Space Coast United SPACE COAST UNITED IN VIERA, FLORIDA IS NESTLED AWAY FROM THE MAJOR CITIES of Florida. You would be excused for missing their 16 awards from the Florida Youth Soccer Association in the last 3 years, girls and boys teams regularly competing deep into the State Cup Tournaments, a 20% increase in competitive soccer players, a 5% increase in recreation players and an award winning program for soccer players with special needs. When you combine a highly educated coaching staff, a player first philosophy and a director of coaching who talks as much like an architect as a coach these are the results you should expect. Director of Coaching The club is looking to the future with a Scott Armstrong outlined a successful program based on the strengths of a building a soccer focus on facilities and fields that are playable community inside a suburban area, data collected during his UEFA ‘A’ License course to create year round. Florida rains and a high water a club wide curriculum, and a vision for the future of soccer in Brevard County. table have been challenging but with the Four years ago when Armstrong was hired as Director of Coaching, it was clear that recent acquisitions of fields in neighboring Space Coast was ready to grow with a kids first philosophy. He worked to create transparent communities, along with hopes for a state of policies, encouraged all coaches to pursue quality coaching education, and tasked his directors the art facility soon, everyone is excited for Dean Flexton and Rob Dinnie to learn every player’s name. The Board of Directors joined the club’s future. with him and the club regularly hosts soccer and community events. Space Coast players are Space Coast United is a club that is proud easily recognized in their white and red striped uniforms all over Florida. Their unique look of its accomplishments but always looking represents the community that Space Coast offers all players from 3 to 19. forward. Each member of the club, from the The success of the boys and girls program is rooted in a soccer curriculum developed mini-kickers to the college bound players, has during Coach Armstrong’s UEFA ‘A’ course. The ultimate goal is for players to have fun the opportunity to be highly trained. They while learning to play a technical system that should make them interchangeable among age are able to fall in love with soccer and be a groups and teams as they enter their high school years. Multiple State Cup championships part of a vibrant recreational or competitive on the boys side and the distinction of creating the most professional women’s soccer players community-based club right in their in Florida are just two pieces of the evidence that the system is successful for both teams backyard. Scott Armstrong, his directors, and individual players. Boasting around 400 boys in the competitive program, the club is and the executive board are committed to the confident in its academy system matching players who want to play at the highest level in constant analysis and improvement of this Florida. As part of their growth mindset, the club currently has a committee to review, plan, accessible and successful soccer community and create new opportunities for the girls teams and to grow the sport of soccer for girls and in Viera and as part of growing the sport of