Exactly, New York Giants and New York Jets don’t play in that city. Neither do Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins. Maybe some others are like that too.
When the Los Angeles Rams moved to Anaheim years ago, they kept the Los Angeles Rams name, and nobody said anything about them not being Anaheim Rams.
It was a marketing thing for the team to change their name to Los Angeles Angels. They wanted to draw fans from all over Southern California, not just primarily Orange County.
The sports writers tend to call them Los Angeles Angels and don’t include the “of Anaheim” in sports reports when discussing the team.
Even though they are in a suburb of L.A. they are still L.A.’s American League team.
Why don’t they just change it to Los Angeles de Los Angeles.