New York is a global city, and it's not hard to find a bar in almost any neighborhood where the world's most beloved game is being broadcast. From the Premiership to Serie A to the FIFA World Cup, here are our favorite watering holes for watching football, er... soccer in New York City.
The focus here is on football, and not that odd egg shaped thing that yanks like to toss around (thus the term "tosser"), indeed, it is the round thing that Brazilians kick around in a manner that Englishmen envy. And this is a club of sorts. That meets at a bar of sort...
6 West 33rd StreetThe Red Lion is widely known as a premier live music venue in the city. Sought after New York artists such as Gavin DeGraw, Milo Z, Dana Fuchs, and The Nerds, along with an array of national acts regularly play to eager audiences nightly. The Breslin Group acquired The Red Lion 6...
151 Bleecker Street (Between Thompson St. and Laguardia Pl.)Home of the "Manhattan No. 1 Celtic Supporters' Club," Jack Dempsey's is understandably obsessed with sports—particularly soccer—with live music and private parties throw in for good measure. A long mahogany bar offers a large selection of draft beers, stout, ale, and c...
36 West 33rd StreetOne of the infamous Dive Bars dotting the Upper West Side, popular (understandably so) with Columbia students and pool sharks alike.
732 Amsterdam AveOver the years, Iona has presented local and international fine artists, musicians, DJs, and performers in a dynamic, atmospheric space in the heart of "happening" Williamsburg.
180 Grand Street (Between Bedford Ave. and Driggs St.)Nestled comfortably at the epicenter of Atlantic Avenue's cultural revival, Floyd is a bar unlike any other in NYC. Where else in the city can you eat Kentucky beercheese, select from a wide array of bourbons, and play bocce on an indoor clay court! The 1,700 square-foot space is...
131 Atlantic AveIf you're looking for an out-sized Irish experience that smacks of Midtown, Stout is the place to go. With 16,000 square feet and three floors of mend-bending space, it's about as public a house as a pub can be, with decibel levels to match, especially when any of their three-doz...
133 West 33rd StreetAn English-style pub that has some of the best burgers in the borough, and the twelve beers on tap aren't too shabby themselves. Big sports spot, with the two forms of Football – European and American - big draws.
339 9th StreetGastro pub in Bed-Stuy with some heavenly mac & cheese and fantastic burgers. Food that earns a recommendation from Michelin Guide makes this an attractive spot for the rabid sports fans that descend on the joint to catch all the major pro and college action as well as Europ...
1048 Bedford Avenue (LafayetteAve)The Brickyard Gastropub is a high-end destination sports and craft beer bar in midtown NYC. With 24 craft beers on tap, an extensive list of local, domestic, and imported selections, daily cocktails and draft specials, and two Happy Hours every day it proves to be a drinkers para...
785 9th AveIrish pub with a smattering of delicious bar food and access to many soccer games.
1152 1st AveEnglish pub and restaurant on Park Slope's Fifth Avenue main drag, with a somewhat high-brow selection of beer-aficionado's brews and a menu of absolutely stellar English pub food, like eggs beans and chips and a delicious Black Horse burger.
568 5th AveProspect Heights gets its own bar dedicated almost solely to soccer, with plenty of beers on tap and in bottles, and a selection of pub fare that will keep you clear-headed well into stoppage time.
583 Vanderbilt AveDecades old Financial District watering hole and sports bar, with a range of the sort of American cuisine indigenous to such establishments, although with a late-for-the-neighborhood closing time.
81 Pearl StGather your pals and raise glass, to your health you will say. "Sláinte!" Traditional Irish toast, at this classic New York Irish bar. Rotating selection of craft beers on tap, typical and reasonable bar food, and TVs. Upon the TVs one will find sport. Like football. Wh...
304 BoweryWeekend soccer magnet and bar.
2794 BroadwayFine ales and lagers with a wonderful pub menu and the requisite on-screen sports. George Keeley's is a beer drinker's bar. If you enjoy expanding your tastes and trying beers from all over the world, there is no place else to be. There is always a crowd buzzing around the dart...
485 Amsterdam AveA well-curated Irish pub that still sparkles a little too brightly for it's own genre.
126 1st AveIrish pub on the Upper West Side.
250 W 86th StA devoutly Irish pub in the East Village, with a first floor that's wide and open and features every possible sports game they can fit on their considerable armada of flat screens and a second floor that is strangely unmatched, with faux chic lighting, a more nightclub-like bar, ...
109 East 9th Street (Between Third and Fourth Aves.)The local neighborhood pub since 1991 with a long tenured staff and personable service and an authentic Irish menu.
336 3rd AveSports bar and cafe in Greenwich Village that favors the squads from our daft, annoying, ocassionally lovable cousins from Boston - Celtics, Bruins, Patriots, and the Red Stockings. Soccer fans also descend here to catch the big games and root, root, root for the Euro teams. Food...
225 West 4th StreetSpiffy upscale three-level sports bar serving typical pub fare along with new American cuisine with an Asian twist. Popular brunch spot, and known for its cool rooftop bar area. Roughly a bazillion TVs and enthusiastic crowds - on off sporting nights just the boys trying to meet ...
411 3rd Ave (East 29th Street)Times Square sports bar with three floors of endless TVs and a sea of fans whooping and hollering for their favorite footballers (american), footballers (as in soccer), and practically every other sport - both college and pro. Big after work crowd that tends to be a bit younger, ...
727 7th AveIrish pub and sports bar with all the pro and college action, and of course, Euro soccer. Pre- and post Garden crowd as well as the Penn Station "honey I missed the train again" folks.
330 7th AveTwo-story Irish bar in Midtown with some stellar bangers and mash upstairs, as well as shepherd's pie and more soccer and rugby games that you could possibly watch in one lifetime.
240 West 55th StreetIrish pub in the heart of the Theatre District where you are more likely to hear the discordant roar of Soccer fans the dulcet tones of a broadway star. Live DJs on Friday and Saturday, with the boozy brunch as cure on Saturday and Sunday.
732 8th AveA sports bar & gastropub destination in Midtown Manhattan with dozens of high definition flat screen televisions showing every sporting event from around the world. With over 25 rotating draught beers and countless more options by the bottle, The Playwright prides itself on ...
27 West 35th Street (bet. 5th and 6th Aves)Public house in Williamsburg that proudly focus on the footie. Not the action under a table with your friends significant other - the one where balls are kicked around and into nets. Access to all European leagues, World Cup, Champions League und so weider.
132 Havemeyer StreetSteps away from the bustle of Times Square, a classic Pub with solid pub fare. Rest stop for locals and tourists alike - enthusiastic sports crowd, including international soccer.
160 West 54th StreetThe Mad Hatter Saloon bar and restaurant resides in a tenement built in the 1920s, in a vibrant neighborhood that is always changing. Steps away from Broadway Alley, the only unpaved through street in Manhattan (where Barnum and Bailey kept their circus elephants back in the day...
360 3rd AveFromerly Der Schwarze Kölner, this is Fort Greens' very own beer garden, with nearly forty beers available by the bottle or on tap. Classic German fare, with German flare - like German soccer matches (and other Euro and World Cup action), and in classic Social Democratic tradit...
710 Fulton St