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

Notable former players
  • Edite Fernandez - 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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