Santa Clarita Blue Heat is an American women's

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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

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on the grounds of Buena High School in the city of

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. The team had been a sis organization of the men's

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team, which plays in the

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. The Blue Heat was a member of the

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, the second tier of women's soccer in the United States and Canada. In 2016 the team joined the

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(UWS). The Blue Heat won the first UWS championship by defeating

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2-1 in Santa Clarita on July 30, 2016.

Players

Notable former players

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

Year-by-year

References

External links

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Santa Clarita Blue Heat on United Women's Soccer
{{Greater Los Angeles Area Sports Soccer clubs in Greater Los Angeles Women's soccer clubs in the United States USL W-League (1995–2015) teams Santa Clarita, California 2008 establishments in California United Women's Soccer teams Association football clubs established in 2008