As the only Adidas Premier Club in Maine and one of only a handful in New England, Blackbear United proudly wears Adidas. Blackbear United players and families receive discounts on adidas products, receive a $50 gift card each year from Adidas to purchase footwear, and receive member discounts in Club Partner Program with our official supplier - WEGOTSOCCER.com.

Blackbear United offers discounts to local schools, programs and clubs through our Affiliation Program. Programs receive discounts through our club buying power including promotional product to use any way they want.

Blackbear United recognizes that player, uniform and tournament fees can be expensive and that some families may need financial assistance. We offer a scholarship program and countless fundraisers to help make playing with Blackbear United more affordable.

Maine Tide Kicks Off Season Saturday, May 17th at 4:00pm - All Blackbear United players and families are encouraged to attend the first ever Maine Tide soccer game on Saturday afternoon at Husson College. Tickets are $5 and available at the game. Wear your Blackbear gear and lets show our support. Tony DiCicco, former US National team coach will bring his SoccerPlus CT side to face the Tide on Saturday. Blackbear United has a few connections to the players on both the Sting and Tide -

Needham Tournament Schedules posted under game schedules. Just click on team to view tournament schedules, get field directions etc.

Two Teams Advance To State Cup Playoffs - Congratulations to the U12 Girls and U16 Boys who advance to the playoff round of the State Cup with wins this past weekend. The U12 Girls coached by Jay Pyne and Laura Harper went undefeated in the preliminary round and advance to the State Cup Final. The U16 Boys coached by Chuck Morris needed a win this past Sunday and defeated the Terriers 2-0 to advance to the semi-final round on Saturday. Congratulations to both teams on a job well done.

The U12 Boys, U13 Boys, U13 Girls, U14 Girls and U18 Girls are still in the hunt for the playoffs - so good luck to all teams.

Spring Bash Recap - Thank you to all the families, friends and players who attended the 3rd Annual Spring Bash from 5-8pm at the Sports Arena in Hermon.

A special thank you to the Sports Arena for hosting the event, to Patsy Oversmith for creating the fundraiser and for organizing the team baskets, to Hal Meyers for being the emcee and keeping the energy alive throughout the auction and raffle, to the sponsors who donated items for our raffle and silent auction (see list below), to the families who donated items for their team baskets and put them together, and to the players and parents who sold raffle tickets for this very important fundraiser.

The Silent Auction was a blast!! Wonderful baskets, 14 in total, were displayed along with additional auction items: Adidas cleats, professional soccer Jersey's, and signed UK goalie gloves and UK signed game tickets. All of which I might add were scooped up for surprisingly low bids. Blackbear attire was also displayed and sold.

Mariko Brown, our team photographer displayed some of her beautiful team photos and additional photgraphic goods such as photo magnets, buttons, player cards, etc.

The players and parents who attended had a great time. In addition to the silent auction players and representatives from the newly formed semi-pro Maine Tide and Sting teams were in attendance. They come from all over the USA and abroad. The three Tide and three Sting players introduced themselves and wandered around talking to all the Blackbear kids. They also signed any inaugural Tide and Sting T-shirts the players purchased.

The raffle which preceded the silent auction offered some fantastic items and the Tide and Sting players drew all the winning names. Numerous sponsors offered gift cards ranging from getaway packages to bus trips, to Tide and Sting season passes, Revolution Game Tickets and Dysarts gift certificates, large cash prizes and two Ipods (shuffle and nano), etc. See the raffle winners below with the sponsored item.

Silent Auction Winners -

Raffle Winners

Pictage will require you to 'sign in and create a password' to view the images. See links below for age groups:

Online Viewing:
U10 Boys, U15 Boys, U16 Boys -
U13 Boys, U13 Girls, U14 Girls, U16 Girls -

DO NOT ORDER FROM PICTAGE. To place an order, download the order form and mail with a check to:

Mariko Brown Photography
240 Forest Ave Bangor, ME 04401

Note: The "sportsmate" is an example with an image of the coach and team photo. The player's image will replace the coaches image, and the player's info will be placed to the right of the image.

If you have any questions, please email Mariko at marikobrown@mac.com.

Blackbear United Announces Maine Tide and Sting Affiliation and Fundraiser - The Maine Sting and The Maine Tide are Maine’s new premier soccer teams that will begin play in May of 2008 at the Boucher Soccer Fields at Husson College. We are very excited to affiliate Blackbear United with these teams since they will bring a high level of soccer and entertainment to Eastern Maine and know that it will help inspire our club players to continue their growth in the sport.

As an affiliate Blackbear United (club becomes an affiliate for FREE) will receive:
• Fundraising Opportunity through ticket sales (see below)
• Free website listing as an affiliate
• Free sleeve patches for all club players
• 1 free player appearance
• Free quarterly newsletter
• Ball Kid Opportunities
• Half time Mini Match Opportunities
• Discounts from their sponsors

As an affiliate, Blackbear United also receives a great fundraising opportunity

Needham Tournament Medical Release Forms - All players must turn in a completed medical release form by April 28th to their team admin - to do so visit our forms page, download the form and either turn in to team admin at games this weekend or email a copy to your team admin.

England Tour 2008 - Stay up to date and follow the teams daily activities by visiting the "British Blog" or post an entry or visit our england exchange program page that includes the 2008 England Tour trip itinerary and a recap of our 2007 England Tour

New England Revolution Clinic with Deven Apajee

On Saturday, April 19th, the New England Revolution sent Deven Apajee, the academy director, up for a clinic with our U10- U12 Boys and Girls. Thank you to all the players and parents who attended.

It was a great clinic with lots of fun, skill work combined with Deven's charisma and personality made the clinic one to remember, especially the race with Kyle Rogerson.

or of New England Revolution Clinic with Deven Apagee produced by Hal Meyers

The Revolution will be hosting a summer camp in Waterville June 23-26th - so sign up today

Apajee is the director for the Revolution Academy - to learn more about the academy or Deven

Fundraiser Night at Miguel's in Bangor - Thank you to all the families who attend the Fundraiser Night at Miguel's on Monday, April 28th from 4:00-10:00pm. Over 40 families attended the event with great food and a nice night out with family and friends. A special thank you to Joe Kacer for organizing the event.