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

United Soccer Leagues

The United Soccer Leagues is the organizer of several soccer leagues with teams in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. It includes men's and women's leagues, both professional and amateur. Leagues currently organized are the USL Pro, the USL Premier Development League, the W-League, and...

 W-League

W-League

The USL W-League is a national women's soccer league in the United States on the 2nd level of women's soccer in the United States soccer pyramid, alongside the Women's Premier Soccer League and below Women's Professional Soccer....

, 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

Real Colorado Cougars

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, LA Strikers, Pali Blues

Pali Blues

Pali Blues is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2008. 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...

, Seattle Sounders Women

Seattle Sounders Women

The Seattle Sounders Women is an American women’s soccer team, founded in 2003. The team is a member of the United Soccer Leagues W-League, the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States, and as a club in the Western Division, they play against Colorado Force, Colorado Rush, LA Strikers, ...

, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (women) and Victoria Highlanders Women

Victoria Highlanders Women

Victoria Highlanders Women is a Canadian women's soccer team founded in 2010. The women Highlanders join the USL W-League in 2011 , the second tier of women’s soccer in the United States and Canada...

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The team plays its home games at Valencia High School in Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita, California

Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...

. During the Fusion days, they played at Bulldog Stadium on the grounds of Buena High School

Buena High School (California)

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 in the city of Ventura, California

Ventura, California

Ventura is the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States, incorporated in 1866. The population was 106,433 at the 2010 census, up from 100,916 at the 2000 census. Ventura is accessible via U.S...

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The team had been a sister organization of the men's Ventura County Fusion

Ventura County Fusion

Ventura County Fusion is an American soccer team based in Ventura, California, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in the USL Premier Development League , the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.The team plays its home games in...

 team, which plays in the USL Premier Development League

USL Premier Development League

The USL Premier Development League is the amateur league of the United Soccer Leagues in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda, forming part of the American Soccer Pyramid...

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Current Roster 2011

Year-by-year

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Division
!League
!Reg. Season
!Playoffs
|-
|2008
|1
|USL W-League
|3rd, Western
|Did not qualify
|-
|2009
|USL W-League
|6th, Western
|Did not qualify
|-
|2010
|USL W-League
|'
|-
|2011
|USL W-League
|"1st place,Western Division"
|pending
|-}

External links

• Santa Clarita Blue Heat website
• Santa Clarita Blue Heat on USL Soccer