Brookhattan
Sign in to saveBrookhattan 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. The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played. It later changed its name to Brookhattan–Galicia (1948, though informally often Brookhattan thereafter), Galicia (1958), and Galicia–Honduras (1961) after Galicia in Spain and Honduras.
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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. The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played. It later changed its name to Brookhattan–Galicia (1948, though informally often Brookhattan thereafter), Galicia (1958), and Galicia–Honduras (1961) after Galicia in Spain and Honduras.
Formed as New York Brookhattan in 1933, it joined the first ASL and was leading the spring 1933 half-season when the league collapsed. It then joined the new ASL as Brookhattan in late 1933. In 1942 it won the Lewis Cup, and in 1945 the ASL, National Challenge Cup and Lewis Cup.