Brookhattan

Not to be confused with Brookhaven, New York.

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]

Brookhattan

Full name	Brookhattan
Founded	1933
Dissolved	1962

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.

Citations

1. Brucato 2001 p. 144
2. Brucato 2001 pp. 17, 214, 245
3. "Soccer Champs: Simpkins (Ford) Team Wins U.S. Title". Automotive News. 24 (3160). Crain Communications: 25. November 22, 1948.
4. Briordy, William J. (November 13, 1958). "Hakoah Defeats Brookhattan in Soccer Final Before 6,121 Fans at Garden". The New York Times. p. 46. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
5. Brucato 2001 p. 38
6. Jose, Colin (1988). The American Soccer League: The Golden Years of American Soccer 1921–1931. Scarecrow Press. p. 313.
7. Brucato 2001 pp. 38, 142, 144
8. "Brookhattan". SoccerStats.us. Retrieved December 26, 2012.
9. Dave Litterer (March 31, 2005). . The Year in American Soccer - 1945. Archived from the original on May 10, 2013. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
10. . Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
11. Graham, Bill (October 15, 1947). "American Loop May Withdraw Soccer Protest". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 18. Retrieved March 19, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
12. Graham, Bill (October 6, 1948). "Wanderer Club Again Wiped Off Soccer Books". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 20. Retrieved March 19, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
13. . Archived from the original on December 11, 2017. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
14. . ESPN Deportes. February 26, 2010. Archived from the original on February 16, 2015.
15. . Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
16. Brucato 2001 p. 230