Brooklyn Celtic was a name used by at least two U.S.

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

teams. The first was an early twentieth century amateur team which was formed in August 1910 and dominated the New York Amateur Association Football League from 1912 to 1917. The second was a member of the professional

American Football League The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, AFL–NFL merger, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Foot ...

in the 1930s and early 1940s. A third Celtic club from Brooklyn, St. Mary's Celtic replaced the second club in the ASL before the 1935/36 season.

Brooklyn Celtic I

The Brooklyn Celtic, also known as the Brooklyn Celtics and Celtic F.C., was an early twentieth century American soccer team which competed in the New York Amateur Association Football League. They won the second division in 1910–11, gaining promotion to the first division. They proved their worth as a first division team in the 1911–12 season when they tied New York Clan MacDonald for second place. The two teams met in a playoff for sole position of second, with Clan MacDonald winning 1–0. The next season, Celtic went on a streak of five straight league championships.

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Honors

National Challenge Cup The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, commonly known as the U.S. Open Cup (USOC), is a knockout cup competition in men's soccer in the United States. It is the country's oldest ongoing national soccer competition. The competition was first held duri ...

** ''Runner-up (2):''

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip ...

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 * ...

American Cup The American Football Association Challenge Cup (also known as the American Association Cup or simply American Cup) was the first major U.S. soccer competition open to teams beyond a single league. It was first held in 1884, and organised by t ...

** ''Runner-up (1):''

* American Amateur Football Association Cup ** Winner (1):

1912 This year is notable for Sinking of the Titanic, the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15. In Albania, this leap year runs with only 353 days as the country achieved switching from the Julian to Gregorian Calendar by skippin ...

*League Championship – Division I ** Winner (5): 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 * League Championship – Division II ** Winner (1): 1910 * Sultana Cup ** Winner (1): 1917 *Southern New York State Cup ** Winner (2): 1914, 1917

Notable players

* James Robertson * Roddy O'Halloran * George Tintle

Brooklyn Celtic II

The Brooklyn Celtic was an American soccer club based in

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, New York that was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League. The club was newly organized in the fall of 1933 and joined the ASL soon after. The club was dropped from the league after the 1934/35 season and replaced by St. Mary's Soccer Club.

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St. Mary's Celtic

St. Mary's Celtic was an American soccer club based in

, New York that was a member of the reformed American Soccer League. The club replaced Brooklyn Celtic before the 1935–36 season. St. Mary's won their first (and only)

National Cup The English National Cup is an annual basketball knock-out competition held between professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from the various divisions of the National Basketball League (England), National Basketball League. For most of th ...

in 1939 after beating Manhattan Beer 5–1 on aggregate over two legs. The second leg was held in Starlight Park with an attendance of 8,000.Chronicle of the match (excerpt)
at Frenkdellapa.com

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References

{{American Soccer League Men's soccer clubs in New York (state) Defunct soccer clubs in New York City American Soccer League (1933–1983) teams Sports in Brooklyn U.S. Open Cup winners