When you mention the Brooklyn Italians, the words excellence, tradition and history just might come to mind. For the past 76 years, the soccer club has enjoyed a storied history at several levels of the beautiful game, impacting not only the metropolitan area, but nationally as well.

The Brooklyn Italians might be best known to the American soccer community as the last New York team to capture the prestigious Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup title, in 1991. But the club also has forged a reputation of producing soccer players at just about every level of the beautiful game.