sports Bowl (previously the Tangerine Bowl). It also hosts regular-season football games for Jones High School, as well as the annual Florida Classic played between the NCAA Division I-AA Football teams from Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University. The University of Central Florida (NCAA Division I-A) played regular season games at the Citrus Bowl through the 2006 season, until the construction of a new stadium on the UCF campus. The Orlando Renegades were a USFL team playing at the Citrus Bowl in 1985. They folded with the league in 1986. The Orlando Thunder were a charter team in the World League of US Football in 1991 and 1992. They lost the World Bowl to the Sacramento Surge in 1992. Like all other US teams, it was dropped in the World League reorganization of 1995. The Orlando Rage were a member of the XFL that played at the Citrus Bowl, and only played in 2001. That team has since been revived in the minor-league Southern States Football League (SSFL). The Citrus Bowl will host some of the games for the Florida team in the All US Football League beginning in 2008, holding its inaugural tryouts on July 2-3, 2007.

Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at Amway Arena in downtown Orlando. Led by Shaquille O`Neal, the Magic made it to the NBA Finals in 1995. O`Neal now plays for the Miami Heat. Orlando`s Amway Arena, opened in 1989 is already one of the oldest arenas in the NBA. It will be replaced around 2010 by the /