National Drone Soccer Leagues Launch

U.S. Drone Soccer Leagues Launch today with a kickstarted campaign to fund aviation education in Colorado, New York, and Ohio.

U.S. Drone Soccer may be one of the coolest sports in the world – and gives kids ages 12 and up their first experience in aviation, creating a pathway for aerospace careers.
With classroom lessons and after school drone soccer leagues for grades 6-12, drone soccer is the recognized as an international sport by the World Air Sports Federation (FAI).  Drone Soccer will be demonstrated at the World Games held in Birmingham, Alabama in July of 2022.

The game of Drone Soccer is played with flying quadcopters in protective exoskeletons designed for collisions. Five-player teams fly inside a netted arena where they ram and block the opposing team to prevent them from scoring. Students who compete during the academic year must first learn to build, program, and repair their drones as a…