Figure 1 Sea Isle is Eagles country
Sea Isle is well known as a sports lover’s paradise. If you are into any kind of water-based outdoor activity, you will be able to find the perfect sport in our fair city. Surfing, fishing, and sailing are all hugely popular in our little corner of the world.
As popular as Sea Isle is with locals and tourists for watersports, it is understandable that a city our size does not make much of a dent on the pro sports front. Luckily, we are also within easy driving time of a host of cities that boast major league organizations, with many Sea Isle residents rooting for the Philly teams.
If you were looking at a
Bovada review to find out about sports betting, you would probably want to find out whether the Philadelphia teams are well-represented. But which ones are worth backing? And which ones could do with a refurb? Here’s our guide to getting behind the local Philly teams.
Football
It has been a good few years for Eagles fans in Sea Isle. If you lean more to the New York teams then you have probably been lying low, but Philly is one of the best teams in the league right now. The Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs last year was tough to take but there seem even brighter days ahead.
Jalen Hurts looks like he is guaranteed to be sizing up for a Super Bowl winner’s ring at some point and the Eagles players have made a visit to Sea Isle something of a habit in recent years. Jason Kelce and friends made the annual fundraising trip in the summer and hopefully a championship is just around the corner.
Hockey
You have to go back quite a few years for the last time that the Philadelphia Flyers won the Stanley Cup. The 1970s were the real boom time for Philly hockey – and Sea Isle residents celebrated as much as anyone else. But the last three years have been some of the worst in franchise history.
The Flyers have failed to even make the playoffs since 2020, which is the longest drought for the team ever. But local hockey fans got to touch the Stanley Cup this summer, at least, when Vegas Golden Knights assistant coach John Stevens came to town. He owns a holiday home here and wanted to repay the love the community has shown to him and his family.
Baseball
Sea Isle has a long relationship with the Phillies and players regularly visit the city for fundraisers – or just to hang out with family and friends. Luckily for them, the team is doing so well recently that the locals welcome them with open arms. The Phillies Home Run Derby is always a big draw too.
Most Phillies fans here are lucky enough to remember the last time the team won the Fall Classic, in what has got to be the toughest postseason in all of sports. It was gut-wrenching to watch the team go all the way and lose to the Astros last year – but revenge could be just around the corner.
Basketball
There always seems to be some kind of player turmoil at the 76ers and the team has agonizingly lost in the Conference semifinals four out of the last five years. But Philly is still one of the big teams in the league and regularly attracts the biggest names to come and play for the franchise.
As with many of the pro major sports, that also means that Sea Isle residents get to meet and greet with a lot of the stars. The annual Sea Isle Hoops Summer League is always well attended and this year saw former 76er George Niang stop to say hello and take in the local talent. Hopefully he won’t get in the way of Philly going further in the postseason this year.
Soccer
Just like the rest of the country, the residents of Sea Isle have become big soccer fans in recent years, helping turn the big four pro sports into the big five. With the Philadelphia Union of MLS just up the road in Chester, PA, the city’s kids can catch one of the best teams in the league on a regular basis.
Head coach Jim Curtin is a repeat visitor to Sea Isle with his family and seems always happy to talk about the team when in the city. The Union is another team that has
fallen just short of a championship recently – although it did claim the Supporters’ Shield in 2022. With postseason play already assured this year, hopefully the Union can finally be the ones to bring a championship back to Philly.
Figure 2 Sea Isle has plenty of Phanatics of its own
Sea Isle City Sports
There might be a few New York team fans around the place – and maybe even some Orioles and Ravens supporters that have strayed further away from Baltimore. But most people in Sea Isle will proudly announce being a fan of one – or all – of the teams in Philly.
There are plenty of youth and school teams in the city itself though. So, if you somehow get a little tired of all the incredible outdoor sports and water-based activities on offer here, why not check out one of those for your team sports fix?
Otherwise, you can join the rest of us cheering on one of the Philadelphia teams. Most of them get to the playoffs these days, so the sports fun never ends in our part of the world.
