Members of the team are Nicco Bartone (Bath), Alex Bryant (Topsham), Riley Gilson (Topsham), Connor Girouard (Bowdoin), Will Kavanaugh (Topsham), Hayden Libby (Topsham), Caleb Manuel (Topsham), Kody Noyes (Topsham), Sean Roberts (Harpswell), Will San Pedro (Topsham), Connor Smith (Topsham), Max Spelke (Topsham), Marcus Steinman (Topsham), and Aidan Woods (Topsham).
The team is coached by Andrew Pelletier of Topsham, along with assistant coach Tom Gilson of Topsham and team manager Amy Spelke of Topsham.
The team had a league record of 6-0 going into the playoffs. After winning the Central District Championship over Yarmouth 2-1 in overtime, Merrymeeting went on to beat previously unbeaten Bangor 2-1 in overtime to reach the championship game.
The U12 squad also won its division in the Falmouth Fall Classic Tournament in October with a record of 4-0-1, bringing its overall record this year to 16-0-1.
The Merrymeeting Soccer Club is made up of boys and girls from the School Administration 75 school district, which includes Topsham, Harpswell, Bowdoin and Bowdoinham, as well as neighboring towns that don’t have a Soccer Maine-affiliated travel team.
This is Pelletier’s first season coaching the Merrymeeting team after leading the Poland High School girls soccer team to the Western Maine Class B semifinals.
He was a standout soccer player at Mt. Ararat High School and Thomas College before coming back to Topsham to coach. He was a member of the Merrymeeting U12 club that won a state championship, the only other time Merrymeeting has won the state title.
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