ORIGINS
ESTABLISHED 2014
Space United, which started in 2014 as the SpaceX FC soccer team, has now grown into a diverse community, consisting of members from the nation’s most innovative aerospace companies, soccer and space enthusiasts.
They have played in several tournaments including The Aerospace Games, The Association Adidas Tournament, EA Sports Tournament, and South Bay Sports League--where they won the championship in 2019.
2020 - Space United Seattle Expansion Team is established
Our team President joins Blue Origin and establishes the foundations for our Seattle expansion team. The team is mostly comprised of Blue Origin employees and is currently growing to compete in both indoor and outdoor tournament at the Starfire Soccer Complex.
2019 - SpaceX FC transitions to Space United FC and wins the Championship at the South Bay League in Los Angeles!
The club opens its roster to include members of other space companies, as well as soccer/space enthusiasts and re-brands to Space United in order to represent the unions of these great space supporters coming together on the pitch and beyond. In their first season as Space United, the team earned the Championship Trophy at the SouthBay Sports League.
2018 - SpaceX FC joins the first ever Association LA Indoor League and establishes its first co-ed team.
The club is invited to participate in the first ever Association LA Co-ed League presented by Kicks to The Pitch and Adidas LA. This collaboration enabled the opportunity to open the team’s roster to players from other space companies as well as other soccer lovers in the LA soccer community.
2016 - SpaceX FC unveils its first Team Crest, which honors the first Rocket Landing in the history of the space exploration.
The team roster grows as more SpaceX co-workers join and the team is renamed SpaceX FC. Following the landing of Falcon 9’s first stage in late 2015, the team releases its first official team crest, paying tribute to SpaceX’s autonomous landing drone ships.
Crest Starman by artist Geff Gouveia
2014 - Our first team is established under SpaceX-Men.
Camilo Tobacia joins SpaceX and recruits his coworkers to form “SpaceX-Men”, the first space soccer team to compete in the South Bay League.