Beloved Tucson women's soccer coach Kelly Pierce dies suddenly

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[algore]

Kelly Pierce, a former player and coach for women's soccer team FC Tucson, has died suddenly at the age of 43.

The team made the announcement on Saturday. According to Tucson.Com, she died on Friday at the age of 43 from sudden cardiac arrest.

'Kelly was a talented and charismatic leader both as a player and a coach,' Tuscon founder Jon Pearlman said in a statement.

'She was committed to elevating not just women’s soccer but all women’s sports as a champion for gender equality. Most importantly, Kelly was a devoted mother and fierce advocate for not just her children or young female soccer players, but all children.'

Arizona-based Pierce, who was coaching at Salpointe Catholic High School, leaves behind three sons and a partner, Joey. She won six state championships in eight years at Salpointe and also played for the team in her youth.

'It is with heavy hearts that the Salpointe community shares the news of varsity women’s soccer Coach Kelly Pierce’s passing,' the school said

The current Tucson women's head coach Caylee Carter said Pierce was 'a role model who paved the way for female equality in the community.'

Carter added: 'I am heartbroken by her sudden passing. She leaves behind more than a legacy but a community of players, coaches, friends and family who will miss her deeply

[kvanbrunt2]

and Joey Buttafuoco, lol...to name a few.>>> And then there is Joey Heatherton.

[srmanuel]

I had my open-heart surgery in 2024, back in 2020 and 2021 when Covid was at its peak and the vaccine push was in overdrive, I had no idea of my heart condition, I must have trusted my gut feeling not to take the vaccine, now 5 years later I’m grateful to have listened to my gut.

[Colt1851Navy]

The Plot Shot again? Rest in peace.

[Tom Tetroxide]

You could take Neil Young’s, “Needle and the Damage Done,” and put it in different light in regards to the bioweapon injection.

[SaveFerris]

I don’t know that one

[hecticskeptic]

And they didn’t insist you had the shot before going to the hospital?

[srmanuel]

The shot never came up in any Doctor visits I had before the surgery which were numerous and was never mentioned in the hospital.

[38special]

Same here, pure blood, I had heart bypass surgery in 2023. The jab would’ve probably done me in not knowing my condition at the time. I knew personally at least three that died suddenly during the jab hysteria.

[srmanuel]

I take it you are a member of the Zipper Club with the scar on your chest ??

[Tom Tetroxide]

It was very popular back in the day.

The lyrics aren’t perfect, but close enough. I consider the ‘junkies’ mentioned as being those people who can’t get enough COVID vax boosters.

Neil Young - Needle And The Damage Done [Unplugged]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd3oqvnDKQk

Lyrics:

“Needle And The Damage Done”

I caught you knocking
At my cellar door
I love you, baby
Can I have some more?
Ooh, ooh, the damage done

I hit the city and
I lost my band
I watched the needle
Take another man
Gone, gone, the damage done

I sing the song
Because I love the man
I know that some
Of you don’t understand
Milk-blood
To keep from running out

I’ve seen the needle
And the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s
Like a setting sun

[GingisK]

Dying suddenly is always so much better than a long painful death.

[38special]

Yes I am. My sister had it a few months later after getting her heart examined. Must be something genetic going on. I lost a younger brother before COVID to heart attack and stroke.

[srmanuel]

I was told my Bicuspid Aortic Valve was inherited from one of my parents and that I should tell my siblings and for them to get checked, my brother who already has Afib made an appointment with his cardiologist immediately and fortunately he’s not affected.

I have a cousin that was just diagnosed with a heart murmur, she just turned 60 years old, I would not be surprised to see her getting heart surgery in the next couple of years.

[bray]

At least he got his booster in time.

[bray]

Woman’s soccer coach probably got his 10th booster last month.

[Ditto]

I've never known a "Joe" or a "Joseph" who continued going by the nickname of "Joey" after, say, the age of eight.

Joey Bishop… the last of the Rat Pack

[Bigg Red]

partner?

Not a husband?

[VTenigma]

Never heard of Joey Heatherton I guess. May want to google that one.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

"Kelly was a devoted mother and fierce advocate for not just her children or young female soccer players, but all children."

Sad that a hetero woman dies so young.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Joey Bishop would like to have a talk with you.

And Frank "Pal Joey" Sinatra wants a chat too.