Portland Press Herald staff writer Steve Craig will sit down with Hearts of Pine founder Gabe Hoffman-Johnson for a live conversation at USM’s Hannaford Hall on Tuesday, February 24th at 7 p.m.

ABOUT GABE

Gabe Hoffman-Johnson is the Founder of the Hearts of Pine, Portland’s first professional soccer team. A longtime Mainer and former collegiate and professional soccer player, Gabe is passionate about using soccer as a tool for community building and social impact. Under his leadership, the Hearts of Pine launched its inaugural season in 2025, selling out all 18 home matches and competing in the USL League One playoffs.

ABOUT STEVE

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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