Brewer senior Gavin Carr and Hermon junior Sydney Gallop are among four players from around the state to earn Maine’s highest interscholastic soccer honor — All-America.
Carr and Gallop are joined by Maggie Cochran of Cape Elizabeth and Gus Ford of Falmouth to represent the state on the United Soccer Coaches All-America team.
The selections were announced during the Maine Soccer Coaches Association virtual postseason banquet.
Carr scored 14 goals this fall for Brewer, which finished its abbreviated season with a 7-2-1 record. The striker capped off his career with the game-winning goal during a 1-0 victory over rival Bangor, which was undefeated at the time of their Nov. 2 match.
Carr, whose junior season was shortened by a collarbone injury, completed his high school career with 46 goals.
Gallop totaled 18 goals and 11 assists while leading Hermon to an undefeated season. She has propelled the Hawks to a 27-1 record and a regional championship during the last two seasons, the lone defeat coming to Cochran and Cape Elizabeth in the 2019 Class B state final.
Gallop will enter her senior season for Hermon with 78 career goals.
Carr and Gallop also were named to the All-Region 1 (New England) team. Other girls to achieve that status were Cochran, Gabrielle Martin of Fort Kent, Paige St. Pierre of Waterville, Carly Warn of Winslow, Hailey Koons of Bonny Eagle of Standish and Izzy Dyer of Falmouth.
Joining Carr and Ford on the boys All-Region 1 team were Ethan Holdsworth of Caribou, Ivan Domingues of Lewiston, Rion DosSantos of Falmouth and Joey Ansel-Mullen of Portland’s Waynflete School.
Statewide schoolgirl players of the year by class were Koons (Class A), Cochran (Class B), Martin and Lakyn Hink of Sacopee Valley of South Hiram (Class C) and Hannah Hubbard of Waterville’s Temple Academy (Class D).
For the boys, players of the year by class were Ford (Class A), Holdsworth (Class B), Liam Farrell of Orono (Class C) and Kobe Gilbert of Piscataquis Community High School in Guilford (Class D).
M.J. Ball of Hermon was named Region 1 girls soccer coach of the year in the large-school division as well as Northern Maine girls soccer coach of the year.
Brandon Salway of Waynflete was recognized as the Region 1 private school boys soccer coach of the year as well as Southern Maine boys soccer coach of the year.
Also nominated for Region 1 girls soccer coach of the year honors were Doug Cyr of Fort Kent in the small-school division and Craig Roberts of Cheverus of Portland in the private-school ranks. Other boys soccer coaches nominated were David Halligan of Falmouth in the large-school division and Steve LaPierre of Van Buren for the small schools.
Maine Soccer Coaches Association
All-Americans
Girls: Maggie Cochran (Cape Elizabeth), Sydney Gallop (Hermon); boys: Gavin Carr (Brewer), Gus Ford (Falmouth)
All-Region 1
Girls: Paige St. Pierre (Waterville), Hailey Koons (Bonny Eagle), Sydney Gallop (Hermon), Gabrielle Martin (Fort Kent), Maggie Cochran (Cape Elizabeth), Carly Warn (Winslow), Izzy Dyer (Falmouth)
Boys: Ivan Domingues (Lewiston), Ethan Holdsworth (Caribou), Gavin Carr (Brewer), Rion DosSantos (Falmouth), Joey Ansel-Mullen (Waynflete), Gus Ford (Falmouth)
Players of the Year
Girls — Class A: Hailey Koons (Bonny Eagle), Class B: Maggie Cochran (Cape Elizabeth), Class C: Gabrielle Martin (Fort Kent), Lakyn Hink (Sacopee Valley), Class D: Hannah Hubbard (Temple Acad.)
Boys — Class A: Gus Ford (Falmouth), Class B: Ethan Holdsworth (Caribou), Class C: Liam Farrell (Orono), Class D: Kobe Gilbert (Piscataquis)
United Soccer Coaches
Region 1 Coaches of the Year
Girls: MJ Ball (Hermon); boys: Brandon Salway (Waynflete)
Maine Soccer Coaches
Coaches of the Year
Girls: Southern Maine: Graham Forsyth (Cape Elizabeth), Northern Maine: MJ Ball (Hermon); boys: Southern Maine: Brandon Salway (Waynflete); Northern Maine: Ben Poland (Brewer)
USC Region 1 Coach nominees
Girls — large schools: MJ Ball (Hermon); small schools: Doug Cyr (Fort Kent); private schools: Craig Roberts (Cheverus)
Boys — large schools: David Halligan (Falmouth); small schools: Steve LaPierre (Van Buren); private schools: Brandon Salway (Waynflete)
