Kelly Pierce passed away on the night of August 1. No services have been mentioned yet.
I met Kelly Pierce sometime in the summer of 2013. I knew she had won two state championships playing soccer for Salpointe before playing for Pima and then the Sonoran Thunder of the WPSL. She stepped away from the game to raise her children but she kept in shape by playing indoor soccer.
At 32, Kelly was the best player on what was the inaugural Tucson Soccer Academy FC WPSL team in 2013. A few of the younger players, just beginning adulthood with all the physical abilities that go with that, were overtly jealous of Kelly. Had Kelly played now, she would have went to a Division I program for sure…