Full name | Brookhattan |
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Founded | 1933 |
Dissolved | 1962 |
Brookhattan was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL) from 1933 to 1962. [1] The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played. [2] It later changed its name to Brookhattan–Galicia (1948, [3] though informally often Brookhattan thereafter [4]), Galicia (1958 [5]), and Galicia–Honduras (1961 [5]) after Galicia in Spain and Honduras. [5]
Formed as New York Brookhattan in 1933, [5] it joined the first ASL and was leading the spring 1933 half-season when the league collapsed. [6] It then joined the new ASL as Brookhattan in late 1933. [7] [6] In 1942 it won the Lewis Cup, [8] and in 1945 the ASL, National Challenge Cup and Lewis Cup. [9]
In 1947, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, owner of New York Galicia, bought the Brookhattan team, withdrew Galicia from the National Soccer League of New York and transferred its players to Brookhattan. [10] [11] [12] The merged team, renamed Brookhattan–Galicia, reached the final of the 1948 National Challenge Cup. [3]
During the 1948-49 season, Brookhattan's Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring. [13] In the 1949-50 season, Joe Gaetjens was the top scorer in the ASL. [14] Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring in 1952-53 and was also the ASL MVP. [13] Brookhattan finished runner-up in the ASL in 1954. [15]
In 1961 Galicia merged with Honduras, a non-ASL team, to form Galicia–Honduras. [16]
Full name | Brookhattan |
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Founded | 1933 |
Dissolved | 1962 |
Brookhattan was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL) from 1933 to 1962. [1] The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played. [2] It later changed its name to Brookhattan–Galicia (1948, [3] though informally often Brookhattan thereafter [4]), Galicia (1958 [5]), and Galicia–Honduras (1961 [5]) after Galicia in Spain and Honduras. [5]
Formed as New York Brookhattan in 1933, [5] it joined the first ASL and was leading the spring 1933 half-season when the league collapsed. [6] It then joined the new ASL as Brookhattan in late 1933. [7] [6] In 1942 it won the Lewis Cup, [8] and in 1945 the ASL, National Challenge Cup and Lewis Cup. [9]
In 1947, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, owner of New York Galicia, bought the Brookhattan team, withdrew Galicia from the National Soccer League of New York and transferred its players to Brookhattan. [10] [11] [12] The merged team, renamed Brookhattan–Galicia, reached the final of the 1948 National Challenge Cup. [3]
During the 1948-49 season, Brookhattan's Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring. [13] In the 1949-50 season, Joe Gaetjens was the top scorer in the ASL. [14] Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring in 1952-53 and was also the ASL MVP. [13] Brookhattan finished runner-up in the ASL in 1954. [15]
In 1961 Galicia merged with Honduras, a non-ASL team, to form Galicia–Honduras. [16]