Santa Clarita Blue Heat

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Santa Clarita Blue Heat
Santa Clarita Blue Heat logo.png
Full nameSanta Clarita Blue Heat Football Club
Nickname(s)The Blue Heat
Founded2008
StadiumThe Master's College
Santa Clarita, California
Capacity1,000
Owner/
Head Coach
LeagueUnited Women's Soccer
20211st West Conference
Playoff: Champions
Away colors

Santa Clarita Blue Heat 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.

The team plays its home games at Canyon High School. During the Fusion days, they played at 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 Heat 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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA
2 FW United States USA Ashley Sanchez
3 MF United States USA
4 DF Canada CAN Lauren Sesselmann
5  
6  
7 FW Bulgaria BUL Evdokia Popadinova
9  
12 MF Armenia ARM Nancy Avesyan
13 United States USA
14  
16 DF   Tara McKeown
17  
18  
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW United States USA
21  
22  
23  
26  
27  
28  
30  
31  
55   Kaiya McCullough
—  
—  
— FW Costa Rica CRC Fabiola Villalobos

Notable former players[]

  • Edite Fernandes - Portugal
  • Deyna Castellanos - Venezuela
  • Ana Boeges - Portugal
  • Carolina Venegas - Costa Rica
  • Julia Hernandez - Spain
  • Ashley Sanchez - USA
  • Laueren Sesselmann - USA/Canada
  • Natalia Kuikka - Findland
  • Evi Popadinova - Bulgaria

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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