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Salpointe names Kelly Pierce new soccer coach

Kelly Pierce (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson.com)

Salpointe won the 4A girl’s state soccer championship last year under the leadership of Becky Freeman (59-10-3). Freeman resigned from her position last month to spend more time with her young family and the program turned to former Lancer standout Kelly Pierce.

Pierce was part of Salpointe’s back-to-back state championships as a defender in 1998 and 1999 and she went on to play for Pima and the Sonoran Thunder of the Women’s Premier Soccer League (WPSL) before starting a family of her own….

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