The real test begins Saturday in a USL League One opener at Naples FC, but the preseason and a 4-0 Open Cup win are promising.
Steve Craig
Staff Writer
Steve Craig reports primarily about Maine’s active high school sports scene and, more recently, the Portland Hearts of Pine men's professional soccer team. His first newspaper job was covering Maine high school sports in 1986 working out of a tiny office in Skowhegan at the front of a hand-sewn shoe shop. After 12 years as a sportswriter in Dover, New Hampshire, he had a multi-year stint as the Portland Press Herald's freelance motorsports writer. In 2012 he was happy to make a working return to Maine as a staff writer for the Press Herald. Steve was named the National Sports Media Association's 2022 Maine Sportswriter of the Year, 27 years after winning the award for New Hampshire.
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It took 6 years to get from dream to reality. Now the Hearts are ready to kick off.
A longtime passion project to create Portland’s first men’s pro soccer team comes to fruition Saturday at the Hearts of Pine’s opening USL League One match in Florida.
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Hearts of Pine to play another Open Cup game in Lewiston
The Portland men’s pro soccer team, coming off a strong victory in the first round, will host USL Championship foe Hartford Athletic.
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Hearts of Pine win historic first game
Maine’s pro men’s soccer team dominates in its U.S. Open Cup victory at Lewiston High in front of estimated crowd of 3,200.
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Anticipation high for Hearts of Pine opener
Lewiston High was site for Thursday’s historic first official game for Maine’s men’s pro soccer team.
Posted inFootball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Hazing allegations shuttered Lisbon football. The school says it’s ready to play again.
Varsity teams that don’t complete a season face a 2-year ban from competition under MPA rules, but Lisbon hopes to win its appeal Thursday.
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Hearts of Pine ready, excited to make their Maine debut
Portland’s men’s professional soccer team will play its first countable game Thursday in Lewiston in a first-round U.S. Open Cup match.
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From the Congo to the NFL? Portland grad chasing the dream
A native of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nathan Kapongo’s first exposure to football was as a Portland High sophomore.
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Four Maine girls win wrestling titles at New Englands
Hannah Perro and Delaney Frost from Noble and sisters Nevaeh and Sophie Grunhuvd of Massabesic take home hardware.
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Hearts of Pine close to selling out of tickets for inaugural season
Portland’s professional men’s soccer expansion team is a hot ticket; meanwhile, the club is faring well in preseason tests.