Santa Clarita Blue Heat

Santa Clarita Blue Fire is an American women's soccer team, founded in 2008. The club was known as the Ventura County Fusion for its first two years of existence.

Santa Clarita Blue Heat
Full nameSanta Clarita Blue Heat Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blue Fire
Founded2008
StadiumThe Master's College
Santa Clarita, California
Capacity1,000
Owner/Carlos Marroquin
Head CoachGuilherme Mitrovitch
LeagueUnited Women's Soccer
20171st Western Division
Playoff: Championship Final

The team plays its home games at Canyon High School. During the Fusion days, they played at Bulldog Stadium on the grounds of Buena High School in the city of Ventura, California.

The team had been a sis organization of the men's Ventura County Fusion team, which plays in the Premier Development League.

The Blue Fire was a member of the United Soccer Leagues USL W-League, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. In 2016 the team joined the United Women's Soccer (UWS). The Blue Heat won the first UWS championship by defeating New Jersey Copa FC 2-1 in Santa Clarita on July 30, 2016.[1][2]

Players
As of July 3, 2017[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 GK Lauren Brzykcy
2 FW Ashley Sanchez
3 MF Chloe Castaneda
4 DF Lauren Sesselmann
5 Template:Country data Penelope Hocking
6 Template:Country data Jessica Haidet
7 FW Evdokia Popadinova
9 Template:Country data Hayley Gonzales
12 MF Nancy Avesyan
13 Viviana Villacorta
14 Template:Country data Zoe Hasenauer
16 Template:Country data DF Tara McKeown
17 Template:Country data Alea Hyatt
18 Template:Country data Victoria Buda
No. Position Player
20 FW Julia Hernandez
21 Template:Country data Alexa Orrante
22 Template:Country data Hailey Phipps
23 Template:Country data Alyssa Thompson
26 Template:Country data Angeles Escobar
27 Template:Country data Taylor Moorehead
28 Template:Country data Julia Amador Mejias
30 Template:Country data Brooke Littman
31 Template:Country data Cynthia Sanchez
55 Template:Country data Kaiya McCullough
Template:Country data Sophia Cortes
Template:Country data Jacqueline Villanueva
FW Fabiola Villalobos

Notable former players

Year-by-year
Year Division League Reg. Season Playoffs
2008 2 USL W-League 7th, Western Did not qualify
2009 2 USL W-League 6th, Western Did not qualify
2010 2 USL W-League 5th, Western Did not qualify
2011 2 USL W-League 1st, Western Conference Final
2012 2 USL W-League 5th, Western Did not qualify
2013 2 USL W-League 6th, Western Did not qualify
2014 2 USL W-League 6th, Western Did not qualify
2015 2 USL W-League 4th, Western Did not qualify
2016 2 UWS 1st, Western Champions
2017 2 UWS 1st, Western Championship Final
2018 2 UWS 3rd, Western Did not qualify

References
  1. "Santa Clarita 2, New Jersey 1 (2 OT)". United Women's Soccer (UWS). July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
  2. "Santa Clarita Blue Heat win national championship". Mason Nesbitt. Santa Clarita Valley Signal. July 30, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
  3. "Roster". Santa Clarita Blue Heat. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
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