Brookhattan was an American

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club based in

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that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL) from 1933 to 1962. The name is a blend of the names of

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and

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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

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.Brucato 2001 p. 38 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

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, and in 1945 the ASL,

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and Lewis Cup. In 1947, coffee importer Eugene Diaz, owner of New York Galicia, bought the Brookhattan team, withdrew Galicia from the

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and transferred its players to Brookhattan. The merged team, renamed Brookhattan–Galicia, reached the final of the 1948 National Challenge Cup. During the 1948–49 season, Brookhattan's Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring. In the 1949–50 season,

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was the top scorer in the ASL. Pito Villanon led the ASL in scoring in 1952–53 and was also the ASL MVP. Brookhattan finished runner-up in the ASL in 1954. In

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Galicia merged with Honduras, a non-ASL team, to form Galicia–Honduras.Brucato 2001 p. 230

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