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

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 Colorado Force, Colorado Rush

Real Colorado Cougars

Real Colorado Cougars 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 Canada...

, LA Strikers, Santa Clarita Blue Heat

Santa Clarita Blue Heat

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...

, 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...

.
The team plays its home games in the "Stadium-by-the-Sea

Stadium-by-the-Sea

Stadium by the Sea is a multi-use sports stadium in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, USA. The stadium plays host to the Pali Blues in USL Pro Division....

" at Palisades High School in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

. The club's colors are pale blue, orange and white.

The club enjoys robust fan support from The Tony Danza

Tony Danza

Tony Danza is an American actor best known for starring on the TV series Taxi and Who's the Boss?, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards...

Army, their official supporters group. The "Stadium By The Sea" has been widely considered one of the toughest places to play in the W-League, confirmed by Blues manager Charlie Naimo, who called the Tony Danza Army's support the best he has seen in the United Soccer Leagues.

The Blues won their first W-League title in their debut season, beating FC Indiana 2-1 in the W-League Championship game in Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...

on August 2, 2008. They would repeat as champions by defeating the Washington Freedom Reserves

Washington Freedom Reserves

Washington Freedom Futures was an American women’s soccer team and the top-level amateur team in the Washington Freedom Soccer Club hierarchy. The team was 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...

2-1 in Germantown, Maryland on August 7, 2009.

Current Roster 2011

as of http://www.bluessoccerclub.com/roster/index_E.html

Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Jacob Tudela
Assistant Coach: Fernando Tudela
Goalkeeper Coach: Brett Borm

Notable former players

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Karen Bardsley

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Liz Bogus

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Janice Cayman Leanne Champ

Leanne Champ

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Lauren Cheney

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Carrie Dew

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Whitney Engen

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Erin Hardy

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Ashlyn Harris

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Ali Hawkins
Tobin Heath

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Valerie Henderson

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Brittany Klein

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Kara Lang

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Amy LePeilbet

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Collette McCallum

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Alex Morgan

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Kate Munoz

Caitlin Munoz

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Jill Oakes

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Kelley O'Hara

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Erika Prado

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Christen Press

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Julie Rydahl Bukh

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Rosie Tantillo

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India Trotter

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Aricca Vitanza

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Sarah Walsh

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Michelle Wenino

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Kandace Wilson

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Kirsty Yallop

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Year-by-year

Year	Division	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
2008	1	USL W-League	1st, Western	Champions
2009	2	USL W-League	1st, Western	Champions
2010	2	USL W-League	2nd, Western	Western Finals

Honors

USL W-League Champions 2008, 2009
USL W-League Regular Season Champions 2008
USL W-League Western Conference Champions 2008, 2009

External links

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