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College soccer in Maine

23 college soccer programs play in Maine: 12 women’s and 11 men’s — 1 in D1 and 22 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
23
Median roster
26
Players listed
491

Rosters: the 17 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site on Sep 10, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

1 program · 1 women’s

Players: the 2026-27 roster as the school publishes it, where we could confirm it is this season’s. → a Startline page with the class-year breakdown · ↗ the school’s own site: its roster page, or its team or athletics page where the roster link did not check out.

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NCAA Division III

22 programs · 11 women’s · 11 men’s

D3 women's soccer in Maine →D3 men's soccer in Maine →Every D3 program in the country →

Players from Maine

Where Maine players go

340 players from Maine are on a published college soccer roster, and 68% of them play for a school inside Maine.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York.

For scale: 7,324 students played high-school soccer in Maine in 2024-25.

Counted off the hometowns listed on college rosters (read Sep 11, 2026; the 2026-27 squad for most programs, last season’s where a school had not posted a new one). A headcount of who is playing, not a rate — no one publishes how many of a state’s high-school players go on. High-school figure: NFHS participation survey, 2024-25. NFHS survey (PDF).

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How many college soccer programs are in Maine?

23 programs — 12 women’s and 11 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 1 in D1 and 22 in D3.

Do soccer players from Maine stay in state for college?

68% of the 340 players from Maine on a published college roster play for a school inside Maine; the most common destinations outside it are Massachusetts, New Hampshire and New York. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Maine?

The median is 26 players, across the 17 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is University of Maine at Presque Isle’s, at 20; the largest is Thomas ME’s, at 37. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

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A list of the programs in Maine is the same for every family. Which of them fit your player — level, position, grad year and grades — and which have room at your position is what the free list scores.

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