Midcoast United’s soccer teams continued to impress on May 19 at home and away. In their first three weeks of play, Midcoast teams were undefeated.

At Clifford Park, Midcoast United U12 fans were treated to their first nail-biter of the season, when Midcoast dueled a scrappy Central Maine United team to a 2-2 tie.

In the first half, Midcoast missed an opportunity to score on a penalty kick that hit the post. Midcoast’s offense maintained good control of the field, while excellent defense led by Ella Spear, Ethan Carmolli, Ben Jacobs and goalkeeper Tim Chappelle kept the Central Maine team at bay.

The last seven minutes of the half were all Midcoast with a nice goal shot by newcomer Steve Reny that was stopped by the keeper, followed at the 26th minute by a beautiful goal by Ella Spear off a corner kick from Simon Spear to put the score at 1-0.

Midcoast kept the pressure on and the shots coming. Aidan Manahan successfully negotiated a free-for-all in front of the Central Maine net by adroitly knocking the ball in to put Midcoast ahead 2-0 at the half.

Steve Reny took over Midcoast goalkeeping duties for the second half. Central Maine scored their first goal on a breakaway early in the half but failed at a second breakaway attempt against Reny.

With the score 2-1, Central Maine kept up the offensive pressure and finally managed to tie up the match 2-2 in the final minutes of the game. Both teams fought hard to the finish, but neither side could come up with a good shot. The match ended in a 3-3 draw.

The Midcoast’s U10 team picked up their third win of the season at home against Augusta’s Dirigo Soccer Club, 4-1. Their record for the season is 3-0-0.

At Freeport, the Midcoast U9 team battled a solid Freeport team in a game that ended in a 2-2 tie.

Midcoast’s Jack Duncan was first to score about halfway through the first half. Midcoast goalkeeper Aidan Foley made incredible saves during the remainder of the half, repelling Freeport’s shots.

Seconds into the second half, Freeport was able to put the ball into the back of the net, tying the score 1-1. Freeport scored again to go up 2-1 and maintained the advantage for most of the second half.

With minutes to go in the game, Duncan scored on an assist by Maddox Tilas to tie the game, 2-2. This brings the Midcoast United U9 team to a 2-0-2 record on the season. U9 plays again on Sunday, June 2 at Yarmouth.