Rocket City United

Rocket City United

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Full name	Rocket City United
Founded	2007
Ground	John Hunt Soccer Stadium Huntsville, Alabama
Ground Capacity	7,000
Home colours Away colours

Rocket City United (RCU) was an American soccer team based in Huntsville, Alabama, United States. Founded in 2007, the team formerly played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Division. Rocket City United announced it would go on hiatus and not field a team for the 2015 NPSL season. The franchise was subsequently replaced by other clubs and later folded. A youth academy program that was connected to Rocket City United still continues under the same name.

The team played its home games at John Hunt Soccer Stadium in Huntsville, Alabama. Home games were also played at Madison City Schools Stadium in Madison, Alabama from 2010-12. The team's colors were red, black, and white.

Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Regular Season	Playoffs	Open Cup
2008	4	NPSL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not enter
2009	4	NPSL	1st, Southeast	National Semi Finals	Did not qualify
2010	4	NPSL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2011	4	NPSL	6th, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2012	4	NPSL	3rd, South-Southeast-West	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2013	4	NPSL	3rd, Southeast	Did not qualify	Did not qualify

Honors

• NPSL Southeast Division Champions 2009

Head coaches

• Greg Petersen (2008–2009)
• Desmond Armstrong (2010)
• Gerry Cleary (2011–2014)
• Jacob Letsholo (2014)

Stadia

• John Hunt Soccer Stadium; Huntsville, Alabama (2008–09, 2013–14)
• Jack Allen Soccer Complex; Decatur, Alabama (2 games) (2008)
• Madison City Schools Stadium; Madison, Alabama (2010–12)

External links

• Official website