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Kate Mullin Carreiro was a hero for the Marshfield High School girls soccer team.
Now Kate needs a hero of her own.
Ten years ago, while Kate was playing goalie in a soccer match, she felt something was wrong. After a series of tests, Kate got bad news: She had polycystic kidney disease, a genetic disorder that can ultimately cause kidney failure. After living with the disease, it has finally reached the point where Kate urgently needs a new kidney.
On Sunday, July 28, Hot Shots Soccer hopes to help find that hero with a kidney for Kate.
Hot Shots is partnering with the MHS Varsity Girls Soccer Team, the Stonehill College Soccer Team, and the Boys & Girls Club to run the Super Soccer Clinic for Girls.
The clinic is open to girls on the South Shore in grades K-7, costs just $25, and is being run in two two-hour sessions (11AM-1PM and 1PM-3PM) at the Boys and Girls Club in Marshfield. Girls can register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/girls-super-soccer-clinic-tickets-65058471640.
In addition to raising money and awareness, the clinic will have experts and computers on hand to help potential donors register online so they can be checked for suitability.
The clinic will feature stations staffed by highly qualified college and high school coaches and players. Each station will be designed to target and develop a specific soccer skill. Participants are encouraged to wear cleats and shin pads, and bring their own ball if they can (not required).
Each two-hour session will begin with one hour of girls rotating the stations followed by an hour of small-sided games with the coaches continuing to provide guidance from the sidelines.
The clinic will feature top-notch coaches including:
- Stonehill College Women’s Soccer Team Head Coac and former Stonehill College and Marshfield High School goalkeeper Alex (Eckhardt) Wilson
- Marshfield High School Varsity Girl’s Soccer Team Head Coach Dom Centorino
- Hot Shots Soccer Coach and former Curry College and Marshfield High School goalkeeper Nicole Hayward
- Members of the Stonehill College Women’s Varsity Soccer Team
- Members of the Marshfield High School Varsity Girl’s Soccer Team
Kate and her daughter, Bridget
Proceeds will go to Kate and her fight against Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Kate, now 36, went on to get married, have a daughter, move to West Bridgewater and work at an organic food company. But the disease never went away, as she knew it wouldn’t. Her condition steadily worsened to the point where this spring she had to be placed on the transplant list for a new kidney from a live donor.
The odds are daunting. Every 14 minutes someone is added to the kidney transplant list. Every day, 13 people die while waiting for a life-saving transplant.
That’s why Kate needs thta hero.
“We want to get the word out about Kate and see if we can’t beat the odds that day while also celebrating the sport Kate loves so much,” said Nicole Hayward, another former MHS goalie and Hot Shots VP.
If anyone is thinking about donating a kidney, they can see if they may be a possible donor by filling out a questionnaire on Mass General Hospital’s website, mghlivingdonors.org.