Headlines: Hearts of Pine Looks to Add Women's Team

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The Portland Hearts of Pine are engaged in early stage discussions about adding a women’s soccer team, something the franchise’s founder has long stated as a goal. "We have belief and interest in the women’s game and would want to be there to support it and we think it would be successful here," said Gabe Hoffman-Johnson, the Hearts of Pine founder and chief community officer. The first-year men’s team is a professional club in USL League One. The women’s team is targeted to be in the pre-professional USL W League, with 2027 the earliest it would likely see the field.