Brookhattan

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]

Sources

• Brucato, Thomas W. (2001). Major Leagues. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810839083.

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