Two Maine high school girls ask federal officials to intervene over transgender soccer player
Two Maine high school girls ask federal officials to intervene over transgender soccer player
Two high school girls plan to ask federal officials to intervene over a transgender soccer players participation on an opposing team, alleging the states eligibility rules have denied them fair competition and hurt their teams results.
The player scored or assisted on roughly half of South Portland High Schools goals this season, according to a draft complaint prepared by Alliance Defending Freedom, provided to OutKick. A scoring chart supplied for the planned complaint credits the athlete with 15 goals and 10 assists.
ADF plans to submit the complaint Monday, Nov. 2, to the U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights on behalf of Reagan Wilson, a junior at Fryeburg Academy, and Morgan Clark, a junior and varsity soccer captain at Windham High School. The draft has not yet been filed.
"Despite all their hard work and discipline, Reagan and Morgan may be denied the thrill of victory because Maine lets males with inherent biological advantages compete on girls teams," the draft states.
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"Reagan and Morgan urge OCR to step in, stop this violation of federal law, and protect the right of women and girls to compete on a level playing field."
The complaint would target the Maine Department of Education, Maine Principals Association, South Portland School Department and Windham Raymond School District. It asks federal officials to investigate and require changes to eligibility policies, along with remedies for alleged past violations.
The allegations center on a freshman who identifies as female and joined South Portlands girls varsity team this fall.
The supplied chart credits the athlete with three goals in South Portlands 7-0 season-opening victory over Portland, both goals in a 2-0 win over Gorham and two goals and two assists in a 9-0 victory over Biddeford.
It also lists three assists in a 6-1 win over Noble and a goal in a 4-1 victory over Falmouth.
The chart includes results through South Portlands Oct. 27 playoff victory and lists an Oct. 30 matchup against Scarborough as upcoming. The source who supplied the document said it would be updated before Mondays filing if the athlete scores additional playoff goals.
South Portlands improvement has also drawn attention in local sports coverage. The Portland Press Herald reported that the team finished 2025 with a 3-9-2 record and reached 11-2-2 after winning its first regional quarterfinal in program history Oct. 27.
Wilsons team lost to South Portland in an Aug. 29 match, according to the draft. Clarks Windham team played South Portland to a 1-1 tie Oct. 1, a result the complaint alleges lowered Windhams ranking.
Both girls intend to play varsity soccer next year and expect to face the athlete again, their attorneys say.
Wilsons experience extends beyond soccer. The draft says she previously competed against a transgender runner who won the 2024 Western Maine Conference cross-country championship. It also alleges her indoor track teams standing suffered when a transgender athlete won the girls pole vault at the 2025 state championships.
The attorneys describe those earlier competitions as evidence that Maine officials knew about the effects of their policies, although those events are not themselves the subject of this complaint.
At the center of the legal challenge is the Maine Principals Associations gender identity participation policy.
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