Brookhattan
Full nameBrookhattan
Founded1933
Dissolved1962

Brookhattan was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL).

Formed in 1933, they joined the American Soccer League and won the first half of the league's 1933 season.[1] Following that league's collapse they joined an identically named league in late 1933.[1] In 1942 they won the Lewis Cup,[2] and in 1945 the ASL, National Challenge Cup and Lewis Cup.[3]

In 1948, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, previous owner of New York Galicia, bought the team.[4] In that year they finished second in the 1948 National Challenge Cup.

During the 1948-49 season, Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring.[5] In the 1949-50 season, Joe Gaetjens was the top scorer in the ASL.[6] Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring in 1952-53 and was also the ASL MVP.[5] They finished runner-up in the ASL in 1954.[7]

The club would later change its name to Brookhattan-Galicia, Galicia, and Galacia-Honduras, before ceasing activity in 1962.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Jose, Colin (1988). The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921-1931. Scarecrow Press. p. 313.
  2. ↑ "Brookhattan". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ Dave Litterer (March 31, 2005). "The American Soccer League". The Year in American Soccer - 1945. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ The Year in American Soccer History - 1948 Archived March 15, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 "ASL II Leading Scorers, 1933-1983". Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Chasing Gaetjens". ESPN Deportes. February 26, 2010. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ "The Year in American Soccer - 1954". Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
  8. ↑ Brucato, Thomas W. (2001). Major Leagues. Scarecrow Press. p. 144.
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