Frustrating. Exasperating. Maybe even a bit annoying.

For the second consecutive home game in front of its legion of boisterous fans at Fitzpatrick Stadium, the Portland Hearts of Pine took a less-than-satisfying result despite generating significant edges in shots and chances.

Sunday it was a steamy 1-1 draw with USL League One foe South Georgia Tormenta FC, when Maine’s professional men’s soccer team was unable to hold onto a first-half lead and could not convert a flurry of tries into the game-winner despite playing with a man advantage for the final 25-plus minutes because of a South Georgia red card.

On Wednesday, Portland lost to AV Alta FC, 2-0, when it had a 14-8 shot advantage over the league’s No. 2 team.

“It’s frustrating because we wanted six points and we’re coming out with one,” said captain Mikey Lopez. “I don’t think we deserved one. I think we played enough for most of the games to get points and it’s just these moments that happen and we concede (a goal) and we’re losing points.”

Portland (2-3-7) stayed two points ahead of South Georgia (3-7-3) and remained 10th in the 14-team standings but did not make up any significant ground on getting into the top eight, which will earn a playoff spot.

Portland went ahead in extra time in the first half on a goal by JayTee Kamara.

But shortly after a series of substitutions, Portland was caught on both flanks when an uncontested cross from the left side reached the head of Niall Reid-Stephen at the right post. Reid-Stephen made an athletic play to get on the ball and direct it back to the middle of the goal area where Jonathan Nyandjo deposited the tying goal in the 64th minute.

Portland generated several chances in the final 15 minutes of regulation and a lengthy 10 minutes of added time. With about five minutes to play, Azaad Liadi was taken down in the penalty box but no penalty shot was awarded. Multiple Liadi headers were either collected by keeper Austin Pack (five saves) or missed the target. Patrick Langlois came close on another chance in added time, Portland’s 13th and final shot compared to eight for Tormenta.

“I think it’s frustrating. I think it’s points dropped on both occasions,” said Hearts coach Bobby Murphy. “I think it’s frustrating but, you know, you have to pick yourself up and move on.”

Sunday’s game was Portland’s third in nine days. On Saturday the Hearts start a three-games-in-eight-days stretch playing at Texoma FC in Sherman, Texas, then hosting Greenville Triumph on Wednesday, before going to Charlotte Independence on Saturday, July 19.

“We knew this week was a big week for us especially playing two home games but it is what it is and we have to regroup after today,” Lopez said, “because next week is going to be another three-game week.”

Portland’s game plan on a hot night (86 degrees at game time) in front of a paid attendance of 5,706 — the club’s fifth straight sellout — was simple but not easy: score some goals and get a win to earn three points.

Portland looked dangerous early and racked up eight corner kick chances in the first half. Masashi Wada just missed getting to an Ollie Wright through pass in the 15th minute. Lopez hit the post on a shot with the keeper out of position in the 40th minute. In between were several instances where Hearts players showed the universal sign of frustration, raising both hands out and up toward a teammate, indicating they disagreed with the teammate’s decision.

Portland broke through first, two minutes into added time in the first half. Kamara ran down a cross by hard-working forward Titus Washington that was deflected past South Georgia keeper Pack. Kamara quickly got his left foot free and drilled a short-side shot that clipped off a Tormenta defender’s shoulder and zipped past Pack.

The second half started slowly. Newly acquired defender Séga Coulibaly, a former starter with the Los Angeles Galaxy, replaced Sean Vinberg to start the half at a center back position. In 17 minutes, Coulibaly went down and stayed down for several minutes after a hard tackle; left the field, returned to the game, showed his ball skills and vision as a distributor, picked up a yellow card, and then went to the turf again with an injury and was replaced by Shandon Wright.

At the same time, Liadi, a former scoring star for South Georgia, came on to replace Kamara.

Less than a minute later, South Georgia got its tying goal, one where Murphy felt his team was out of position.

“We have to cope with things at the back post and we don’t,” Murphy said. “There’s just a fragility about us a little bit and we’ve talked about it before. Some guys just have to toughen up. We moved some people around. Azaad was supposed to go out and communicate it and I’m not sure the message got sent and that’s why there was an imbalance but even then, that’s a ball we have to deal with.”