And maybe they, too, had the goods to be a professional soccer player ... claimed he was the first person to buy official Hearts of Pine merchandise when it went on sale at a fan fest reveal.

Long before there was a club called Hearts of Pine, even before Hoffman ... his intentions of bringing pro soccer to Portland, he was in another Portland coffee shop. He and USL League One ...

Tuesday's soccer game will be the third at Lewiston High for Maine's newest professional sports team.

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- There's a program aimed at helping soccer fans score tickets to the Portland Hearts of Pine games.