Brooklyn Hispano
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The Brooklyn Hispano was an American soccer club based in Brooklyn, New York that was an inaugural member of the reformed American Soccer League
. The club was named the Brooklyn Giants for the 1942/43 season only.
The Hispano club competed in the Southern New York State Football Association with several successful runs in their Cup competition during the 1920s. The club won the competition in 1927 and 1930 as the New York Hispano. N.Y. Hispano was a member of the professional Eastern Soccer League - a rival of the A.S.L. during the "soccer war" of 1929-30.
The club took the "double" in 1943 winning the league and U.S. Open Cup. The team won the Lewis Cup in 1946.
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...
. The club was named the Brooklyn Giants for the 1942/43 season only.
The Hispano club competed in the Southern New York State Football Association with several successful runs in their Cup competition during the 1920s. The club won the competition in 1927 and 1930 as the New York Hispano. N.Y. Hispano was a member of the professional Eastern Soccer League - a rival of the A.S.L. during the "soccer war" of 1929-30.
The club took the "double" in 1943 winning the league and U.S. Open Cup. The team won the Lewis Cup in 1946.
Year-by-year
Year | Division | League | Reg. Season | Playoffs | U.S. Open Cup |
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1933/34 | N/A | ASL | 7th | No playoff | Semifinals |
1934/35 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | First round |
1935/36 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | First round |
1936/37 | N/A | ASL | 1st, American | Final | Semifinals |
1937/38 | N/A | ASL | 5th, American | Did not qualify | First round |
1938/39 | N/A | ASL | 4th, American | Did not qualify | Second round |
1939/40 | N/A | ASL | 7th | No playoff | ? |
1940/41 | N/A | ASL | 5th | No playoff | ? |
1941/42 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | ? |
1942/43 | N/A | ASL | 1st | Champion (no playoff) | Champion |
1943/44 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | Champion |
1944/45 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1945/46 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | ? |
1946/47 | N/A | ASL | 3rd(t) | No playoff | ? |
1947/48 | N/A | ASL | 10th | No playoff | ? |
1948/49 | N/A | ASL | 1st(t) | 1st Round | Quarterfinal |
1949/50 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1950/51 | N/A | ASL | 9th | No playoff | ? |
1951/52 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |
1952/53 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | ? |
1953/54 | N/A | ASL | 4th | No playoff | ? |
1954/55 | N/A | ASL | 2nd | No playoff | ? |
1955/56 | N/A | ASL | 8th | No playoff | ? |