Santa Clarita Blue Heat
Santa Clarita Blue Heat
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| Full name |
Santa Clarita Blue Heat Soccer Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
The Blue Heat |
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| Founded |
2008 |
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Stadium
capacity |
7,500 |
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| Chairman |
Carlos Marroquin |
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| Manager |
Carlos Marroquin |
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| League |
United Women's Soccer |
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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 is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada. The team plays in the Western Conference against the Colorado Force, Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, Pali Blues, Seattle Sounders Women, and Victoria Highlanders Women.
The team plays its home games at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California. 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 sister organization of the men's Ventura County Fusion team, which plays in the USL Premier Development League.
Players
Current Roster 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player
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| 1 |
 |
GK |
Cynthia Jacobo
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| 2 |
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DF |
Janeth Arroyo
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| 3 |
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DF |
Tara Corcoran
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| 4 |
|
MF |
Corina Villegas
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| 5 |
|
MF |
Alexa Ngo
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| 7 |
 |
MF |
Stacey Rodwell
|
| 8 |
|
MF |
Kelsey Gudgeon
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| 9 |
 |
MF |
Ana Borges
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| 10 |
 |
FW |
Natalia Gomez Junco
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| 11 |
|
MF |
Samantha Pena
|
| 12 |
|
FW |
Kristina Hulse
|
| 13 |
|
FW |
Connie Caliz
|
| 14 |
 |
FW |
Carla Quijada
|
| 15 |
|
DF |
Katie Russ
|
| 16 |
|
MF |
Yadira Toraya
|
| 18 |
|
DF |
Gabrielle Arnone
|
| 19 |
|
DF |
Diane Hare
|
| 20 |
|
MF |
Elizabeth Franco
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| 21 |
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FW |
Kasandra Massey
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| 23 |
|
MF |
Rhianne Parsons
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| 27 |
 |
DF |
Heather Cooke
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| 29 |
|
MF |
Gabriela Godines
|
| 30 |
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GK |
Amanda Johnson
|
| 31 |
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GK |
Thannia Huerta
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| 32 |
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GK |
Katherine Koury |
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Notable former players
Year-by-year
| Year |
Division |
League |
Reg. Season |
Playoffs |
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| 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 |
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