| 100% | AFCRICHMOND | 11 | Fictional soccer team of "Ted Lasso" (2 wds.) |
| 55% | MIAMISHARKS | 11 | Fictional football team of "Any Given Sunday" (2 wds.) |
| 52% | TAMPABAY | 8 | ___ Mutiny, professional soccer team that was an active member of MLS from 1996 to 2001 but is now defunct: 2 wds. |
| 51% | NEWYORKKNIGHTS | 14 | Fictional baseball team of "The Natural" (3 wds.) |
| 50% | HEADCOACH | 9 | Ted Lasso, for the fictional team AFC Richmond |
| 49% | OREGONDUCKS | 11 | College team of 31-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | MIAMIDOLPHINS | 13 | AFC East football team of "swimming mammals": 2 wds. |
| 46% | LAGALAXY | 8 | Soccer team from Southern California that's won five MLS championships: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 46% | COLUMBUSCREW | 12 | Soccer team from Ohio's capital that's won three MLS championships: 2 wds. |
| 46% | PAIRUP | 6 | Pick partners to form teams of two: 2 wds. |
| 45% | DCUNITED | 8 | Soccer team from the US capital that's won four MLS championships: 2 wds., abbr. |
| 45% | ANAHEIMDUCKS | 12 | NHL Pacific Division hockey team of "swimming fowl": 2 wds. |
| 45% | DCUNITED | 8 | Washington soccer team (2 wds.) |
| 44% | TIMWAKEFIELD | 12 | Pitcher on World Series-winning Red Sox teams of 2004 and 2007: 2 wds. |
| 44% | MASCOT | 6 | Fictional representative of a soccer team |
| 44% | JASONSUDEIKIS | 13 | Actor who plays Coach Ted Lasso on "Ted Lasso": 2 wds. |
| 43% | TEDLASSO | 8 | Apple TV+ series with Jason Sudeikis as an American coaching an English soccer team: 2 wds. |
| 43% | ROYKENT | 7 | Captain of the team in Ted Lasso's first season |
| 43% | LONGSHOT | 8 | Team with little chance of winning: 2 wds. |
| 43% | DALLASCOWBOYS | 13 | "America's Team" of the NFL: 2 wds. |
| 43% | BOSTONCELTICS | 13 | NBA team of Eastern Conference Atlantic Division which plays its home games at TD Garden: 2 wds. |
| 42% | MANU | 4 | English football club which won the inaugural Laureus team of the year in 2000, for short: 2 wds. |
| 41% | TED | 3 | Fictional soccer coach Lasso |
| 41% | LASSO | 5 | Fictional soccer coach Ted |
| 40% | AFC | 3 | ___ Richmond, soccer team on "Ted Lasso" |
| 40% | TRINITYRODMAN | 13 | US Women's national soccer team member whose father, Dennis, won 5 NBA championships with the Pistons and Bulls: 2 wds. |
| 40% | REGGIEMILLER | 12 | Shaquille and ___ were the only two players in both the gold medal-winning national teams of 1994 and 1996: 2 wds. |
| 40% | WEWON | 5 | Cry of the winning team: 2 wds. |
| 39% | BLUEJAY | 7 | Member of the Toronto baseball team: 2 wds. |
| 39% | ISEE | 4 | 2 wds to show understanding of something |